You may read below a statement by the International Double Reed Society’s president Jacqueline Wilson, claiming that its directors and personnel have received death threats over a policy to restrict certain IDRS grants to ‘under-represented’ […]
The death has been conveyed of violinist Mitsuru Tsubota, a member of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble since 1989. A student of Felix Galimir, Misuru was co-founder of the Strathmere Ensemble and concertmaster for all of […]
The Mellon Foundation has launched a $35 million initiative for the preservation of jazz and its legacies. Among the bequests, we read, the fellowship will support 50 seasoned jazz artists aged 62 and older. Each […]