by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•In the news: Colin Davin heads off to Shenandoah Conservatory, Yo-Yo Ma wins the Birgit Nilsson Prize, and the League of American Orchestras announces its 2022 National Conference.
•Interesting reads: when Kyiv was a modernist musical hotbed, a classical radio station in Boston attracting young listeners, and a donkey making its Met debut.
•Almanac: an 1860s symphony by Alice Mary Smith, pianist-composer Linda Martinez’s collaborations with Destiny’s Child, and her score to the silent film The Rag Man.