WPA 2012 Performance Grants

WPA 2012 Performance Grants

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Awards over $18,000 in First Ever Performance Grants (2012) (Click here for list of 2012 winners) (Waltham, MA, Nov. 26, 2012) Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy (WPA) announced today the recipients of its inaugural Performance Grants,...

Repertoire Statistics Report—2009-2010

Every year the League of American Orchestras releases statistics on the repertoire that is performed by member ensembles. The information is collected and painstakingly compiled so that arts administrators, musicians, and academics can take notice of trends and...

Judith Weir Featured at The Guardian

In case you missed it, Tom Service, classical music blogger for The Guardian, put together a lovely guide to the music of British composer Judith Weir. Here is a excerpts of a performance of Weir’s Stars, Night, Music and Light, which was commissioned by the BBC...
RPO Honored with AMY Award

RPO Honored with AMY Award

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy was delighted to award the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Arild Remmereit with the first ever AMY Award for Excellence in Orchestral Programming. We have kept up with the RPO over the 2011-2012 season. During his first...

Hilary Hahn and Gillian Whitehead

As I mentioned last year, violinist Hilary Hahn has commissioned 27 new works to use as encore pieces. You can read about the project in an article from the Wall Street Journal here. Hilary has hand-picked 26 composers and is having a contest for the 27th piece(and...