Feminist in the Concert Hall
Juneteenth Celebrations with Orchestral Music (2024)
We'd like to highlight just a few of the many many Juneteenth Celebrations that will be taking place across the US over the next week, with some orchestras also featuring women composers. The Minnesota Orchestra’s Juneteenth Celebration is today Friday June 14, and...
Women Conductors in the 2024-2025 Season
By Sarah Baer We recently published our Repertoire Report for the coming concert season - you can read the full piece here. The unsurprising truth is that top tier organizations are actively working backwards – regressing – in terms of equitable programming, with many...
WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024
Start your week with some news highlights! Four women composers had their work workshopped as part of an EarShot composer-orchestra networking program, June 4 -6, 2024. The collaboration included the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and the American Composers...
Composers to Discover! Ida Moberg’s Transfiguration
We continue our series, Composers to Discover! featuring essays by students in the Public Musicology Certificate Program at Columbus State University. Violinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira has an international career as a performer and recently graduated from the Schwob...
WPA News Digest: June 3, 2024
On June 7–9, 2024 Melissa White (soloist, violin) and Carolyn Kuan (conductor) will appear with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. They will close the orchestra’s 80th Masterworks Season with Carlos Simon’s Amen!, Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, and Holst’s...
Happy Birthday, Louise Farrenc!
We love Louise Farrenc and all her wonderful music! In honor of her birthday today, May 31, we are featuring a Youtube video introduction about Farrenc, recorded by Dr. Liane Curtis in 2021 and lightly edited for this re-release. This TIMELINE is referred to in...