Iceland Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women Composers

Iceland Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women Composers

Iceland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote – and in honor of the occasion the Iceland Symphony Orchestra presented a concert June 11 featuring the works of contemporary and historic women composers. The program, which was...
Featured Guest Blogger: Laura Seddon

Featured Guest Blogger: Laura Seddon

Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is Dr. Laura Seddon.  A musicologist working in the UK and author of British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century published by Ashgate, Dr. Seddon is the creative director of Contemporary...
Mount Holyoke Plays Hopekirk

Mount Holyoke Plays Hopekirk

The Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will have their final concert of the season on Friday, April 17 featuring Helen Hopekirk’s Concertstück. Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) was a Scottish pianist and composer who immigrated to...
Solar Winds at Brandeis University

Solar Winds at Brandeis University

This Saturday (February 28) Solar Winds will present a not-to-be missed concert at Brandeis University.  This poster says it all: From their website: On February 28 at Brandeis University, Solar Winds will perform a concert of wind quintets composed entirely by...
The Importance of Innovative Programming

The Importance of Innovative Programming

There should be no surprise that we at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy are enthusiastic about supporting innovative ideas for concerts.  But though we are among the relatively few voices that acknowledge the absence of works by women and advocate for their...