Chicago Symphony Orchestra Premieres Clyne

by sarah | May 27, 2015

Anna Clyne, by all accounts, appears to be one of the hardest working young composers today.  Born in London, and a former student of Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe, her works have been commissioned across the country and have met high praise – including a...

WPA President as Orchestral Cellist

by Liane Curtis | May 21, 2015

“I’d like to play in that,” was my immediate reaction on hearing about the program planned for June 6, 2015, by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony in San Francisco.   I’d been communicating with BARS about how to obtain the score and parts for Ethel Smyth’s...

Saariaho Premiere at Library of Congress

by sarah | May 20, 2015

Kaija Saariaho has another new work being premiered this week.  The Library of Congress has co-commissioned Light and Matter, a new work for piano trio, which will be premiered Friday, May 22.  The same concert will also hear Saariaho’s Aure for violin and...

News Round Up

by sarah | May 19, 2015

Here are some headlines worth paying attention to: Though the LA Philharmonic didn’t promote Saariaho’s world premiere, it received an excellent review in the LA Times: The performance was strong. Dudamel remained constantly attuned to Saariaho’s...

AMY Award to be presented to Community Women’s Orchestra

by sarah | May 15, 2015

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy will present the prestigious AMY award to the Community Women’s Orchestra of Oakland, CA, at their concert this Sunday (May 17).  Celebrating their 30th anniversary, CWO has included works by one or more women on all their programs since...