Feminist in the Concert Hall
Met Opera to stream Kaija Saariaho’s Opera, L’amour de loin on May 6-7
We are happy to report that the Met Opera's ongoing daily streams (offered in response to their cancelling the remainder of their season because of COVID-19) will feature a work by a woman, Kaija Saariaho's "L'amour de loin," on Wed. May 6. Watch it on the Met...
Monday Link Round Up: April 27, 2020
News and music to start your week! Happy birthday to Dame Ethel Smyth! (April 22) Read reflections about the great composer, pictured right, by WPA Board Member Robyn Bramhall. There's a wonderful new newsletter, "Fantastic Women Composers and Where To Find Them" (we...
On her birthday, thoughts about Ethel Smyth
By Robyn Bramhall -- Our author is a WPA Board Member and Secretary who has been involved with WPA since our inception, and who also worked with The Women's Philharmonic for almost the entirety of its influential and important lifespan, including serving as its...
Monday Link Round Up: April 20, 2020
News and music to start your week! The Digital Festival of Women in Music ( German version, Feminale der Musik) continues TODAY (April 20) with live interviews about Ethel Smyth (with Marleen Hoffmann) and Rebecca Clarke (with WPA President Liane Curtis, in English...
Monday Link Round Up: April 13, 2020
News and music to start your week! Another work by Pauline Oliveros, pictured above, is being performed during this time of social distancing (the first being her Tuning Meditation, taking place every Saturday in April). The LA Times has the story of Opera...
Monday Link Round Up: April 6, 2020
News and music to start your week! Frank Oteri at New Music Box has another insightful interview to share. This time with composer, vocalist, and flautist Nathalie Joachim, pictured above. Read on and listen in at NewMusicBox. The Center for Art and Media of...