Category: conductors
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WPA News Digest — November 11, 2024
Lots to celebrate for women in music! FIRST — our revised Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Grant program is finally unveiled! Read all about it!! Learn more here! The Grants are now being offered every other month, with the first deadline December 9, 2024. The International Alliance for Women in Music announced the winners of its annual…
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WPA News Digest – September 16, 2024
To start your week, here are a few recent stories that caught our attention! In a surprising announcement this week, the Berlin Philharmonic’s concertmaster Vineta Sareika has announced that she will leave her position with the orchestra. Her final appearances with it as concertmaster will be in February 2025. Her departure will occur near the…
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WPA News Digest – September 9, 2024
Our big news this week is the Seattle Symphony’s announcement that Xian Zhang will be its next music director beginning in the 2025/26 season! This appointment distinguishes her as the first woman conductor to head a major orchestra on the US West Coast. Zhang will become music director designate during the 2024/25 season, and begin…
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WPA News Digest – September 2, 2024
As summer ends and fall educational and concert activities ramp back up, a lot of exciting news! From Sept. 15 – 18, The Buffalo Philharmonic and the International Conductors Guild will host a workshop for eight women conductors in Buffalo, New York. The four-day workshop will include roundtable discussions with JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of…