Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 29, 2025
By Kathleen McGowan Our year-end review of albums concludes with a series of compilations of music by women. Breaking Waves (BIS 2025) is the latest album by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (OCO), directed by Malin Broman. It features works by three women...
The Rose Garden and the Kennedy Center, by Another Name
We are happy to welcome Miriam Capellan as returning Guest Blogger! Capellan is a Washington D.C. area public school music teacher, violist, and choral enthusiast. Her previous blogs with us are Let’s State Firmly “White Supremacy Has No Place Here” and A...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 22, 2025
By Kathleen McGowan Our end-of-year review continues with a selection of four albums (!!) recorded this year by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. 2025 has seen them make a number of records dedicated to music by British women composers, historical and contemporary. In...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 19, 2025
By Kathleen McGowen Our year-end review of albums continues with our second installment, featuring some offerings by contemporary composers. (Platoon, July 2025) Gabriela Ortiz: Yanga is the third album in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's series celebrating orchestral...
WPA 2025 in Albums – December 15, 2025
During our end-of-year wrap-up WPA is looking back at some of albums of music by women released in 2025. The four albums featured today all highlight some of our very favorite composers, performers, and pieces. They've appeared frequently in our pages this year, and...
WPA News Digest – December 8, 2025
We hope you are keeping warm as you start this December week! The organization New York Women Composers (NYWC) has announced the 2025 recipients of their Seed Money Grants. The organization has awarded eight grants of $1000 each to support seven concert projects and...