WPA News Digest: June 3, 2024

WPA News Digest: June 3, 2024

On June 7–9, 2024 Melissa White (soloist, violin) and Carolyn Kuan (conductor) will appear with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. They will close the orchestra’s 80th Masterworks Season with Carlos Simon’s Amen!, Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, and Holst’s...
Listen to This: Ruth Gipps

Listen to This: Ruth Gipps

Ruth Gipps (February 20, 1921-February 21, 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor, and educator. Her tremendous compositional output includes five symphonies, seven concerto, and a vast number of chamber and choral works. Gipps was a child prodigy,...
Monday Link Roundup: Sept. 25, 2023

Monday Link Roundup: Sept. 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...
All Hail The Tenth Muse!  Part 1

All Hail The Tenth Muse! Part 1

By Dr. April Lynn James Affectionately known as The PhDiva!!!, Dr. April is a classically trained soprano with a PhD from Harvard best known for her groundbreaking work returning operas composed by women to the world’s stages. She survived her Harvard doctoral...
The Women’s Orchestra Project of Berlin

The Women’s Orchestra Project of Berlin

VAN Magazine of Germany recently published this interview with two key figures of the Women’s Orchestra Project of Berlin.  Author Merle Krafeld kindly gave permission for a translation to be published here.  Liane Curtis and Laura W. Macy have edited the Google...