Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – December 16, 2024
It's an exciting time for women in classical music! Here's this week's update! Jessica Joy Harned has recently released her theatrical orchestra experience Classical Queens: Our Time, deriving from Harned's original research project-turned-podcast Classical Queens....
Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received
Martin Ash, a free-lance violist/violinist in the London area who has previously provided us these insightful blog posts about Laura Maddelena Lombardini (here and here), was in thick of the recent world premiere performance of Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto (1935),...
WPA News Digest – December 9, 2024
There's lots to celebrate as we prepare for the winter holidays! Videmus Inc., via a new arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, is publishing editions of composer Julia Perry's previously-unpublished music. The Estate of Julia A. Perry (which had to be established as a...
Support Our Work!!
We launched our "Giving Tuesday" fund-drive on our Substack account, and now bring it here as well, so everyone is reminded to donate, and has a chance to get our awesome thank you gifts! From: Dr. Liane Curtis, President, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Dear friend,...
WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024
There's lots to be excited about for women in music as we kick off December! (Including a few gift ideas.) On Wednesday November 27, the Raices Negras Trio performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The group featured three...
WPA News Digest – November 25, 2024
2024 is wrapping up with plenty of chances to hear music by women composers! On November 24th, Imogen Holst's Concerto for Violin and Strings (1935) received its first public performance at St Andrew's Holborn in London by the Elgar Sinfonia of London alongside music...