We have lots of news to fill you in on, and plenty of it is bad, but here’s a wonderful report from American Public Media:
Classical South Florida announced … it will use a $250,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build listener support for its all-classical public radio station in Miami and West Palm Beach…
Here’s a rare chance to hear a lot of previously unavailable music by Canadian composers.
The Globe and Mail reports:
This week, the Canadian Music Centre launched Centrestreams, an audio-streaming service that makes the CMC’s collection of 8,000 recordings, by about 700 Canadian composers, available online at http://www.musiccentre.ca.
:: Here’s a rare case of a public radio station expanding rather than cutting back on classical. WCNY in Syracuse, N.Y., is cutting a long-running jazz show to go all-classical six days a week. In a CNYlink article, WCNY’s program director points out that Syracuse already has a station that airs jazz, WAER. So it sounds like a sensible move.
On Monday YouTube announced the launch of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which will tap classical musicians the world over to participate in two projects. First, they’ll have a chance to contribute to a mashup of a new work by Tan Dun. They’ll also be able to audition for a concert at Carnegie Hall, with their entries judged by musicians from major orchestras. Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct the Carnegie Hall concert, scheduled for April.