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19 ENE. 2026 · While we look forlornly at the holiday bills as we head into tax season, there is some joy this January. The Grammy winning and nominated this year again Jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner is grateful and humble after winning the 300k Gilmore inaugural 2026 Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award. Donors have nearly flooded the Washington National Opera with funds after the opera company departed the Kennedy Center. There are still many ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King and many other African American leaders as we head into Black History Month. And oh my as George Takei would say, there’s a Star Trek version of a Mozart opera.
11 ENE. 2026 · Sometimes things happen that let you know that you are on the right path. This is the experience of the Zara Hudson Kozdoj of the UK. This 29-year-old Polish-Jamaican cellist, composer and conductor isn’t all about classical music but has surrendered herself to it in bits and pieces. She released her first album in October called Remember Who You Are. She found out while making the album that there were items about business that she wasn’t taught during her years at the Royal College of Music in London. Then the fates stepped in again.
15 DIC. 2025 · Which opera team are you on?
“Old” operas versus the “New” operas. According to the book, Opera Wars by Caitlin Vincent, artistic directors and others at the nation’s opera companies are in conflict with themselves over staging the standard operas from the 18th and 19th centuries or producing those composed in the late 20th and 21st centuries.
There’s a new directory for musical instruments adapted for those would be musicians with disabilities. Other companies and engineers are developing adaptations too.
Apple Music Classical has made a surprising choice for it’s classical album of the year.
7 DIC. 2025 · While we still might be recovering from Thanksgiving, there’s the rest of the holidays to consider. Shopping for gifts, decorating the house while listening to music. Gifts have already come to Kyle Rivera, who won the Michael Morgan Prize for Black composers. The Pegasus Opera Company in the UK is looking for partners to produce an opera about the Windrush generation. The Detroit opera presents two little known and rarely staged operas.
30 NOV. 2025 · A new era of operas is emerging. Not that the popular ones are stuffy or just plain old. Composer Nathan Felix seeks new 21st century operas at his second annual Opera Austin Festival. Another member of the Kanneh-Mason family of England, has released a new album. Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason shows her love of Jane Austen with an album of music in honor of the 250th anniversary of the novelist’s birth.
23 NOV. 2025 · As the holiday season officially makes its debut this Thanksgiving week, there’s money and music to behold. First up, in these times, the Palm Beach Symphony has hired its first ever Development Director in its 41-year history. Then there’s Chloe Flower who’s released an album of holiday music composed by women. It’s called She Composed – The Holidays. Finally we ask the question: How does your concert outfit affect perceptions of your performance?
20 NOV. 2025 · There is always much concern about the future audiences for classical music. The New York Philharmonic may have found the solution. It’s their 100-year-old Young People’s Concerts. A new one is coming up this month called the Young People’s Concert: Symphonies! Stories! Sibelius! It’ll tell an elaborate tale about the investigation of Sibelius’ Second Symphony written by classical music expert and writer Lauren Rico.
16 NOV. 2025 · In observance of National Native American Heritage Month, White Snake Projects, has introduced the Indigenous Directory for Musical Storytelling. It names Native American musicians, artists, and crew members who are available for work. Some of them are Grammy award winners. The co-founder and Artistic Director of White Snake Projects, Cerise Lim Jacobs says Native American artists were initially reluctant to sign up, fearing it was a scam. That’s despite the Pulitzer Prize White Snake Projects won in 2011 for the opera Madam White Snake.
8 NOV. 2025 · With the federal government shut down, (as of this writing) it’s difficult to say if there will be a federal observance of Veteran’s Day on November 11th.
So, In gratitude for their service, the podcast this week is all about the music composed to honor them. The men and one woman featured in this show are just a few of the Veteran composers who wrote music for and about Veterans. One piece was composed and performed while the composer was in a POW camp. There is also a piece about Native American Heritage Month.
6 NOV. 2025 · When you took your shower today did you think about where the water came from? The source of it? Probably Not. There’s at least one arts organization in Austin, Texas, Forklift Danceworks, led by Allison Orr, that wants you to know and maybe learn how to help keep the clean water flowing.
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