News and music to start the week! Learn about Kathleen Riddick, a British conductor who has been unjustly forgotten. Riddick (pictured above) pioneered the way for future women to take the podium. The Isle of Wight County Press profiles the conductor, who lived from...
We’ve rounded up some links of interest from over the weekend. Conductor JoAnn Falletta has renewed her contract with the Buffalo Philharmonic for another six years. Falletta, who was also conductor of The Women’s Philharmonic (1986-1997),...
The Spring for Music festival is a unique creation in that it’s mission is to foster innovative programming at affordable prices, and featuring a wide array of symphony and chamber orchestras. It is held annually at Carnegie Hall. In preperation for the 2011 Spring...
There has been a recent buzz about the list of the world’s top symphonies that Gramophone has put together. It seems to have taken many classical music enthusiasts by surprise that the top American orchestra (listed as number five) is the Chicago Symphony. The...
