Timely reads

Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Bill Lohmann catches up with Kate Lindsey, the Richmond-bred, globe-trotting mezzo-soprano returning to one of her professional launch pads, Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia, on April 8:

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2011/apr/03/tdarts01-have-voice-will-travel-kate-lindsey-at-wo-ar-939076/

The Washington Post’s Anne Midgette profiles Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of “Rappahannock County,” a music-theater work on the Civil War, premiering on April 12 in Norfolk in a Virginia Arts Festival-Virginia Opera production:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ricky-ian-gordon-sets-the-civil-war-to-music/2011/03/28/AForzfIC_story.html

Also from Midgette, a profile of the librettist of “Rappahannock County,” Mark Campbell:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/rappahannock-county-librettist-explains-his-process/2011/03/29/AFIhMiIC_story.html

Rashod Ollison of The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) profiles BJ Leiderman, the Virginia Beach-based composer who is best-known for his signature tunes for many popular public-radio programs:

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/bj-leiderman-1minute-music-master