Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023

by Liane Curtis | Oct 23, 2023

ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley.  Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The...

Monday Link Round Up: May 7, 2018

by sarah | May 7, 2018

News to start your week! A group of female jazz musicians, who call themselves the We Have Voice Collective, are tackling the problem with sexism in the music industry head-on. Inspired by the #MeToo movement they have not only organized, but have put together a code...

Monday Link Round Up: July 10, 2017

by sarah | Jul 10, 2017

News to start your week! In international news, The Times of India profiles two young women who are making a name for themselves in a particularly male dominated field.  Read more about Feviola Fernandes and Delcy Silveira here.   The Conversation explores the...

Monday Link Round Up: September 12, 2016

by sarah | Sep 12, 2016

News to start your week! The Library of Congress blog, In the Muse, has a guest post by Kate Doyle, a doctoral candidate specializing in experimental composition and sound for performance art at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Doyle focused this...

Katerina Kramarchuk, Rising Star and Versatile Composer

by Liane Curtis | Mar 21, 2014

Attending the “Curtis on Tour” concert on Sunday (which I reviewed here ), I had the opportunity to hear a newly composed work by Katerina Kramarchuk, a Curtis alumna. Katerina Kramarchuk is a “rising star” composer, adept in many areas of the current scene.  She...