by Liane Curtis | Feb 21, 2025
In the USA and Canada, February is Black History Month — We at WPA are firmly of the opinion that Black composers should be celebrated throughout the year, but we’ll never turn down an opportunity to highlight the tremendous history and future of Black...
by Liane Curtis | Feb 6, 2025
The next deadline for our revised Grant program is Friday, Feb. 7, 2025! Hey, that’s tomorrow! Learn more and apply here! With this new program, we now have deadlines every other month. While the focus of the grants is still promoting historic women...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 21, 2024
We are happy to continue our series, Composers to Discover! featuring essays by students in the Public Musicology Certificate Program at Columbus State University, coordinated by Dr. Reba Wissner. Today’s essay is by Riley Bryan, a recent graduate of the Schwob...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 13, 2024
Martin Ash, a free-lance violist/violinist in the London area who has previously provided us these insightful blog posts about Laura Maddelena Lombardini (here and here), was in thick of the recent world premiere performance of Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto (1935),...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 7, 2024
We launched our “Giving Tuesday” fund-drive on our Substack account, and now bring it here as well, so everyone is reminded to donate, and has a chance to get our awesome thank you gifts! From: Dr. Liane Curtis, President, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy...
