Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – November 18, 2024
There's lots going on for women in music this week! On November 10, 2024 the Cleveland Women's Orchestra opened its 90th anniversary season with a program of 19th century favorites: the overture from the Verdi/Solera collaboration Giovanna D'arco (Joan of Arc),...
WPA News Digest — November 11, 2024
Lots to celebrate for women in music! FIRST -- our revised Women's Philharmonic Advocacy Grant program is finally unveiled! Read all about it!! Learn more here! The Grants are now being offered every other month, with the first deadline December 9, 2024. The...
Listening for Election Day, 2024
Hello intrepid Women's Philharmonic Advocacy Readers! In honor of the US Election Day 2024, we have a shortened news brief for you featuring Stacy Garrop’s 2020 work The Battle of the Ballot. On this most important of American civic days (and the days leading up to...
WPA News Digest – October 28 2024
Lots of concerts in October and November have been/are featuring works by women composers! (We love to see it!) On November 3, 2024 the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (San Francisco, USA) will perform the world premiere of Elijah’s Call: An Oratorio for...
WPA News Digest — October 21, 2024
We're here for another exciting week!! On Saturday October 26, the woman-founded Turkish American Orchestra (TAO) will give its debut performance in New York's Symphony Space under the direction Nisan Ak. Cofounded by Ak and technology executive Ulku Rowe, the...
WPA News Digest – October 14, 2024
The concert season is in full swing! It’s no secret we adore Amy Beach and her music, but especially her monumental and passionate Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45. Was it “A Virtual Autobiography,” as has been suggested? If so, what a richly emotional life...