Link-Round-up August 8, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Aug 8, 2022

Hope your week is off to a great start! The continuing push for women conductors, and Marin Alsop’s role in supporting more recognition, training and opportunities for women in the field is noted in this review of the “Breaking Barriers” Festival at Chicago’s Ravinia....

Monday Link Round Up: November 29, 2021

by sarah | Nov 29, 2021

News and music to start your week! NPR featured the life and music of Sofia Gubaidulina, pictured above, on All Things Considered. Gubaidulina just turned 90, and there is a new album revisiting some of her greatest works.  Read more at NPR’s website, or listen...

(Yet Another) Article about Women Conductors

by sarah | Sep 30, 2009

Another addition to the continued conversation about the trials and tribulations or women as conductors in the professional music world appeared in Variety this past week. The piece, written by Anastasia Tsioulcas, is also a contender in the contest for the Poorest...

Women Conductors in LA Times

by sarah | May 12, 2009

The Los Angeles Times recently printed a substantial article on recent appointments of several women conductors to prestigious orchestras. The piece opens with the recent news surrounding Xian Zhang and her appointment to The Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra in Milan, and the...

Reno Philharmonic Appoints Laura Jackson

by sarah | Apr 9, 2009

The Reno Gazette-Journal just announced that Laura Jackson has been appointed the new music director and conductor of the Reno Philharmonic. She is the fourth conductor to hold a position with the ensemble and first woman. Jackson’s conducting career has taken her...