Tag: Missy Mazzoli
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Monday Link Round Up: May 17, 2021
News and music to start the week! Learn about Kathleen Riddick, a British conductor who has been unjustly forgotten. Riddick (pictured above) pioneered the way for future women to take the podium. The Isle of Wight County Press profiles the conductor, who lived from 1907 to 1973. NPR has the story of the International Sweethearts…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 10, 2020
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the death of Helen Jones Woods – a trombonist who performed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an interracial all-female Big Band that toured widely during WWII. Jones, pictured above, was 96 and tragically died fighting COVID-19. Read more at NPR about…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 20, 2020
News and music to start your week! Nine Black musicians spoke to the New York Times about their experiences, and describe the steps they would like to see being made in transforming the field to being more inclusive. Hear from Monica Ellis, Thomas Wilkins, Jessie Montgomery, Rodrick Cox, Anthony McGill, Lawrence Brownlee, Terence Blanchard, Latonia…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 1, 2020
It’s been an unbelievably difficult week for BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) and allies. We at WPA stand with you in the fight for justice. Though not outwardly stated by NPR, I suspect there’s little coincidence that they featured Lara Downes’ Tiny Desk Concert this past week. Downes (pictured above), a pianist, scholar,…