Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – September 1, 2025
Happy September, and to those in the US, Happy Labor Day! On September 5, 2025 the Bellissima Brass will open the 110th season of the Bellingham Music Club of Bellingham, Washington. Bellissima Brass is an all-women brass quintet—personnel: Michelle Rockwood, Karolyn...
WPA News Digest – August 25, 2025
August is drawing to a close, and with it the summer hiatuses of most regularly-performing orchestras! While we at WPA eagerly await their return—hopefully with programs brimming with music by fabulous women composers—here's a preview of a few exciting evens of the...
An Interview With The Taki Alsop Fellowship
We were grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Kristin Jurkscheit, Executive Director of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, about the tremendous work that the organization has completed over the past 23 years, and the way their work is continuing to grow:...
WPA News Digest – August 18, 2025
As summer hurtles towards a close, we hope your week is off to a great start! On September 13, 2025 Karen Slack (soprano) will bring her concert celebration of historic African Queens to the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, presented by Portland Opera (Oregon)....
WPA News Digest – August 11, 2025
On August 8th, the Community Women's Orchestra (Oakland, CA) announced that Samantha Burgess, the ensemble's 2024/25 season interim Music Director, will be their next Music Director beginning in Season 41 (2025/26). Samantha has joyfully led the ensemble in its recent...
The Elements World Premiere – BBC Proms #1, 2025
On Friday July 18, the BBC Symphony Orchestra opened the 131st season of the Proms festival. Amid the household names of classical repertoire—Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture, Sibelius’s violin concerto, Vaughan Williams’s Sancta civitas—was a new addition: the world...