Tag: Tania Leon
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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: July 13, 2020
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 composers and their music in The New York Times. Included are Tania…
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Monday Link Round Up: February 17, 2020
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 Opera appointed what is believed to be the country’s…
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Monday Link Round Up: February 10, 2020
News and music to start your week! The New York Philharmonic is commissioning 19 new works by women composers in honor of the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage. Read more about the project, titled simply Project 19, on the New York Philharmonic’s website or at the NYTimes. The first debut is by Tania León, pictured…