This past Sunday (September 28) would have been Vivian Fine’s 101st birthday. Born in Chicago in 1913, Fine was a piano prodigy who went on to study with Ruth Crawford Seeger and achieve acclaim for her compositions at a young age. She composed continuously...
Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto, which was completed in 2004, will finally receive it’s U.S. Premiere with the New York Philharmonic this weekend. It was co-commissioned with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Barcelona...
All of the recent news surrounding the Scottish vote for independence has the classical music community reflecting on the music and musicians that have come out of Scotland. NPR’s Classical Music Blog, Deceptive Cadence, wrote up a quick review of some of their...
The Houston Symphony has commissioned a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank. The world premiere will take place this weekend (September 19-21) as the kick-off of the 101st concert season. From the press release about the upcoming performance: A Houston Symphony...
Today is the Feast day of one of the best known women composers – and, typically, the only one to be included in a music history textbook – is Hildegard of Bingen. A 12th century abbess in Germany, Hildegard is remembered for being one of the first women...
