Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Author: sarah

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 12, 2016

    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 at the Albuquerque Journal.  Winners will be announced February 12. Elizabeth Blair, composer and Listening to Ladies podcast…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 5, 2016

    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.  Many great stories and conversations have already come out of this…

  • December Calendar is LIVE!

    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 with an updated, printed…

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 28, 2016

    News to start your week! First, some very sad news of the death of a pioneer.  Pauline Oliveros has passed at age 84.  There are many remembrances and tributes.   The Guardian has a remembrance, Alex Ross invites readers to listen in, and NPR included a story about her life and work yesterday on All Things Considered.  Read…