Libby Larsen Opera in Staged Reading, Oct. 31

Libby Larsen Opera in Staged Reading, Oct. 31

by | Oct 30, 2019

Libby Larsen’s “Barnum’s Bird,” a chamber opera about Jenny Lind, the superstar soprano “Swedish nightingale” and P.T. Barnum, who launched her on a 150-performance U.S. tour, will receive a staged reading at Circle in the Square...
Monday Link Round Up: September 23, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: September 23, 2019

by | Sep 23, 2019

News and music to start your week! History was made at the Philadelphia Orchestra when they performed Umoja by Valerie Coleman –  the first classical work by a living African American woman that they have every performed.  Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer....
BBC Proms 2019: By the Numbers

BBC Proms 2019: By the Numbers

by | Jun 27, 2019

Much has already been noted about the coming performances in the 2019 Proms Season – and the lack of women composers being represented.  Editorials appeared in The Guardian shortly after the 2019 Program was announced noting specifically that while the number of...
Joan Tower & Tania Léon in Conversation at LAO

Joan Tower & Tania Léon in Conversation at LAO

by | Jun 18, 2019

By Chris A. Trotman, WPA’s Director of Music Publications. Thank you to composer Dosia McKay (@dosiamckay) for sharing her photo of the event (Tower, left, and Léon) During the 2019 League of American Orchestras Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, I had the...
The Impact of The Women’s Philharmonic: Pamela Wilson

The Impact of The Women’s Philharmonic: Pamela Wilson

by | May 12, 2019

We received this beautiful testimonial from Pamela Wilson a while — OK, over a year — ago. What a fantastic statement of the unexpected and ongoing resonances of The Women’s Philharmonic! Thank you, Pamela! Pamela Wilson works in advancement at...