by sarah | Jul 3, 2017
News to start your week! We mentioned the new opera, Vireo, by Lisa Bielawa being released online the other week. The episodic serial work will be released online and on KCET – and episode 1 is now available to view online! The Hart Institute for...
by sarah | Jun 30, 2017
The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra has a 60 year tradition of educating, nurturing, and inspiring young musicians. In recent years we at WPA have been delighted to support their mission in part with our Performance Grants, offering more opportunities for the...
by sarah | Jun 28, 2017
This week we are honoring the life and music of German composer, pianist, and educator Ruth Schönthal (1924-2006). Born in Hamburg, she demonstrated an early talent and became the young student ever accepted to the Stern’sches Konservatorium in Berlin at age five....
by sarah | Jun 26, 2017
News to start your week! The Music Critics Association of North America has named composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek’s new opera, Breaking the Waves, the first winner of a new award for Best New Opera in North America. Read more at...
by sarah | Jun 21, 2017
Saturday, June 24, is the 101st birthday of American composer and music educator Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916-1989). Born in Ohio, Wylie grew up in Detroit and considered herself to be, “a fairly typical Midwestern composer”. After earning her PhD in composition at...
