Category: broadcasts

  • WPA News Digest — October 21, 2024

    WPA News Digest — October 21, 2024

    We’re here for another exciting week!! On Saturday October 26, the woman-founded Turkish American Orchestra (TAO) will give its debut performance in New York’s Symphony Space under the direction Nisan Ak. Cofounded by Ak and technology executive Ulku Rowe, the orchestra promotes Western classical music by Turkish composers, Turkish classical music, and Turkish contemporary music in…

  • WPA News Digest, July 1, 2024

    WPA News Digest, July 1, 2024

    A few news items to start your week! On June 24th the latest in oboist Kate Rendall’s ongoing quest for justice from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) was reported on social media. Rendall has been appealing to the NZSO to investigate a previous member—her former oboe teacher—on issues of serious sexual misconduct, for the…

  • Monday Link Round Up: March 12, 2018

    News to start your week! So much is happening! Last week we celebrated International Women’s Day, and it was exciting to see how much attention was paid to women’s achievements in classical music: Oxford University Press’s blog lists Seven Women you may not know from music history – beginning with Kassia. University of Texas Butler…

  • New Podcast about Women Composers

    We are always enthusiastic about any project that recognizes the work of women composers, and the new podcast, Listening to Ladies, is a project that we are particularly excited about! The Listening to Ladies Facebook Page was begin by composer Elizabeth Blair and singer/songwriter Krystee Wylder to shed light onto and further promote the often neglected…