Opening Night at the Boston Symphony

Opening Night at the Boston Symphony

by | Sep 30, 2011

—  Hey, I haven’t worn a sandwich-board since the VPO protest of 1999!  A lot of fun! My sign reads: BSO, why are women composers excluded? 2011-2012: 70 pieces by 32 composers— ALL of them MEN. Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy www.wophil.org Sign our mailing...

Back to School With Hildegard Publishing

by | Aug 18, 2011

The Hildegard Publishing Company, which is named after my favorite medieval abbess and is one of my favorite resources for finding music composed by women, put together a great resource for music educators who may be looking for new resources for their classroom or...

Kudos to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra!

by | Mar 14, 2011

I recently wrote about the news from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra that they are making a concerted effort to include and recognize the contributions of women musicians in their 2011-2012 concert season.  Just days after the BSO news was announced, I learned that...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Announces Year of Celebrating Women

by | Mar 10, 2011

The BSO, led by Marin Alsop, just announced their 2011-2012 concert season which will be celebrating the music and achievements of women.  Season highlights include Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher (which will be semi-staged), James Lee III’s piece about...

Hilary Hahn Commissions New Works

by | Mar 2, 2011

Award winning violinist and former child prodigy, as well as active soloist, Hilary Hahn has recently announced a new project, commissioning 27 new encore pieces. The news was released on her professional website. Hahn reportedly sought to increase and diversify the...

Alex Ross, Works by Women and the NYPhil

by | Feb 17, 2011

That the New York Philharmonic has a poor history of including women composers in their season offerings isn’t news, at least not to Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy or those of you who have been following our work.  Data from repertoire reports (which I wrote about here...