WPA News Digest – September 16, 2024

WPA News Digest – September 16, 2024

To start your week, here are a few recent stories that caught our attention! In a surprising announcement this week, the Berlin Philharmonic’s concertmaster Vineta Sareika has announced that she will leave her position with the orchestra. Her final appearances...
WPA News Digest – September 9, 2024

WPA News Digest – September 9, 2024

Our big news this week is the Seattle Symphony’s announcement that Xian Zhang will be its next music director beginning in the 2025/26 season! This appointment distinguishes her as the first woman conductor to head a major orchestra on the US West Coast. Zhang...
WPA News Digest – September 2, 2024

WPA News Digest – September 2, 2024

As summer ends and fall educational and concert activities ramp back up, a lot of exciting news! From Sept. 15 – 18, The Buffalo Philharmonic and the International Conductors Guild will host a workshop for eight women conductors in Buffalo, New York. The...
WPA News Digest – August 26, 2024

WPA News Digest – August 26, 2024

Exciting news this week!! Errollyn Wallen has been appointed Master of the King’s Music by King Charles! The Belize-born British composer and performer is the first black woman to be appointed to this position. She will succeed Dame Judith Weir, who was...
WPA News Digest – August 19, 2024

WPA News Digest – August 19, 2024

Here’s some news to start your week! In July, 2024 the all-female Firdaus Orchestra of Dubai performed for two days as part of the multi-day wedding celebration of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. The festivities were a...