Vivian Perlis Remembered

Vivian Perlis Remembered

by | Aug 2, 2019

By Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett, Ph.D., musicology, jdelapp88@gmail.com When Vivian Perlis died last month, the music world lost a respected scholar, a pioneering oral historian, an advocate for American composers and a strong supporter of women in classical music and...
Monday Link Roundup: July 29, 2019

Monday Link Roundup: July 29, 2019

by | Jul 29, 2019

News and music to start your week! Don’t miss composer Emily Doolittle’s wonderful piece about her experience with gender imbalance in concert programming.  It is wonderfully titled, Why Yes, I Do Want My Music Performed and is available on NewMusicBox....
Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

by | Jul 22, 2019

News and music to start your week! Conductor Karina Canellakis (pictured) made BBC Proms history by being the first woman conductor to lead the ensemble at the First Night of the Proms.  Read more about the historic night, and the kick off of the 2019 Proms Season, at...
500+ Operas by Women: Perform one today!

500+ Operas by Women: Perform one today!

by | Jul 19, 2019

[note: latest version of the opera database, March 2022, is here https://wophil.org/500ops/ ] Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is happy to unveil our newly-updated database of 500+ Operas by Women! We invited Dr. Penny Brandt (one of the two noted scholars who...