2019-2020 Season Follow Up

by sarah | May 1, 2019

We recently posted our initial findings for the data we collected from the 2019-2020 season, and have received many comments and questions, and I’ll answer as many as I can! We were asked was any composer besides Beethoven had more works performed than the total...

Featured Guest Blogger: Could an Academic Conference pass the Bechdel Test?

by Liane Curtis | Nov 18, 2018

We welcome Dr. Penny Brandt to Feminist in the Concert Hall!  She is a musicologist who recently completed a Ph.D. Dissertation on composer Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi, and who is known for her leadership role with the Hartford Festival of Women Composers.   ...

A View from Germany: Classical Music is so Sexist

by Liane Curtis | Jul 30, 2018

Inge Kloepfer’s striking article “So sexistisch ist die Klassik  — Classical Music is So Sexist” appeared on June 13, 2018 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.  We wanted English-speaking readers to be able to read this important journalism,...

NPR on Female Composers At The Symphony (and the lack thereof)

by Liane Curtis | Jun 20, 2018

As Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy celebrates the 10th anniversary of our founding, and continues to celebrate the important work of The Women’s Philharmonic, who performed and promoted music by women throughout the 23 years of their existence (1981-2004) we...

Featured Guest Blogger: Anna Edwards

by sarah | Jan 27, 2017

We are thrilled to share our newest installment in our Featured Guest Blogger series.  Dr. Anna Edwards is a conductor and educator in the Seattle area.  Two of her ensembles, the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and the Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island, have been...

2014 In Review

by sarah | Jan 7, 2015

Bachtrack, the online database for concerts happening throughout the world, has published their annual review of 2014.  They looked at all of the ensembles, conductors, composers, and pieces that were included on their website (which collects information from...