Music Library Association

At the annual meeting of the Music Library Association, held in New York, NY, the 2001 Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music was granted to Ruth …

Chris Younghoon Kim

Artistic Director, Brave New Works (Ann Arbor MI)& Assistant Conductor, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (New Orleans LA)
I believe a conductor’s primary goal is to be a composer’s advocate. I have found that presenting …

John CoriglianoPhoto by Julian Kreeger courtesy G. Schirmer

John Corigliano has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Symphony No. 2. Commissioned by the Boston Symphony to commemorate the centenary of Symphony Hall, …

JoAnn FallettaPhoto by Jim Bush Photography, courtesy Buffalo Philharmonic

Music Director, Virginia Symphony (Norfolk VA) & Buffalo Philharmonic (Buffalo NY)
I feel a responsibility to perform American music, but it is also a privilege. I …

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Marin AlsopPhoto by John Campagna, courtesy Concordia

Music Director, Colorado Symphony (Denver CO), the Cabrillo Music Festival (Santa Cruz CA) & Concordia Orchestra (New York NY)
I have both the great honor and the sometimes …

Dean SuzukiPhoto by Ryan Suzuki

It may appear that the West Coast is cowering in the shadow of Manhattan and the East Coast when it comes to new music, but might also argue that …

Greg SandowPhoto by Melissa Richard

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For a long time, I’ve found Pierre Boulez’s music pretty. Not his earliest works, his Sonatine for flute and piano, his hard-edged first two piano sonatas, or his startling, …

Michael Tilson ThomasPhoto by Terrence McCarthy

Michael Tilson Thomas talks with Frank J. Oteri@ the New World Symphony, Miami Beach, FL
Monday, April 16, 2001, 1:00 p.m.
Transcribed by Julia Lu

American Music and Welcoming in …

Marin Alsop“…mainly I champion those composers whose music I simply cannot live without: Chris Rouse, John Corigliano, John Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis, Joan Tower, Libby Larsen, Jon Deak, Michael Daugherty, to name a few…”

JoAnn Falletta“…collaborating …