News to start your week! We celebrated Dame Ethel Smyth’s birthday this weekend! Don’t miss the guest blog by Dr. Amy Ziegler and the new recording of Symth’s work. The BBC.com Culture column recognized the life and work of composer,...
Representation matters. In recordings, in publications, in performance halls, and in classrooms. We were thrilled to learn about a new project to encourage more discussion and exploration of works by women in classrooms through music theory curriculum. The project...
News to start your week! Congratulations to Du Yun for winning the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera Angel’s Bone! Read the story at NPR or NewMusicBox – which interviewed the composer about her work in 2014. Watch part of the interview below: ...
Since establishing our Performance Grants in 2012 we have been delighted with the ever growing enthusiasm and innovativeness of each application. As we continue to reach out to new ensembles, the WPA Board of Directors agreed last year to begin offering the grants...
News to start your week! The Women Composers Festival of Hartford had another great event this year – and are already looking to the future! Composers and and Performers are invited to apply to be artists in residence for the 2018 Festival! Find out more...
