Support Our Work!

by Liane Curtis | Dec 4, 2020

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy has launched our year-end fund-drive!  Over the years we have worked to support orchestras in their efforts to program more works by women, and to bring these composers — of all historic eras, and from a range of backgrounds...

Monday Link Round Up: September 14, 2020

by sarah | Sep 14, 2020

News and music to start your week! Tune into NPR’s Morning Edition for a conversation with Amanda Jones, pictured above, who just became the first African American woman to earn an Emmy nomination for original television score.  She is a singer and songwriter as...

Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020

by sarah | Jul 27, 2020

News and music to start your week! Calling young women composers!  Pamela Z, pictured above, will be presenting on her compositional process TODAY, July 27 at 5pm EST, in a free presentation on the Young Women Composers workshop series.  Gabriela Lena Frank will be...

Monday Link Round Up: April 6, 2020

by sarah | Apr 6, 2020

News and music to start your week! Frank Oteri at New Music Box has another insightful interview to share.  This time with composer, vocalist, and flautist Nathalie Joachim, pictured above.  Read on and listen in at NewMusicBox. The Center for Art and Media of...

TBT: 1996 — TWP Performs (and records) Chen Yi

by Liane Curtis | Jan 30, 2020

In celebration of Chinese New Year, we’d like to recall composer Chen Yi’s marvelous work with The Women’s Philharmonic.  In the mid-1990s, Chen Yi served as composer-in-residence for The Women’s Philharmonic (TWP).  This role culminated in...

Juilliard’s 2020 Focus festival – Trailblazers: Women Composers of the 20th Century

by Liane Curtis | Jan 24, 2020

We are welcoming  composer, pianist and soprano Tamara Cashour  to our blog as our New York City-based correspondent.  Tamara sends her first installment: In 2020, Juilliard continues to ride the crest of the Zeitgeist by presenting an all-women composer concert...