by Liane Curtis | Apr 6, 2016
If you have our April calendar, you know that we are celebrating some very important composers’ birthdays this month, including Florence Price, Germaine Tailleferre, and Ethel Smyth! Oh, and Happy Birthday, Phyllis Tate (today, April 6) — here’s part...
by Liane Curtis | Apr 6, 2016
Composer Elena Langer has achieved a brilliant success as she “completes” the Figaro “trilogy” for Welsh National Opera. Complementing Mozart’s “Marriage” and Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,”...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 28, 2016
The new documentary film “The Caged Bird: the Life and Music of Florence B. Price,” will be broadcast nationally on March 28 and 29 on the PBS World channel. The film tells the inspiring story of the first African-American woman to have her music performed...
by Liane Curtis | Feb 11, 2016
Carol Cubberley, a freelance violinist in Boston, MA, became interested in uncovering music by women while at Boston Conservatory, and chose to play only music composed by women at her masters recital. In 2013 Carol was the violinist for the Apple Hill Festival...
by Liane Curtis | Feb 5, 2016
We at WPA are often reflecting on how our goals of incorporating women into the classical canon are parallel to those who work for racial and ethnic diversity in the music world. Plus, Black History Month – February – is adjacent to Women’s History Month, and...
