Monday Link Roundup: July 29, 2019

by sarah | Jul 29, 2019

News and music to start your week! Don’t miss composer Emily Doolittle’s wonderful piece about her experience with gender imbalance in concert programming.  It is wonderfully titled, Why Yes, I Do Want My Music Performed and is available on NewMusicBox....

Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

by sarah | Jul 22, 2019

News and music to start your week! Conductor Karina Canellakis (pictured) made BBC Proms history by being the first woman conductor to lead the ensemble at the First Night of the Proms.  Read more about the historic night, and the kick off of the 2019 Proms Season, at...

500+ Operas by Women: Perform one today!

by Liane Curtis | Jul 19, 2019

[note: latest version of the opera database, March 2022, is here https://wophil.org/500ops/ ] Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is happy to unveil our newly-updated database of 500+ Operas by Women! We invited Dr. Penny Brandt (one of the two noted scholars who...

Monday Link Round Up: July 15, 2019

by sarah | Jul 15, 2019

News and music to start your week! In case you missed it, don’t miss reading Megan Lavengood’s excellent piece on gender and hiring as it relates to the field of Music Theory Andrew Clements reviews the new recording by Isata Kanneh-Mason (pictured) of...

Monday Link Round Up: July 8, 2019

by sarah | Jul 8, 2019

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Akiko Fujimoto (pictured above), the first woman to be named Artistic Director of the Mid-Texas Symphony.  Last season the ensemble had a public audition process to find the new director, with four finalists each...