WPA News Digest – July 22, 2024

WPA News Digest – July 22, 2024

We hope you are enjoying your summer!  Here are a few of the exciting things happening!! On July 23 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM composer Nathalie Joachim will offer a Master Class in the Visiting Masters – Composition series at the Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago). The...
WPA News Digest: July 8, 2024

WPA News Digest: July 8, 2024

Hope you are keeping cool this July!  Here’s some news! The Chineke! Orchestra announced its 2024–2025 season. On October 9th in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre (London) they will perform Eleanor Alberga’s Overture, Jupiter’s fairground, Avril...
WPA News Digest, June 24th 2024

WPA News Digest, June 24th 2024

The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be a summer of women conductors—a welcome sight in a classical music landscape that has famously been hostile to women on the podium. On July 5 & 6, Dalia Stasevska will lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a program of Finnish...
WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

Start your week with some news highlights! Four women composers had their work workshopped as part of an EarShot composer-orchestra networking program, June 4 -6, 2024.  The collaboration included the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and the American Composers...
WPA News Digest: May 20, 2024

WPA News Digest: May 20, 2024

The petition to release Cara Kizer from her NDA imposed by the New York Philharmonic continues to accrue signatures. In addition, the open letter to the New York Philharmonic from the Composers Collective continues to raise awareness about the petition. The ongoing...
Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023

Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023

ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley.  Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The...