Listen to FEMALE CONDUCTORS — a whole LOT of them!!

Listen to FEMALE CONDUCTORS — a whole LOT of them!!

by | Dec 11, 2015

Back on Aug. 9, 2015, Jeremy Eichler (the Boston Globe’s classical music critic) annoyed me by repeatedly using male pronouns in an article about the art of conducting.  True, the article’s focus was the Boston SO’s new(ish) music director Andris Nelsons, but I...
Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2015

Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2015

by | Dec 7, 2015

News to start your week! Right after we stopped to think about just how many stories about women conductors have made it to the news this year, the Orange County Register did a profile of Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. You can also read Marin Alsop’s thoughts about the...
Moving Forward: Opportunities for Women Conductors

Moving Forward: Opportunities for Women Conductors

by | Dec 4, 2015

It’s been a banner year for opportunities for women conductors.  Since this time last year we’ve shared stories about: Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition Rei Hotoda, the first woman Associate Conductor to the Utah...

Announcing 2015 Performance Grant Winners

by | Dec 2, 2015

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 cycle of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Performance Grants.  Our panel of judges were very pleased with the number – and quality – of applications and needed to make some hard decisions in how to...