A bulky, boxy suitcase sat tucked under Alex Borg’s bed on the third floor of Nordenberg Hall during her first year at Pitt. During moments when the dorm sounded a bit too quiet, a lucky few crowded around with eager ears as Borg’s accordion emerged from its hideaway. Bridget Armon met Borg in the Music.
The Joan Chambers Concert Series returns to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Saturday for the first concert of a condensed, three-performance season. Baritone Skip Napier, accompanied by pianist Tim Heavner, will lead the audience on a tour of musical styles from opera and oratorio to spirituals beginning at 7:30
Without cause, women are found at the conductor’s podium less frequently than men and at major orchestras, they’re almost entirely absent. Four Pittsburgh-area conductors talk about the pursuit of gender equity in concert music.