Pulitzers close to home (sort of)

Stephen Hartke's "Meanwhile, Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays," premiered by eighth blackbird on Nov. 7 and reprised on Feb. 22 at the University of Richmond, was a finalist for this year's Pulitzer Prize for music.

The Pulitzer winner was "The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang, one of the Bang on a Can composers whose "singing in the dead of night" was introduced by the 'birds on March 26 at UR.