by Liane Curtis | Feb 15, 2018
With two upcoming performances of music by Dora Pejačević taking place in the next few weeks, we wonder if this remarkable but little-known composer, who was writing powerful orchestral works a century ago, is finally ready for rediscovery. [Wondering how to...
by Liane Curtis | Jan 29, 2018
The main focus of “Feminist in the Concert Hall,” and in fact our WPA website is to examine and draw attention to music composed by women (especially orchestral music), with the hopes that such works will be performed more often. Thus we seek to expand the...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 21, 2017
A group of 60 Boston-area musicians has petitioned the Boston Symphony Orchestra for increased diversity in the repertoire presented by the orchestra in their Symphony Hall programming. Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy’s work is in mentioned in the article...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 9, 2017
We are thrilled that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Joana Carneiro, will be performing second movement, Alla Siciliana of Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 (Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications’ revised...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 18, 2017
GRANT UPDATE — we are having problems with our online form (which is down at the moment) — and we are extending our deadline to OCT. 27.