Feminist in the Concert Hall
Composer Gena Branscombe: Exploring her Music with Orchestra
We are happy to share with you this essay by Kathleen Shimeta, music researcher, writer and mezzo soprano. Shimeta is co-founder and Chair of The Gena Branscombe Project, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the performance of Gena Branscombe’s art songs,...
WPA News Digest – July 14, 2025
We hope you are having a beautiful summer! Here's some news to start your week! On Sunday July 20th at 7PM, BBC Radio Scotland will present an all-women composers program of classical music. The program will be available for streaming shortly after the live...
2025 BBC Proms – By the Numbers
The 2025 BBC Proms season will begin on July 18 and continue through September 13, presenting dozens of concerts throughout the United Kingdom, and celebrating the tradition first started by Henry Wood in 1895. We conducted an in depth analysis of the 2024 Proms...
WPA News Digest — July 7, 2025
News to start your week! The Women Conductors Program (UK) has announced that their program is taking a new step in their efforts to address gender imbalance in conducting. They have recently changed their name to Royal Philharmonic Society Conductors (RPS...
WPA News Digest – June 30, 2025
We hope your week is getting off to a great start! Here's some news! On June 25th, the Imani Winds played Valerie Coleman's Phenomenal Women (concerto for wind quintet and chamber orchestra) as part of a symphonic program at the Grant Park Music Festival. The Imanis...
WPA News Digest – June 23, 2025
The summer season is in high gear now! The League of American orchestras held its 80th National Conference in Salt Lake City from June 11 – 13. During the conference, Marin Alsop was named the recipient of the Gold Baton Award—the highest distinction that the LAO...