Tag: Nkeiru Okoye
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Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020
News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music programming by Black composers – including works by Florence Price and Margaret Bonds. The Los Angeles Times talks about the legacy of George Walker (pictured)…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 23, 2019
News and music to start your week! History was made at the Philadelphia Orchestra when they performed Umoja by Valerie Coleman – the first classical work by a living African American woman that they have every performed. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer. After last year’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh, several composers responded…
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Monday Link Round Up: January 15, 2018
News to start your week! Celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. by reflecting on the progress that has been made by trailblazers – like Nkeiru Okoye’s opera Harriet Tubman. (Thea Musgrave also turned to the life of Harriet Tubman for an opera: Harriet, the Woman Called Moses.) We can also look to the…
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Concerts of Old and New Music
We’re always thrilled to share announcements of coming concerts featuring works by women composers! This week we are especially thrilled to see two ensembles who are embracing contemporary and historic composers in their performances. The Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra will be performing at an Alumni Even in Chicago on January 21 and at the college…