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WPA News Digest – April 21, 2025

WPA News Digest – April 21, 2025

We have a range of exciting news this week! From April 10–13, 2025, the Perth Symphony Orchestra hosted its Women on the Podium initiative, a comprehensive symposium that promotes women's leadership and directorship in music (focusing on but not limited to, building...

April 19 – Beach’s Concerto in NYC

April 19 – Beach’s Concerto in NYC

It is no secret that we love Amy Beach’s music. After all we sponsor this Amy Beach website and have been diligently working to make sure that all of her music is available in published form.  And for a composer who was also a virtuoso pianist, writing a piano...

2025-2026 Concert Season: By the Numbers

2025-2026 Concert Season: By the Numbers

Our Annual Repertoire Report By Sarah Baer (and Liane Curtis) It’s a challenging time to be in the arts in the United States. It is unclear exactly how the next four years of the Trump administration is going to change the ways in which the arts are created,...

WPA News Digest – April 7, 2025

WPA News Digest – April 7, 2025

Our news items will brighten the start of your week! Violinist Phillippe Quint has produced a new album of music by women composers with the Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). Milestones became available for purchase from Pentatone Records on April 4th, and features...

AMY BEACH news!

AMY BEACH news!

Big Happenings with Amy Beach's music!!  The Munich Symphony (Münchner Symphoniker), led by Joseph Bastian, has released a new all-Amy Beach recording, featuring her monumental Symphony op. 32 “Gaelic” and also three world premiere recordings: her concert arias Maria...

Grant Deadline Monday, April 7, 2025

Grant Deadline Monday, April 7, 2025

The next deadline for our Grant program is Monday, April 7, 2025! Learn more and apply here!  We have deadlines every other month.  While the focus of the grants is still promoting historic women composers, we now can consider more flexible possibilities, including...