Monday Link Round Up: August 31, 2015

Some links to start your week: The Peabody Conservatory has announced that Marin Alsop will be taking over as Director of Graduate Conducting.  A fantastic appointment!  Read the press release here. We’ve been keeping up with the Change.org petition started by...

Contemporary Symphonies

The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music.   As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...
California Premiere of Street Requiem

California Premiere of Street Requiem

We wrote about this fantastic project in January when the work received its U.S. Premiere.  The Cantata,which addressed topics of homelessness and street violence, is an impressive undertaking and seemingly builds community wherever it is presented.  As we saw earlier...
Announcing the 2015 Performance Grants

Announcing the 2015 Performance Grants

As we strive to encourage better representation for works by women in concert halls and classrooms, we acknowledge that there are continued obstacles that educators, administrations, and ensembles need to overcome – including financial barriers.  For this reason...

Monday Link Round Up: August 24, 2015

Start the week off right with some fresh links: We wrote last week about Jessy McCabe, the student in London who is petitioning for the school curriculum and exams to include works by women.  Her petition is closing in on 2,500 signatures, and there is still time to...