Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Author: sarah

  • Coming Concerts

    Two more great events to look forward toward this weekend from WPA Performance Grant winners!! The Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island, under the direction of Anna Edwards, will perform American composer Margaret Brouwer’s Sizzle.  The piece was originally commissioned by The Women’s Philharmonic as part of The Fanfares Project and was premiered in 2000.  Read more about…

  • Monday Link Round Up: October 24, 2016

    News to start your week!   In another follow up to the performance of works by Saariaho by the New York Phil, read the review by Alex Ross in the October 31 issue of The New Yorker.  The full article is available online here.   Cellist Evangeline Benedetti has a new book out about cello technique, published…

  • Monday Link Round Up: October 17, 2016

    News to start your week! The third episode of the Listening to Ladies podcast is live!  Listen here to a conversation with composer and sound artist Anna Höstman. The New York Philharmonic performed a new work by Kaija Saariaho at the Park Avenue Armory this past week.  The Guardian has a review.  (Friday also marked…

  • Call for Papers for Women Composers Festival of Hartford

    The annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford is an event not to be missed, and we are excited to know that planning for the 2017 festival is already well underway.  The four day event always includes amazing concerts, papers, workshops, and conversations about the value and merit of the under-performed work by women composers, and what…