Category: concerts
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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 performance with the SLSO since her time as assistant conductor…
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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 project-turned-podcast Classical Queens. Harned describes the show as: “the story of two black women who have become tired of the experiences that they…
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This weekend: Marianne Martines and Judith Weir
Marianne Martines’ works continue gaining recognition – Boston’s Horizon Ensemble performs her Symphony in C on Sunday, Oct. 6 – the concert is “pay what you can” and will stream, if you are unable to attend in person. More information here. The theme of the concert is FREEDOM, and Martines was fortunate to have the…