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30 NOV 2025 · A new era of operas is emerging. Not that the popular ones are stuffy or just plain old. Composer Nathan Felix seeks new 21st century operas at his second annual Opera Austin Festival. Another member of the Kanneh-Mason family of England, has released a new album. Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason shows her love of Jane Austen with an album of music in honor of the 250th anniversary of the novelist’s birth.
23 NOV 2025 · As the holiday season officially makes its debut this Thanksgiving week, there’s money and music to behold. First up, in these times, the Palm Beach Symphony has hired its first ever Development Director in its 41-year history. Then there’s Chloe Flower who’s released an album of holiday music composed by women. It’s called She Composed – The Holidays. Finally we ask the question: How does your concert outfit affect perceptions of your performance?
20 NOV 2025 · There is always much concern about the future audiences for classical music. The New York Philharmonic may have found the solution. It’s their 100-year-old Young People’s Concerts. A new one is coming up this month called the Young People’s Concert: Symphonies! Stories! Sibelius! It’ll tell an elaborate tale about the investigation of Sibelius’ Second Symphony written by classical music expert and writer Lauren Rico.
16 NOV 2025 · In observance of National Native American Heritage Month, White Snake Projects, has introduced the Indigenous Directory for Musical Storytelling. It names Native American musicians, artists, and crew members who are available for work. Some of them are Grammy award winners. The co-founder and Artistic Director of White Snake Projects, Cerise Lim Jacobs says Native American artists were initially reluctant to sign up, fearing it was a scam. That’s despite the Pulitzer Prize White Snake Projects won in 2011 for the opera Madam White Snake.
8 NOV 2025 · With the federal government shut down, (as of this writing) it’s difficult to say if there will be a federal observance of Veteran’s Day on November 11th.
So, In gratitude for their service, the podcast this week is all about the music composed to honor them. The men and one woman featured in this show are just a few of the Veteran composers who wrote music for and about Veterans. One piece was composed and performed while the composer was in a POW camp. There is also a piece about Native American Heritage Month.
6 NOV 2025 · When you took your shower today did you think about where the water came from? The source of it? Probably Not. There’s at least one arts organization in Austin, Texas, Forklift Danceworks, led by Allison Orr, that wants you to know and maybe learn how to help keep the clean water flowing.
1 NOV 2025 · One man, a conductor, has such love for the music of British composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor (August 15, 1875 – September 1, 1912) that he made it his mission to find his manuscripts. The album, produced by conductor Michael Repper and performed by the National Philharmonic with violinist Curtis Stewart is a love note to Coleridge Taylor on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Much of the music on the album titled Samuel Coleridge-Taylor are world-premiere studio recordings of his work. Some of them have not been performed for 100 years.
26 OCT 2025 · While we all get accustomed to Classical Music in ColorS, let’s move on to Segment 2 of 2 of the October 2025 edition.
This time we’re talking about a woman who was most likely the first African American hired by a mainstream orchestra, the 93-year-old South Bend, Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
Her name is Rosemary Sanders, whose name and history was found as many items are, in the archives.
This discovery shocked Dr. Marvin Curtis, the head of Arts Equity and Public Art in South Bend and Justus Zimmerman, formerly of the South Bend Symphony orchestra, who is now leading the Austin, Texas Symphony. Both men decided to produce a documentary about Sanders called Invisible Player. It focuses on Sanders and other Black classical musicians who are still facing difficulties.
17 OCT 2025 · The second change. Segments. I’ll be producing one segment with one topic a week. This first segment of the new Classical Music In Colors is about supporters, donors and volunteers who’ve stepped up to help arts organizations who are no longer receiving grants from the National Endowment For the Arts/Humanities. As an example we focus on Castle Of Our Skins, a Boston based African American organization promoting classical music composers. They were able to hold their annual MassQ Ball thanks to donations from people like you.
27 AUG 2025 · Jazz pianist and composer ArcoIris Sandoval spent her summer all over the place. We met her in July at the Zinc Bar in New York’s The Village where she was performing over a couple of nights before heading off to Massachusetts and other venues around the country. Sandoval took the time to learn more about her craft with her master’s degree in jazz piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. In 2018, she released her debut Sonic Asylum Trio album entitled “First Voyage” which won a Global Music Award In 2018.
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