Tag: new music
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More on Chen Yi, Composer of the Month!
We’ve been celebrating Chen Yi as our Composer Of The Month! Elizabeth de Brito commented on the lack of events celebrating Chen Yi’s 70th birthday. This is true – but there are many events featuring Chen Yi and her music – just none that name and celebrate the auspicious occasion of her turning 70. But…
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Hartford Concert Inspires!
The Women Composers Festival of Hartford (WCFH) is an indomitable event that has been taking place in March for fifteen years. Composers, musicians and scholars come together to create this Festival, and on Friday October 26, 2015, their Board of Directors organized a concert as a fundraising event, which also served to remind everyone about…
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FAQs about our Grants: Can New Music Ensembles apply?
Here’s a question we should add to the list of FAQs about our Performance Grants: Q: I see your grants encourage the performance of historic composers (“we prefer that one of the two works be by a historic woman”). I guess that means that new music ensembles shouldn’t apply? A: Not at all! We interpret “historic”…
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IAWM New Music Competition Winners
The International Alliance for Women in Music just announced the 2011 winners for the New Music Competition. The winners are: Julia Adolphe Anne Kilstofte Katheryn Mishell Jessica Rudman Sabrina Peña Young Nina C. Young Jae Eun Jung Beryl Lee Heuermann Elizabeth Nonemaker Karen Power Congratulations to all of the winners, and to all of the…