Women’s History Month

by sarah | Mar 2, 2017

Women’s work should always be recognized and celebrated – but we will take any opportunity to pay special attention to the achievements women have made, and continue to make in every field.  At Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy we encourage everyone to...

Recent book (and CDs) feature composer Marie Jaëll (1846-1925)

by Liane Curtis | Feb 25, 2017

The French musical world had a large number of notable women composers in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, as Florence Launay has pointed out.  Augusta Holmès, Cécile Chaminade, and Lili Boulanger come to mind in particular.  Now a detailed study has brought...

New Music Festival dedicated to Pauline Oliveros

by Liane Curtis | Feb 21, 2017

16th Annual Festival of New Music at California State University, Fullerton – Feb. 22-26 “To the Ends of the Earth: Music from Iceland to Australia and Beyond” This year’s festival is dedicated in loving memory of Pauline Oliveros, founding...

Black History Month at WPA

by sarah | Feb 3, 2017

We at WPA are embracing Black History Month as a challenge to learn about and listen to more works by Black women composers. The Hildegard Publishing Company has compiled a fantastic list of works that they publish by contemporary and historic Black women composers....

Podcast Episode 02: “It’s about friggin’ time!” — Met Opera performs work composed by a woman

by Liane Curtis | Jan 1, 2017

Happy New Year!  Without a doubt, one of 2016’s most exciting music events was the performance of Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.  Our very first podcast offered some insiders’ ideas about the production. Now, in our second...

Podcast Episode 01: The Significance of “L’Amour de Loin”

by Liane Curtis | Dec 14, 2016

In our first ever Podcast, journalist Naomi Lewin and opera dramaturg Cori Ellison discuss the Met’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s 2000 opera “L’Amour de Loin.” Naomi Lewin  has produced the podcast, which includes interview clips with...