WPA News Digest – February 24, 2025

WPA News Digest – February 24, 2025

International Women’s Day is coming up on March 8, 2025! In the news this week we note some ensembles that are marking the occasion, both on the 8th and and in the early weeks of Women’s History Month. On March 2, 2025 at 3pm EST, pianist Katelyn Bouska...
Thoughts on Black History Month

Thoughts on Black History Month

In the USA and Canada, February is Black History Month — We at WPA are firmly of the opinion that Black composers should be celebrated throughout the year, but we’ll never turn down an opportunity to highlight the tremendous history and future of Black...
WPA News Digest – February 17, 2025

WPA News Digest – February 17, 2025

Let’s get your week going with some news! On February 14, the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF) announced the inaugural recipient of their new Sorel Fellowship, in honor of pianist, educator, and philanthropist Claudette...
WPA News Digest – January 13, 2025

WPA News Digest – January 13, 2025

On January 25th, the Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will present “Midnight Serenades,” a highly-anticipated annual concert of chamber music by women and non-binary composers at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. This concert will begin the second...
WPA News Digest – December 23, 2024

WPA News Digest – December 23, 2024

Happy Holidays, dear WPA readers! There’s plenty of holiday cheer for women in music as 2024 comes to a close! Conductor Stephanie Childress will ring in the New Year on December 31 with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra. This concert will be her second return...
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...