Feminist in the Concert Hall
The Rose Garden and the Kennedy Center, by Another Name
We are happy to welcome Miriam Capellan as returning Guest Blogger! Capellan is a Washington D.C. area public school music teacher, violist, and choral enthusiast. Her previous blogs with us are Let’s State Firmly “White Supremacy Has No Place Here” and A...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 22, 2025
By Kathleen McGowan Our end-of-year review continues with a selection of four albums (!!) recorded this year by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. 2025 has seen them make a number of records dedicated to music by British women composers, historical and contemporary. In...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 19, 2025
By Kathleen McGowen Our year-end review of albums continues with our second installment, featuring some offerings by contemporary composers. (Platoon, July 2025) Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga is the third album in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's series celebrating orchestral...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 15, 2025
During our end-of-year wrap-up WPA is looking back at some of albums of music by women released in 2025. The four albums featured today all highlight some of our very favorite composers, performers, and pieces. They've appeared frequently in our pages this year, and...
WPA News Digest – December 8, 2025
We hope you are keeping warm as you start this December week! The organization New York Women Composers (NYWC) has announced the 2025 recipients of their Seed Money Grants. The organization has awarded eight grants of $1000 each to support seven concert projects and...
WPA News Digest – December 2, 2025
December greetings, everyone! There's lots to listen to this week! On December 4th, the award-winning Miami University Symphony Orchestra (MUSO) will present its concert Women in Music - A Celebration of Women Composers under the direction of Maestro Ricardo Averbach....