Laura Kaminsky will be taking over the position of Composer In Residence at American Opera Projects. The company, based in Brooklyn, NY, states its mission as: to identify, develop and present new and innovative works of music theater by emerging and established...
Leading up to the Emerging Women marathon on Sunday (August 24), WQXR has presented some statistics about the current role of women as composers in today’s music. The results are, as we’ve come to expect, unfortunate but not shocking. In short: Q2 Music...
The newly-established American Music Project has been making a bit of buzz as of late. Formally announced on August 4, the nascent nonprofit is philosophically allied with Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy in not only recognizing a lack of presence in the current...
New York City’s premiere classical music station, WQXR, is presenting a 24-hour marathon of “Emerging Female Composers.” A poll that they ran in July asked listeners to suggest and then vote for a theme for the most recent installment of the series...
The Guardian just reviewed a new recording of three works by Unsuk Chin which will be released August 19—the Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, and Šu, which was written for the sheng, a Chinese mouth organ. Chin’s Šu will be heard August 27 at the BBC Proms. For...
