Grammy Nominations for Anna Clyne and Hilary Hahn

The list of 2015 Grammy nominations has been published – and Anna Clyne’s Prince of Clouds is in the running for Contemporary Classical Composition.  Her work shares the ballot with John Luther Adams (Become Ocean), George Crumb (Voices From The...
Congrats to Elim Chan!

Congrats to Elim Chan!

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...

Women Composers on WNPR

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...
#GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday

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...

Final Call! 2014 Grant Applications

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...