by Liane Curtis | May 28, 2020
We are so excited to share this archived broadcast (from KPFK’s Pacifica Radio, 1991, 2 hours in length) that features an interview with Maestro JoAnn Falletta from 1991. The Women’s Philharmonic (still known as The Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic)...
by Liane Curtis | May 25, 2020
Taking up our #ThinkOutsideTheBachs challenge, London-based musician Martin Ash offers engaging insights on the groundbreaking and innovative violinist-composer (also singer and keyboard player) Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818). Martin Ash is a viola...
by Liane Curtis | May 3, 2020
We are happy to report that the Met Opera’s ongoing daily streams (offered in response to their cancelling the remainder of their season because of COVID-19) will feature a work by a woman, Kaija Saariaho’s “L’amour de loin,” on Wed. May...
by Liane Curtis | Apr 22, 2020
By Robyn Bramhall — Our author is a WPA Board Member and Secretary who has been involved with WPA since our inception, and who also worked with The Women’s Philharmonic for almost the entirety of its influential and important lifespan, including serving as...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 17, 2020
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works, Rustic Suite (1938) and Military Sinfonietta (1936-1937). Vítězslava...