WPA News Digest – December 2, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Dec 2, 2025

December greetings, everyone! There’s lots to listen to this week! On December 4th, the award-winning Miami University Symphony Orchestra (MUSO) will present its concert Women in Music – A Celebration of Women Composers under the direction of Maestro...

WPA News Digest – June 2, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Jun 2, 2025

There’s lots to listen to this week! The Denver Young Artists Orchestra has announced the release of its live recording of Marion Bauer’s Piano Concerto “American Youth” on Friday, May 30th. The DYAO is a recipient of a 2023 Women’s...

WPA News Digest – April 28, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Apr 28, 2025

Here’s some news to start your week! Composer Karena Ingram (UMBC, 2016) has received a commission from the Virginia B. Toulmin Orchestral Commissions Program. The Toulmin Commissions Program is under the umbrella of the League of American Orchestras, and...

2023 New Recording Wrap Up

by sarah | Jan 17, 2024

Even as we look forward to the concerts, projects, and music that lie ahead in the new year, let’s reaffirm New Year’s resolutions to listen to more works by women composers and have a look back at some of the best classical albums to come out of 2023. It’s time to...

Monday Link Roundup: Sept. 25, 2023

by Liane Curtis | Sep 25, 2023

Two Important Festivals: The Women Composers Festival of Tübingen begins on Friday Sept. 29.  With a focus on the 19th Century: Tübingen composer Josephine Lang and three contemporaries (Emilie Mayer, Luise Adolpha Le Beau and Ethel Smyth), it continues 10 days and...

Experiential Orchestra will Record Julia Perry’s Violin Concerto

by sarah | Aug 10, 2023

By Sarah Baer When we think of the future of classical music – of how this tradition will adapt and change for the better in our digital age – ensembles can turn to the Experiential Orchestra as a model for how to move forward.  This fabulous ensemble...