Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Author: sarah

  • Announcing WPA Performance Grant Winners!

    Congratulations to our latest round of Performance Grant winners! Since establishing Performance Grants in 2012 each cycle has seen a larger number of applicants and a greater diversity of programming.  The strongest applications were for plans to perform works by more than one composer, included one historic and one contemporary composer, and exciting outreach.  We…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 4, 2017

    News to start your week! Our Generosity Campaign is underway!  Help us raise funding so that we can continue to make positive impact with our Performance Grants, helping more professional, community, and student ensembles expand their repertoire to include works by women composers!  (And grab some fun thank you gifts!) Frank Oteri at NewMusicBox had…

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 27, 2017

    News to start your week!   In case you missed it – conductor Mariss Jansons made news by saying that women conductors were “not [his] cup of tea“.   After some significant backlash he later apologized.   At the same time, the Dallas Opera’s Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors met again for…

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 20, 2017

    News to start your week! There have been some particularly excellent pieces to come out of WQXR in!  Their list of Eight Classical Era Composers who aren’t named Mozart or Haydn includes Maria Teresea Agnesi Pinottini, Princess Anna Amalia, and Marianne Martines. WQXR also included a list of works by Amy Beach in honor of her…