May 11 Blog Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass received its world premiere Nov. 21, 2021 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wis. Far from any kind of traditional Catholic mass, the piece was written by Chacon, a Diné composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, for chamber orchestra and pipe organ — specifically […] By Tom Huizenga May 11 Blog Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music By Tom Huizenga
Apr 28 Blog Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so Jessie Montgomery is having a moment. Several moments at once, actually. In the past several years, the 40-year-old composer and violinist has rapidly become a poster child for the shifting classical music canon — an artist who aims to overcome an institutional dependence on old dead white men by leveling the field for women and […] By Tom Huizenga Apr 28 Blog Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so By Tom Huizenga
Apr 26 Blog Leif Ove Andsnes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is binging Mozart. He’s just released […] By Tom Huizenga Apr 26 Blog Leif Ove Andsnes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert By Tom Huizenga
Apr 19 Blog A Musical Matching Game for Earth Day Spend Earth Day celebrating some of the most beautiful places on earth through their music. Listen to each piece, and then match the title to the stunning scenery. By Colleen Phelps Apr 19 Blog A Musical Matching Game for Earth Day By Colleen Phelps
Mar 09 Blog Get to know the operatic power struggle in HBO’s “The Gilded Age” “The opera wars are heating up.” In the late 1800s, on the corner of New York’s 14th Street and Irving Place stood “one of the last bastions of decency and standards in this city,” according to Christine Baranski’s Agnes van Rhijn in HBO’s new period piece The Gilded Age. The Academy of Music was a […] By Colleen Phelps Mar 09 Blog Get to know the operatic power struggle in HBO’s “The Gilded Age” By Colleen Phelps
Mar 03 Blog These are nacho average concert experience Aside from football and halftime, the Super Bowl is well known for innovative advertising strategies. This year one of these experiments took the form of a new release from artist Megan Thee Stallion. But there was a catch: the music video could only be watched in a very precise way. Fans would need a Snapchat […] By Colleen Phelps Mar 03 Blog These are nacho average concert experience By Colleen Phelps