Congratulations to Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition. The competition, which was founded in 1990, strives to support the careers of up and coming conductors. The award is not only generous, but potentially life-changing: In...
Tuesday’s broadcast of The Colin McEnroe Show, which broadcasts out of WNPR in Connecticut, featured a conversation with contemporary women composers. The show, inspired by the upcoming documentary, “Written by Mrs. Bach”, was (woefully) titled...
After a long Thanksgiving weekend, we at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy have spent our time these past two days organizing and processing the 2014 Performance Grant applications. In even just a cursory review of the applications we are impressed with the...
Tomorrow (November 26) is the final deadline to submit an application for the 2014 Performance Grants! There is still time to complete your application (or to encourage your favorite ensemble to do so) and receive funding to support an upcoming performance of works...
In light of the Mrs. Bach controversy (which is still ruffling feathers…) the BBC has put together a list of 10 women who”changed music”. Check it out here. The usual suspects are on the list – which raises the question, who would you add?...
