News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program. Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, said that her work was inspired in...
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,...
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...
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the passing of composer Marga Richter (1926-2020), pictured above. Sezquenza21 has an obituary with links to other remembrances, her website, and samples of her work. George Lewis highlighted more Black...
News and music to start your week! Huge congratulations to Hildur Guðnadóttir, pictured above, the first woman to ever win an Oscar for a dramatic score. Now learn more about her, and listen in to more works! Pitchfork offers a great place to start! The Seattle...
