Feminist in the Concert Hall
We are in this for the Long Haul! AND a few of our successes of 2023!
"I've never changed the world before, I'm not really sure how long it takes." Marge Simpson We at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy have been working to change the world of orchestral music for a long time. We are in it for the long run. We know this is not a fad or a...
Expanding the Music Theory Canon — new textbook
An important new book is being released today! Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Inclusive Examples for Analysis from the Common Practice Period by Dr Paula Maust is a print volume drawn from her Website of the same name. Providing selections by women and BIPOC...
The Absolutely Essential Work of The Women’s Philharmonic: Holding On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread
We originally published this post on Feb 26, 2021 and are now reposting, since it is so important to our work! Guest author Mary Purpura completed an MA Thesis about The Women's Philharmonic in 2016. Her research provided an important history of our founding...
Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023
ICYMI -- Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Grant -- WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley. Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera "Escalator Over The Hill." Listen on NPR. An...
All Hail The Tenth Muse! Part 2
By Dr. April Lynn James. Part 1 is published here My bestselling book,* The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera, is a major revision of the dissertation I completed in 2002. Why did I not publish it then? I had other things to do with my life...
Chicago Sinfonietta performs Regina Harris Baiocchi’s Muse for Orchestra
Tonight, October 7, the Chicago Sinfonietta performs Regina Harris Baiocchi’s "Muse for Orchestra," led by Music Director Mei Ann Chen. Their Oct. 5 performance of the work, described as “a powerful tribute to the muses who inspire and guide us,” was its Chicago...