by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 21, 2025
This week four of our five stories feature women of African descent! The first performance of the African Women’s Orchestra will take place during the Rewind, Remix, Reclaim Festival at the Goethe Institute, in Nairobi. The festival runs from 15–25 July 2025,...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 14, 2025
We hope you are having a beautiful summer! Here’s some news to start your week! On Sunday July 20th at 7PM, BBC Radio Scotland will present an all-women composers program of classical music. The program will be available for streaming shortly after the live...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 7, 2025
News to start your week! The Women Conductors Program (UK) has announced that their program is taking a new step in their efforts to address gender imbalance in conducting. They have recently changed their name to Royal Philharmonic Society Conductors (RPS...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jun 30, 2025
We hope your week is getting off to a great start! Here’s some news! On June 25th, the Imani Winds played Valerie Coleman’s Phenomenal Women (concerto for wind quintet and chamber orchestra) as part of a symphonic program at the Grant Park Music Festival....
by Kathleen McGowan | Jun 23, 2025
The summer season is in high gear now! The League of American orchestras held its 80th National Conference in Salt Lake City from June 11 – 13. During the conference, Marin Alsop was named the recipient of the Gold Baton Award—the highest distinction that the LAO...
