WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

Start your week with some news highlights! Four women composers had their work workshopped as part of an EarShot composer-orchestra networking program, June 4 -6, 2024.  The collaboration included the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and the American Composers...
Composers to Discover! Ida Moberg’s Transfiguration

Composers to Discover! Ida Moberg’s Transfiguration

We continue our series, Composers to Discover! featuring essays by students in the Public Musicology Certificate Program at Columbus State University.  Violinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira has an international career as a performer and recently graduated from the Schwob...
WPA News Digest: June 3, 2024

WPA News Digest: June 3, 2024

On June 7–9, 2024 Melissa White (soloist, violin) and Carolyn Kuan (conductor) will appear with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. They will close the orchestra’s 80th Masterworks Season with Carlos Simon’s Amen!, Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, and Holst’s...
Happy Birthday, Louise Farrenc!

Happy Birthday, Louise Farrenc!

We love Louise Farrenc and all her wonderful music!  In honor of her birthday today, May 31, we are featuring a Youtube  video introduction about Farrenc, recorded by Dr. Liane Curtis in 2021 and lightly edited for this re-release.  This TIMELINE  is referred to in...