Feminist in the Concert Hall
On the rediscovery of Helen Hagan
We are thrilled by this excellent article in the Washington Post about tonights revival (premiere of the new orchestration) of Helen Hagan's Piano Concerto. The concert will livestream here on the website of the Yale School of Music https://music.yale.edu/live...
Hidden Herstory: An 18th-Century Royal Musical Dynasty
By Elizabeth De Brito Have you heard of this amazing classical-era royal musical dynasty from Prussia? Two generations of remarkable royals who, through their leadership and musical talent, shaped much of 18th-century German artistic culture and strongly influenced...
Some news for your Friday! Oct. 14, 2022
Applications for our Grant Program are open, and we have extended the deadline to Nov. 15! We realize that that our revised program is unconventional, proposing channels of communication between your artistic planners and the experts on our Board. But we believe the...
Honoring Diversity Work by two Women
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Barbara Garvey Jackson (1929-2022, obituary here), who worked for decades to advocate for music by women composers. She was a Professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and has generations of students who...
Smyth’s Mass in Australia, Oct. 9!
We rarely blog on the weekends, but we wanted to make sure we mentioned the performance tomorrow (Sunday, Oct. 9) in Australia of Ethel Smyth’s Mass -- it may in fact be the first performance of that monumental work in Australia, and it is very a rare all-Smyth...
Composer of the Month: Chiquinha Gonzaga
Editor's Note: While our focus at WPA is on women in classical music, we know the boundaries of the term "classical" have always been flexible and porous, from the earliest music of the Western church appropriating popular melodies, to Lizzo playing a flute that...