Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA Performance Grant Applications now LIVE
We are thrilled to once again offer funding through Performance Grants - supporting performances of works by women composers by American orchestras. The goal of these grants, first established in 2012, has been to encourage future performances of works by historic and...
Monday Link Round Up: August 15, 2016
News to start your week! The WPA Performance Grant Application is now LIVE! Funding is available to U.S. Orchestras (community, youth, and professional) who are committed to performing works by women composers. Find out more, and begin your application, here. ...
Monday Link Round Up: August 8, 2016
News to start your week: Elizabeth Blair - herself a composer, activist, and writer - has a fantastic interview with composer Lisa Coons available to read now at VAN Magazine. Frank Oteri at New Music Box has an interview with American composer Eleanor Cory. Read the...
August Calendar Now Live!
A new month means a new edition of the WPA Calendar honoring historic composers! The August calendar is now live and ready to be downloaded and shared - get your copy here!
Monday Link Round Up: August 1, 2016
News to start your week! Melvyn Krauss has a great piece at Bloomberg.com titled, "Why More Women are Winning at Musical Chairs". Krauss, emeritus professor of economics at NYU and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, provides a thoughtful...
Celebrating New Music and Marin Alsop at Cabrillo
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music begins on July 31. This annual event is always worth anticipating and hugely rewarding - but this year is particularly special as it is Marin Alsop's last at the helm. Alsop is stepping down after 25 years as artistic...