Much to Celebrate at National Women’s Music Festival!

Much to Celebrate at National Women’s Music Festival!

The 41st annual National Women’s Music Festival is taking place June 30-July 3 in Middleton, WI.  Each year the Festival celebrates women’s work across musical genres with exciting performances and workshops.  We are especially excited this year to support...
Sphinx Conference: Igniting Diversity in the Arts

Sphinx Conference: Igniting Diversity in the Arts

We at WPA are often reflecting on how our goals of incorporating women into the classical canon are parallel to those who work for racial and ethnic diversity in the music world. Plus, Black History Month – February – is adjacent to Women’s History Month, and...
Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2016 Lineup

Women Composers Festival of Hartford 2016 Lineup

The classical music corner of the Internet was a-buzz this morning at the news that the NYPhil named Jaap van Sweden as Alan Gilbert’s successor.  (Anne Midgette, of the Washington Post, has her thoughts here, and Amanda Angel of NYC’s classical station,...
Hartford Concert Inspires!

Hartford Concert Inspires!

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford (WCFH) is an indomitable event that has been taking place in March for fifteen years.  Composers, musicians and scholars come together to create this Festival, and on Friday October 26, 2015, their Board of Directors organized...
Happenin’ in Hartford!

Happenin’ in Hartford!

It’s all happenin’ in Hartford, CT!  Friday, Oct. 23, the Women Composers Festival of Hartford presents this concert, Love, Motherhood, and the Female Gaze, as part of their fundraising campaign for their annual Festival.  They are fundraising for the...
Celebrating 75 Years at Tanglewood

Celebrating 75 Years at Tanglewood

The annual Tanglewood Festival hosts thousands of concert goers each year, drawn to the beautiful scenery and amazing music at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home.  Over the past 75 years, the Tanglewood Music Center has also drawn devotees annually...