American composer, conductor, arranger, and educator Alice Parker celebrated her 90th birthday on Wednesday. We were delighted to see that NPR covered this notable occasion on All Things Considered. Listen to the story below (the transcript is also available here):...
News to start your week! We can look forward to an excellent Ojai Festival in 2016 with music director Peter Sellars who announced that the festival will feature works by Kaija Saariaho, Caroline Shaw, Pauline Oliveros, Carla Kihlstedt, Sharon Hurvitz, and Tania León....
News to start your week! Right after we stopped to think about just how many stories about women conductors have made it to the news this year, the Orange County Register did a profile of Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. You can also read Marin Alsop’s thoughts about the...
It’s been a banner year for opportunities for women conductors. Since this time last year we’ve shared stories about: Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition Rei Hotoda, the first woman Associate Conductor to the Utah...
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 cycle of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Performance Grants. Our panel of judges were very pleased with the number – and quality – of applications and needed to make some hard decisions in how to...
