Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Category: Premieres

  • Imogen Holst’s Concerto Enthusiastically Received

    Martin Ash, a free-lance violist/violinist in the London area who has previously provided us these insightful blog posts about Laura Maddelena Lombardini (here and here), was in thick of the recent world premiere performance of Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto (1935), as section violist.  So here is his report about the premiere of this work composed…

  • “Is This America?” The Fannie Lou Hamer Opera Premieres

    “Is This America?” The Fannie Lou Hamer Opera Premieres

    In Boston, a remarkable new opera is being premiered this weekend.  “Is This America? The Fannie Lou Hamer Story,” composed by Mary D. Watkins, with a libretto by Watkins and Cerise Jacobs. In this interview that aired on Boston’s WBUR, Mary Watkins describes how she decided to write an opera on the Civil Rights Movement…

  • The Absolutely Essential Work of The Women’s Philharmonic: Holding On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread

    The Absolutely Essential Work of The Women’s Philharmonic: Holding On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread

    We originally published this post on Feb 26, 2021  and are now reposting, since it is so important to our work!  Guest author Mary Purpura completed an MA Thesis about The Women’s Philharmonic in 2016.  Her research provided an important history of our founding organization, and we encouraged her to draw from her thesis and…

  • Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

    Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

    [Update: Chen Yi’s role in the US-China Music Institute is discussed here; “U.S.-China forum calls for revitalizing relations through music”] Chen Yi’s Symphony  no. 3 My Musical Journey to America will will stream live in its east coast premiere tonight (Fri. Oct. 6), from the Bard College Conservatory, as part of the 6th annual US-China…