WPA News Digest – December 16, 2024

WPA News Digest – December 16, 2024

It’s an exciting time for women in classical music!  Here’s this week’s update! Jessica Joy Harned has recently released her theatrical orchestra experience Classical Queens: Our Time, deriving from Harned’s original research...
Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received

Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received

Martin Ash, a free-lance violist/violinist in the London area who has previously provided us these insightful blog posts about Laura Maddelena Lombardini (here and here), was in thick of the recent world premiere performance of Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto (1935),...
WPA News Digest – December 9, 2024

WPA News Digest – December 9, 2024

There’s lots to celebrate as we prepare for the winter holidays! Videmus Inc., via a new arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, is publishing editions of composer Julia Perry’s previously-unpublished music. The Estate of Julia A. Perry (which had to be...
WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024

WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024

  There’s lots to be excited about for women in music as we kick off December! (Including a few gift ideas.) On Wednesday November 27, the Raices Negras Trio performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The group featured three...
WPA News Digest – November 25, 2024

WPA News Digest – November 25, 2024

2024 is wrapping up with plenty of chances to hear music by women composers! On November 24th, Imogen Holst’s Concerto for Violin and Strings (1935) received its first public performance at St Andrew’s Holborn in London by the Elgar Sinfonia of London...