by Kathleen McGowan | Nov 4, 2024
Hello intrepid Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Readers! In honor of the US Election Day 2024, we have a shortened news brief for you featuring Stacy Garrop’s 2020 work The Battle of the Ballot. On this most important of American civic days (and the days leading up...
by Kathleen McGowan | Oct 28, 2024
Lots of concerts in October and November have been/are featuring works by women composers! (We love to see it!) On November 3, 2024 the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (San Francisco, USA) will perform the world premiere of Elijah’s Call: An Oratorio for...
by Kathleen McGowan | Oct 21, 2024
We’re here for another exciting week!! On Saturday October 26, the woman-founded Turkish American Orchestra (TAO) will give its debut performance in New York’s Symphony Space under the direction Nisan Ak. Cofounded by Ak and technology executive Ulku Rowe,...
by Kathleen McGowan | Oct 14, 2024
The concert season is in full swing! It’s no secret we adore Amy Beach and her music, but especially her monumental and passionate Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45. Was it “A Virtual Autobiography,” as has been suggested? If so, what a richly emotional life...
by Kathleen McGowan | Oct 7, 2024
Marin Alsop and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra have recently enjoyed a successful eleven-city tour of Japan. In addition to classics by Beethoven and Mozart, their program included Jessie Montgomery’s Strum—a work that might be familiar to WPA readers, as...
by Kathleen McGowan | Sep 30, 2024
Exciting News!! Composer Jeanine Tesori has become the first woman composer to open a season for the Metropolitan Opera in its 141 years of operation. Her opera Grounded was given a gala premiere, starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo on September 23,as announced in...
