Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – March 30, 2026
March is ending! And with the end or Women's History Month, we unfortunately find fewer orchestras including works by women. The point of Women’s History Month is to celebrate the contributions of women, which in the past were so often excluded, and to understand the...
WPA News Round-up – March 23, 2026
Lots of ensembles are getting in their celebratory Women's History Month concerts this week! Performances have been a mix of classic names and pieces (Florence Price, Amy Beach) as well as the new and and some less familiar historic works. On March 22, the Community...
WPA News Digest – March 16, 2026
There's a lot going on! On March 12th, Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra's repertoire. The orchestra last performed Beach’s Symphony in E minor, “Gaelic” in January 1919—the year before the passage of the 19th amendment. The...
WPA News Digest – March 9, 2026
Happy Women's History Month! And we hope you celebrated International Women's Day! So much is going on! On March 12th Palazzetto Bru Zane will begin a series of concerts that give three women composers a chance to shine: Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de...
Amy Beach on the World Stage! … and more, Happy IWD!!
In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we are happy to highlight two important concerts happening this weekend! The Chicago Sinfonietta presents Still I Rise, a concert of all women composers, led by Mei-Ann Chen, on March 6 and 7. The...
Paying it forward / paying it backward–A new interview series
We at WPA focus on bringing to life the music of historic composers, because they were erased from history, even those who were successful and celebrated in their lifetimes. And composers of the past are unable to promote themselves the way that living composers are...