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Nine Composers Receive 2003 Guggenheim Fellowships
May 12, 2003 / By

Want to be a 2004 Guggenheim Fellow? Applications for the 2004 U.S. and Canada competition will be available in July and must be completed by October 1, 2003. Any citizen or permanent …

The New Music Flame Burns Brightly in Philadelphia
May 5, 2003 / By
The New Music Flame Burns Brightly in Philadelphia

The 2003 Philadelphia Music Project awards distributed $780,000 to 16 non-profit arts organizations, resulting in 15 commissions and performances.

In Conversation with Ben Ratliff
May 1, 2003 / By
In Conversation with Ben Ratliff

An interview with the author of The New York Times Essential Guide: Jazz

Bay Area Orchestras Welcome MAGNUM OPUS
April 30, 2003 / By
Bay Area Orchestras Welcome MAGNUM OPUS

Venture capitalist Kathryn Gould has agreed to contribute $375,000 to a revolutionary commissioning project

For Daniel Kellogg, the Future Looks Bright
April 25, 2003 / By
For Daniel Kellogg, the Future Looks Bright

Honored with the 2003 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Award, a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a glowing review in The Washington Post

Putting the fun back in playing: Toy Symphony comes to U.S.
April 25, 2003 / By
Putting the fun back in playing: Toy Symphony comes to U.S.

Tod Machover, the director of the M.I.T. Media Lab, and his team design a hi-tech, hands-on approach to how children listen to, perform, and compose music.

OBITUARY: Nina Simone, diva with a cause, 70
April 23, 2003 / By
OBITUARY: Nina Simone, diva with a cause, 70

Pianist, singer, arranger, composer, and activist died of natural causes at her home in Carry-le-Rouet near Marseille in southern France.