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New Music Connoisseur to honor four at September gala
September 1, 2000 / By

New Music Connoisseur

As part of their Gala 2000 concert, New Music Connoisseur will be honoring four advocates of new music. The concert and awards ceremony, which will be held on September 18th at …

National Music Theater Conference inaugurates “laboratory”
September 1, 2000 / By

August 12th marked the end of the 23rd National Music Theatre Conference, run by the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT. This year, the directors inaugurated the "NMTC Laboratory." Eight writers and composers …

Society For American Music names new Executive Director and establishes new headquarters
September 1, 2000 / By

Mariana Whitmer

Mariana Sonntag Whitmer has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Society for American Music (formerly The Sonneck Society). Whitmer will work with President Rae Linda Brown and the other ten …

NEA releases landmark study on multiple jobholding in the arts
September 1, 2000 / By

On August 9, the National Endowment for the Arts announced the release of a landmark research report on artists’ employment, specifically examining multiple jobholding or “moonlighting.” Commissioned by the NEA’s Research Division, More Than …

musicmaker.com expands classical offerings
September 1, 2000 / By

Musicmaker.com recently unveiled its new web site featuring expanded classical music offerings. Music lovers and collectors can now access a library of more than 60,000 licensed classical tracks and create custom CDs …

musicnotes.com continues trend toward online publishing
September 1, 2000 / By

Digital sheet music publisher Musicnotes.com has announced a distribution agreement with Warner Bros and Mel Bay. Warner Bros. Publications handles the imprints of thousands of titles printed by smaller publishing firms like Belwin Mills, …

Millennium Consortium Project means multiple performances of new Zwilich work
September 1, 2000 / By

Jeffrey Biegel / Ellen Taaffe ZwilichPhoto courtesy Jeffrey Biegel

Unlike many premieres, the first performance of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra will certainly not be the last. This is thanks …