Tania León's CD, SINGIN' SEPIA, is reviewed in The Journal of the Society for American Music (Vol. 4, No. 4): "The journey that inspired Horizons helped to shape a humanistic philosophy that informs all of León's compositions, in which there are no demarcations of gender or race, and where the contributions of individuals transcend geographical and social boundaries. Her background and environment directly affect her compositional process, and the source-sounds inform and permeate her music without overshadowing its complexity. This unique approach is clearly illustrated by the works presented on Singin' Sepia, a recording that should be of equal interest to those new to León's music and to those who know it well." — James Spinazzola New York Times Review of Singin' Sepia at Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music Boston Globe Review of Singin' Sepia at Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music New York Times Review of the ballet Inura performed by Dance Brazil Speaking of Music: Tania León — Recorded on September 19, 1985 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium's Speaking of music series. This audio is part of the collection, Other Minds Archive, released in 2009. New York Times Review of Alma by Da Capo Chamber Players Public Radio's Performance Today — Listen to Ácana performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Paisanos Semos performed by guitarist Ana Maria Rosado. New York Times Review of Ácana performed by Orpheus: An Ensemble Finds Unity With a Seasoned Soprano Chicago Sun Times Review: Sinfonietta concert honors women New York Times Review of Singin' Sepia performance Midwest Airlines feature: "Passing the Baton" — Female conductors are stepping up to the nation's podiums in greater numbers than ever before
Tania León receives Guggenheim Fellowship Award 2007 in Music Composition New York Times Music Review: Earthy Cuban Sounds, Rendered With an Urban Complexity New York Times review of Tania León Portrait Concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre Feature article in Yamaha's "Accent" magazine Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement
The Sensual Nature of Sound "The Sensual Nature of Sound" portrays these New York based composer/performers in terms of their musical lives. Although all four women are pioneers in American music, each composer pursues a distinct direction of her own. Since the early 1980s, Laurie Anderson has used music and performance as the foundation for her multi-media stage shows which have since become her trademark. Cuban born Tania Leon composes orchestral music that is an intricate weave of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz elements embedded within a classical Western concerto format. Meredith Monk experiments with new ideas in music theater and has developed a genre of opera very much her own. Pauline Oliveros draws upon the rich resources of ritual, myth, meditation, and improvisation to create a body of work that is truly visionary. Filmed at rehearsals and performances in the United States and abroad, "The Sensual Nature of Sound" examines the contributions of these diverse composers to contemporary American music. 
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An Evening of Music and Dialogue