Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – April 28, 2025
Here's some news to start your week! Composer Karena Ingram (UMBC, 2016) has received a commission from the Virginia B. Toulmin Orchestral Commissions Program. The Toulmin Commissions Program is under the umbrella of the League of American Orchestras, and partners...
April 28: Premiere of 1911 Suffrage Cantata
By Liane Curtis Music lovers might know the rich body of work – especially her symphonies and chamber music – by Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929). A premiere of an unknown but important work of hers will take place tomorrow at Whitman College in eastern...
WPA News Digest – April 21, 2025
We have a range of exciting news this week! From April 10–13, 2025, the Perth Symphony Orchestra hosted its Women on the Podium initiative, a comprehensive symposium that promotes women's leadership and directorship in music (focusing on but not limited to, building...
April 19 – Beach’s Concerto in NYC
It is no secret that we love Amy Beach’s music. After all we sponsor this Amy Beach website and have been diligently working to make sure that all of her music is available in published form. And for a composer who was also a virtuoso pianist, writing a piano...
2025-2026 Concert Season: By the Numbers
Our Annual Repertoire Report By Sarah Baer (and Liane Curtis) It’s a challenging time to be in the arts in the United States. It is unclear exactly how the next four years of the Trump administration is going to change the ways in which the arts are created,...
WPA News Digest – April 7, 2025
Our news items will brighten the start of your week! Violinist Phillippe Quint has produced a new album of music by women composers with the Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). Milestones became available for purchase from Pentatone Records on April 4th, and features...