Category: performance grants
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2023 WPA Performance Grant Applications are Open!
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is a non-profit organization which (since 2008) has been demanding equity for women composers and celebrating the legacy of The Women’s Philharmonic (1980-2004). Applications for 2023 WPA Performance Grants opened on September 1, 2023. Community, professional, and youth orchestras in the United States are eligible. Those that have demonstrated an established commitment…
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WINNERS Announced of our 2022 Grant Program!
From: Liane Curtis (President), and Sarah Baer (Director of Research), Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is delighted to announce the five winners for the their revised grant program: Akron Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of the Springs (Colorado) Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Portland Youth Philharmonic (Oregon) Seattle Collaborative Orchestra WPA looks forward to working with…
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Grant Program Revised and Accepting Applications!
The core mission of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy has always been to advocate for, support, and celebrate the works of women composers being performed and recorded in contemporary orchestras. It is not enough to know of these composers or their music – they deserve to be heard. Our Performance Grants were first developed to support individual…
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Congratulations to the 2019 WPA Grant Winners!
The 2019 WPA Performance Grant cycle was our most exciting – and most challenging – so far! We had a record breaking 92 applicants and all of the judges were impressed with the variety of engaging programs that are planned for the coming years! Unfortunately, difficult decisions needed to be made in offering funding, as…