Category: orchestras
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WPA News Digest – August 19, 2024
Here’s some news to start your week! In July, 2024 the all-female Firdaus Orchestra of Dubai performed for two days as part of the multi-day wedding celebration of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. The festivities were a particularly prestigious platform for the young orchestra, which was formed in October…
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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 legal obstacles that prevent Kizer from speaking openly about her experiences help maintain…
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Winners of our 2023 Performance Grants!
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is happy to announce the five winners of our 2023 Performance Grants: Professional Ensembles Boston Landmarks Orchestra Worthington Chamber Orchestra (Ohio) Community Ensembles Seattle Philharmonic Horizon Ensemble (Boston MA) Youth Ensemble Denver Young Artists Orchestra We received 26 applications for this program, which in its post-pandemic revision, offers five awards of $5,000,…
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All kinds of reasons to love Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony!
Paired with a work by Stanford in Irish-themed evening An edited and shortened version of this article appeared in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. The Boston Globe had an exciting piece last week in anticipation of the performance of Beach’s “Gaelic” by the Mercury Orchestra on August 7. The Mercury Orchestra‘s performance of Beach’s monumental work emphasizes…