Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 in order to:
- Recognize the achievement of The Women’s Philharmonic (1980-2004) over their 24 years of activity.
- Build on this work by advocating for the performance of women composers by orchestras and ensembles.
- Address the place of women composers (historic and contemporary) in today’s repertoire of orchestras and ensembles in the US and internationally.
- Present information that highlights the shortage of programming of works by women; the heritage of TWP emphasizes that this should and can be corrected.
Board of Directors:
Robyn Bramhall Treasurer of WPA. Past President, The Women’s Philharmonic, formerly a Professional in Human Resources
Liane Curtis – President of WPA, Author and music critic; President, The Rebecca Clarke Society, Inc. Ph.D. in Musicology
Chen Yi Composer, Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance.
Beth Denisch Composer and Faculty, The Berklee College of Music
Dr. Samantha Ege is a musicologist-pianist and is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. She is the author of South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2024)
Tammy L. Kernodle is Professor of Musicology at Miami University (Oxford OH). She is a past President of the Society for American Music, the author of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, and served as editor for the Encyclopedia of African American Music
Margaret Lucia Professor of Music at Shippensburg University (PA), she is a noted pianist and has performed and recorded widely.
Pamela Madsen Composer and Music Faculty, at Cal. State University, Fullerton. She regularly organizes festivals of new music.
Barbara Day Turner, Music Director and Founder of the San José Chamber Orchestra, and music administrator and conductor of the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater
Nan H. Washburn, Co-founder and Artistic Director of The Women’s Philharmonic and Music Director and Conductor of the Michigan Philharmonic
Founding Blogger and Director of Research
Sarah E. Baer – M.A. in Musicology and Women’s and Gender Studies
Senior Editor, Music Publications
Chris A. Trotman, M.M. in Music Composition and M.L.I.S. Editor-in-Chief of Amy Beach Project.
Advisory Council:
Mary Buckley — Retired Social Worker, music-lover and researcher on Women’s History
Dr. Ashley Jackson — harpist, activist, and academic, faculty at Hunter College.
Grammy-nominated Sara Jobin, principal conductor for the Center for Contemporary Opera.
Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson is the founder and Founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in Philadelphia.
Robert Kendrick — Professor of Music at the University of Chicago. Author of Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan, and editor of music by Chiara Maria Cozzolani.
Ann Krinitsky She directs the Marin Symphony Youth Performance programs and the Virtuoso Program at San Domenico School. She was also a guest conductor for The Women’s Philharmonic.
Tania Léon — award winning composer and conductor, recognized for her accomplishments as an educator and advisor to arts organizations.
Kathleen McGuire Conductor Laureate, The Community Women’s Orchestra and San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. Music Director, The Tudor Choristers.
Kile Smith — Composer, and Past Curator of the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia
Past Board Members:
Judith Rosen — Music activist, Author of Grazyna Bacewicz: Her Life and Works. Past Board Member of The Women’s Philharmonic
Beverly McChesney Bassoonist, performed with The Women’s Philharmonic
Joan Capra Violinist, musician with The Women’s Philharmonic. Researcher of historic women composers, provided material for TWP’s Baroquen Treasures recording
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