2023 New Recording Wrap Up

by sarah | Jan 17, 2024

Even as we look forward to the concerts, projects, and music that lie ahead in the new year, let’s reaffirm New Year’s resolutions to listen to more works by women composers and have a look back at some of the best classical albums to come out of 2023. It’s time to...

Year-End Reflections from Elizabeth de Brito

by Liane Curtis | Dec 26, 2022

By Elizabeth de Brito Phew, what a year it’s been! This time last year COVID still hung firmly over our festivities but this year the party is back on! I think it’s fair to say we’ve all enjoyed returning to some semblance of normality, with live music gradually...

Monday Link Round Up: October 25, 2021

by sarah | Oct 25, 2021

News and music to start the week! The New York Times spoke to conductor Eun Sun Kim, pictured above, the first woman to serve as music director for one of America’s largest opera companies, the San Francisco Opera. Even CNN is recognizing the influx of...

Monday Link Round Up: September 6, 2021

by sarah | Sep 6, 2021

Music and news to start your week! Violinist Jennifer Koh, pictured above, turned the pandemic – and the silencing of the performing arts industry – into an opportunity to collaborate and create in a new way.  She contacted composers and commissioned 40...

News Round-Up, July 6, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Jul 7, 2021

Here is our Selection of News Links! Chi-Chi Nwanoku (OBE), bassist and founder of Chineke! Orchestra, has worked to recover the role of George Bridgetower, a violinist of African descent, who inspired and premiered Beethoven’s Sonata op. 47.  Nwanoku’s...