BBC’s Top 10

by sarah | Nov 20, 2014

In light of the Mrs. Bach controversy (which is still ruffling feathers…) the BBC has put together a list of 10 women who”changed music”.  Check it out here. The usual suspects are on the list – which raises the question, who would you add?...

Repertoire to Know: Florence Price

by sarah | Nov 13, 2014

Next up in our collection of suggestions for repertoire that would be perfect for a performance supported by the Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Performance Grants, is the work of Florence Price. Price was a prolific composer whose works ranged from spirituals to...

FAQs about our Grants: Can New Music Ensembles apply?

by Liane Curtis | Nov 12, 2014

Here’s a question we should add to the list of FAQs about our Performance Grants: Q: I see your grants encourage the performance of historic composers (“we prefer that one of the two works be by a historic woman”). I guess that means that new music...

Repertoire to Know: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

by sarah | Nov 11, 2014

The deadline for the WPA Performance Grants is next week!  Our latest installment in suggested repertoire brings us to Fanny Hensel (nee Mendelssohn). Hensel is one of the few historic women who have a chance of being included in a music history textbook.  (If only as...

Beyond Mrs. Bach

by sarah | Nov 7, 2014

The classical music world has been all a-tizzy in recent days about Martin Jarvis’ work linking Anna Magdalena Bach to J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites.  The story first made headlines in 2008, and again last week now that the theory is explored in a film. The...

Repertoire to Know: Alice Mary Smith

by sarah | Nov 4, 2014

With only two weeks left until the deadline for the Performance Grants, our next composer that deserves some attention is Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884). Smith was born in London to an affluent family and had impressive opportunities to study and participate in the...