Monday Link Roundup: March 14, 2022

Monday Link Roundup: March 14, 2022

by | Mar 14, 2022

We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! March 8 revealed this statue of Dame Ethel Smyth, in the town of Woking, UK, where the great composer lived the last decades of her life.  Sculptor Christine Charlesworth presents Smyth “wearing her...
Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020

by | Jul 27, 2020

News and music to start your week! Calling young women composers!  Pamela Z, pictured above, will be presenting on her compositional process TODAY, July 27 at 5pm EST, in a free presentation on the Young Women Composers workshop series.  Gabriela Lena Frank will be...
Monday Link Round Up: July 6, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: July 6, 2020

by | Jul 6, 2020

News and music to start your week! Even in the middle of a pandemic, the BBC Proms has found a way to keep calm and carry on!  Plans are under way for a largely virtual season, and the potential for two weeks of live events in late August.  Read more at BBC News, and...

Vivian Fung: Canadian Composer with a Non-Western Sound

by | Mar 2, 2014

Vivian Fung is a contemporary Canadian composer known for blending Western musical forms with non-Western instrumentation. Fung began her compositional training under the tutelage of another well-known and often performed Canadian composer: Violet Archer.  Her...