Feminist in the Concert Hall
WPA News Digest – December 2, 2025
December greetings, everyone! There's lots to listen to this week! On December 4th, the award-winning Miami University Symphony Orchestra (MUSO) will present its concert Women in Music - A Celebration of Women Composers under the direction of Maestro Ricardo Averbach....
Ways to Support our Work!
Happy December!! In this season of giving, celebrating, and reflecting we are offering special gifts to those who support us in our work: with a donation of US$100 or more, receive one of these wonderful children's books --"Bea Breaks Barriers! How Florence Beatrice...
“One Conductor A Day” at 5 Years!
We are celebrating five years of #oneconductoraday. Conductor Talia Ilan started this project to recognize and promote women conductors. It also promotes women in all leadership roles, in giving their work a context and wider recognition. In a world where women...
WPA News Digest – November 24, 2025
There's lots to listen to this week! Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson had been scheduled to perform composer Vita Poleva's latest work Sophia at Kyiv's Philharmonic Hall, in early November 2025. The concert was cancelled at the last minute due to a Russian bomb attack....
WPA News Digest – November 17, 2025
Here's some recent news for your Monday! On November 14th, Paniz Far Youssefi became the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. It's a significant achievement in its own right, but even more when one considers how much women's professional and cultural...
WPA News Digest — November 11, 2025
Sarah Kirkland Snider's opera HILDEGARD premiered on November 5th in a production by the Los Angeles Opera, directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer. The production appeared in LA Opera’s Off Grand series that showcases new works. It ran through November 9 at The Wallis in...