Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: June 1, 2020
It's been an unbelievably difficult week for BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) and allies. We at WPA stand with you in the fight for justice. Though not outwardly stated by NPR, I suspect there's little coincidence that they featured Lara Downes' Tiny...
TBT: A conversation with JoAnn Falletta, 1991
We are so excited to share this archived broadcast (from KPFK's Pacifica Radio, 1991, 2 hours in length) that features an interview with Maestro JoAnn Falletta from 1991. The Women's Philharmonic (still known as The Bay Area Women's Philharmonic) had just released...
Monday Link Round Up: May 25, 2020
News and music to start your week! The New York Times introduced readers this week to the Iranian Female Composers Association, members of which are included above (from left: Anahita Abbasi, Aida Shirazi, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh). Learn about this wonderful...
The Amazing Mrs. Sirmen, aka Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen
Taking up our #ThinkOutsideTheBachs challenge, London-based musician Martin Ash offers engaging insights on the groundbreaking and innovative violinist-composer (also singer and keyboard player) Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818). Martin Ash is a viola...
Monday Link Round Up: May 18, 2020
News and music to start your week! Don't miss 5 Questions to Sunita LeGallou, who is a the producer and host of Music for PhD's, a podcast that features different Canadian composers each episode. LeGallou is, herself, a visual artist and paints to a piece by that...
Follow up to the 2020-2021 Repertoire Report
We went back to the numbers - and looked back over the past three seasons - to see how the most prestigious ensembles in the United States are shaping their programming in terms of inclusion and diversity. There has been significant pressure in recent years, between...