Feminist in the Concert Hall
Grant Deadline Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
The next deadline for our revised Grant program is Friday, Feb. 7, 2025! Hey, that's tomorrow! Learn more and apply here! With this new program, we now have deadlines every other month. While the focus of the grants is still promoting historic women composers, we...
WPA News Digest – February 3, 2025
Let's get your week off to an exciting start with our news! As previously reported in Feminist in the Concert Hall, the National Symphony Orchestra will host the all-female Lorelei Ensemble in performances of Julia Wolfe's Her Story— a large-scale choral work with...
WPA News Digest – January 27, 2025
While our focus at Women's Philharmonic Advocacy is on the work of women composers and musicians, we also recognize the importance of recognizing other marginalized groups including BIPOC composers. Thus we are highlighting today the world premiere of Edmond...
WPA News Digest – January 20, 2025
Let's get your week of to a great start! On January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM EST Dr. Caiti Beth McKinney will present "Beyond the Box, Into the Barlines: A Guided Tour of Orchestral Women Composers" in partnership with the Boulanger Initiative. This virtual presentation...
WPA News Digest – January 13, 2025
On January 25th, the Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will present "Midnight Serenades," a highly-anticipated annual concert of chamber music by women and non-binary composers at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. This concert will begin the second half of the...
WPA News Digest – January 6, 2025
We hope your new year is off to a great start! On January 25th, 2025, the MusicaNova Orchestra will present its program "Resistance & Unity: Women Rise" at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the works performed will be Reena Esmail's Zeher...