WPA News Digest – August 4, 2025

WPA News Digest – August 4, 2025

  It’s a great week for fans of music by women! The Schneider Concert Series in New York have announced a new series of six Sunday Matinee concerts for the 2025/26 season at The New School. The series will highlight music by American women composers on each...
WPA News Digest – July 28, 2025

WPA News Digest – July 28, 2025

News to start your week! The Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership (WML) program has announced two graduations and three new members, each with a constellation of musical achievements and awards to her name. Conductors Maria Fuller and Naomi Woo, members of the...
WPA News Digest – July 21, 2025

WPA News Digest – July 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,...
WPA News Digest – July 14, 2025

WPA News Digest – July 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...
WPA News Digest  — July 7, 2025

WPA News Digest — July 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...