awards, electronic, experimental, Lesbian ComposersFeb 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Pauline Oliveros has won the William Schuman Award from Columbia University. She’s the first woman composer to be so honored since the award was established in 1981. The most recent winner was John Zorn in 2006.
The prize “honors the lifetime achievement and lasting significance of a contemporary American composer” and comes with a $50,000 purse. A celebratory concert and tribute will be given in Miller Theater on...
awards, classical, Gay Composers, GLTB performersJan 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Composer Jennifer Higdon earned her first Grammy Award, in the category of best contemporary classical composition, and guitarist Sharon Isbin earned her second, as best instrumental soloist. The awards were announced in Los Angeles prior to the telecast. Higdon’s winning piece was a pecussion concerto performed by Colin Currie with Marin Alsop conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Isbin won for her disc...
awards, classical, electronic, experimental, GLTB performers, vocal musicJan 29th, 2010 | No Comments
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives
Theo Bleckmann and Kneebody
Theo Bleckmann could sing me to sleep anytime he likes, even if he doesn’t want to snuggle. The German-born, New York-based singer and composer has got a warm and engaging voice and oodles of good taste and insight. He’s given an imaginative yet intimate treatment to songs of Charles Ives in a new disc with the experimental quintet Kneebody. The CD on Winter...
awards, GLTB performersDec 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The 2009 OUT Music Awards (the first since 2006) were announced at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday, December 8:
OUTSTANDING ROCK SONG: Stewed Tomatoes “Leather Daddy”
OUTSTANDING POP SONG: Athena Reich “Love is Love”
OUTSTANDING HIP HOP/RAP SONG: Jasper James “ROCKET”
OUTSTANDING R & B/SOUL SONG: Nhojj “Love”
OUTSTANDING ELECTRO/DANCE SONG: Brian Kent “Breathe Life”
OUTSTANDING...
awards, classical, Gay Composers, GLTB performers, Lesbian ComposersDec 9th, 2009 | No Comments
With five entries in each of more than 100 categories, the nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards (announced on December 2) surely include plenty of gays and lesbians. But scanning the classical nominations, we’ve got:
Conductor Marin Alsop’s recording of Bernstein’s Mass nominated for Best Classical Album
Guitarist Sharon Isbin’s “Journey to the New World” nominated for Best Instrumental...
