News to start your week! The New York Times profiles Yip Wing-sie, who is conductor of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. The conversation is about her experiences as a woman and a minority in finding her way to the podium, as well as the current statistics, and stigmas,...
News to start your week! The conversation about the importance and value of L’Amour de Loin at the Met continues! The New York Times has profiles, and listening samples, from 10 contemporary women opera composers. Read — and listen — here. The...
News to start your week! Congratulations to Jennifer Higdon on two Grammy Nominations! The new recording of Higdon’s first opera, Cold Mountain, has been nominated for the Best Opera Recording as well as the Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Read more...
News to start your week! On December 1 the Met Opera performed L’Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho. This historic Met premiere marked only the second time a work by a woman composer has been heard at the institution – the last being over a century ago....
Our final installment of the 2016 WPA Calendar is now live and ready for download! Be sure to get your copy here – and share with friends! If you’ve loved this calendar this year as much as we have loved putting it together, you can stay up to date in 2017...
