New policy. Every time a company announces a season with no women composers, they also have to publish a statement explaining why they have decided to omit half the population from their programming. Because by this stage a woman-free programme really is a choice.

- Kiko Shao - Time Spectrum  
- Arlene Sierra - Meditation on Violence  
- Jerry Zhuo - From a Saturated Memory

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On The Air Now: CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES - streaming till 12.00pm - 21st Annual “IN PRAISE OF WOMAN” Part 2 - American Women Composers -on @WPRB - 103.3 FM Princeton NJ wprb.com.
Some composers in this edition:
Adrienne Albert (1941- ),
Beth Anderson,
Jennifer Bellor…

This week’s lines…

STREETS AND RIVERS (2007)
by Arlene Sierra
Text: Rich, Darling, Dunmore
for baritone & piano
14 mins

Prof Arlene Sierra ✍️🎼🐝🕷💙 Cecilian Music Publishers
arlenesierra.com

Really enjoyed joining Lisa Nelsen 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🎶 to Play For Equality in #lethermusicplay by 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞, 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 24-hour online concert (extended to 26!) Errollyn Wallen Melánie Bonis Prof Arlene Sierra ✍️🎼🐝🕷💙 (flute solo)🎶.

You can still donate in £1 Equality Campaign:
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The Chicago Tribune recently published an article about Prof Arlene Sierra ✍️🎼🐝🕷💙 and her piece 'Kiskadee', commissioned by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Orchestral Commissions Program. Learn more at the link in our bio.

#MemberSpotlight : The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) will feature Arlene Sierra’s new work “Kiskadee” in its February 24th concert, commissioned by the League of American Orchestras with support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Learn more at HF Chronicle. hfchronicle.com/2024/02/07/ipo…

Nice article from my university about this month’s Gramophone feature cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2796…

Grateful for the mention BBC Radio 3 Petroc Trelawny #lethermusicplay Gabriella was such a positive force yesterday & full of emotion for the event! What a lineup! Excellent message. Happy to have contributed jelena makarova Errollyn Wallen Prof Arlene Sierra ✍️🎼🐝🕷💙

youtube.com/watch?v=D1YBto…

Nice article from my university about this month’s Gramophone feature cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2796…

Arlene Sierra Prof Arlene Sierra ✍️🎼🐝🕷💙 is featured as @gramophonemagazine Contemporary Composer this month! 💫 A fantastic two-page spread traces Sierra’s “substantial and individual” works and recordings incl 3 critically-acclaimed portrait discs on Bridge Records, Inc.

Our son getting some piano practice in before I give my lecture on the topic of Orchestration through the lens of Skopos theory (translation studies) entitled ‘Whose lily is it anyway?’ at Cardiff University. Thank you to Professor Sierra and the School of music for inviting me!

(1/3) With great sorrow, we announce the death of our beloved Music Director Laureate Seiji Ozawa, who passed away on February 6 at age 88 in Tokyo.

Brilliant to hear Melvyn Bragg making the case for the arts transforming our society. As someone who works at the intersection between science and history, as an author and broadcaster - I couldn’t agree more.

No argument there. Melvyn Bragg in The Times and The Sunday Times today.

And later I’ll be discussing how to saddle unicorns.

VOTER ID
TORIES making it harder for 2 million people who don't have photo ID to vote.
They said it was because of Voter fraud.
Guess what? Including the general election in 2019 & all local elections since, there have been SIX, just SIX convictions or cautions of Voter fraud.

After 4 years of horror… 4:1 Brits believe Brexit was a failure.

For how long is Britain going to continue to self-harm this way?!

How to walk the catwalk

More great work Led By Donkeys on the corrupt and corrupting cabal that have been running the country into the ground while enriching themselves and their friends and families