Feminist in the Concert Hall
Composers You Should Know: Jean Coulthard
Today marks the 108th birthday of Canadian composer and educator Jean Coulthard. Coulthard's formal music education began at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Later, she studied with Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, and Arnold Schoenberg....
Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2016
News to start your week! The City of Birmingham Symphony has officially announced that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will in fact become the new music director. Read the official press release here. The reaction to her appointment has been fantastically positive - the...
Composers You Should Know: Grażyna Bacewicz
Happy 107th birthday to Polish composer and violinist Grażyna Bacewicz, born February 5, 1909. A graduate of the Warsaw Conservatory, she continued her studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. Bacewicz served as principal violinist for the Polish Radio Orchestra from...
Sphinx Conference: Igniting Diversity in the Arts
We at WPA are often reflecting on how our goals of incorporating women into the classical canon are parallel to those who work for racial and ethnic diversity in the music world. Plus, Black History Month – February – is adjacent to Women's History Month, and that...
Rediscovering Lost Works
This weekend, in a concert supported by a WPA Performance Grant, the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra will honor the life and work of an important but long-forgotten Baroque composer. Precious little is known about the life of Camila de Rossi. There is strong...
Composers You Should Know: Ursula Mamlok
Happy birthday to composer, pianist, and educator Ursula Mamlok! Born in Berlin on February 1, 1923, Mamlok began her musical education with Gustav Ernest and Emily Weissgerber until they fled Nazi Germany and came to the United States. Mamlok continued her studies...