An Interview With The Taki Alsop Fellowship

An Interview With The Taki Alsop Fellowship

by | Aug 22, 2025

We were grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Kristin Jurkscheit, Executive Director of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, about the tremendous work that the organization has completed over the past 23 years, and the way their work is continuing to grow:...
WPA News Digest – August 18, 2025

WPA News Digest – August 18, 2025

by | Aug 18, 2025

As summer hurtles towards a close, we hope your week is off to a great start! On September 13, 2025 Karen Slack (soprano) will bring her concert celebration of historic African Queens to the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, presented by Portland Opera (Oregon)....
WPA News Digest – August 11, 2025

WPA News Digest – August 11, 2025

by | Aug 11, 2025

On August 8th, the Community Women’s Orchestra (Oakland, CA) announced that Samantha Burgess, the ensemble’s 2024/25 season interim Music Director, will be their next Music Director beginning in Season 41 (2025/26). Samantha has joyfully led the ensemble...
The Elements World Premiere – BBC Proms #1, 2025

The Elements World Premiere – BBC Proms #1, 2025

by | Aug 6, 2025

On Friday July 18, the BBC Symphony Orchestra opened the 131st season of the Proms festival. Amid the household names of classical repertoire—Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture, Sibelius’s violin concerto, Vaughan Williams’s Sancta civitas—was a new addition: the world...