Tag: Community Women’s Orchestra
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Music All Weekend
We continue to march on towards the end of the 2015-2016 concert season, and this weekend is full of concerts featuring works by women composers. We are also proud that we were able to support so many great ensembles – from coast to coast – with WPA Performance Grants. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra,…
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New Works This Weekend
Congratulations to the Community Women’s Orchestra and Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra – both WPA Performance Grant winners presenting works by women composers in concerts this weekend! This Saturday, February 20, the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra (HICO) will perform a concert titled “Voices of Connecticut Poets” and will feature the world premiere of a new work by Jessica…
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Concerts Coast to Coast
There is another great weekend of concerts to look forward to – and music by women composers to be heard from Massachusetts and California! First to be heard this weekend is Cappella Clausura, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant. From their website: Cappella Clausura was founded by Amelia LeClair in 2004 to research, study and perform…
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AMY Award to be presented to Community Women’s Orchestra
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy will present the prestigious AMY award to the Community Women’s Orchestra of Oakland, CA, at their concert this Sunday (May 17). Celebrating their 30th anniversary, CWO has included works by one or more women on all their programs since their inception. The award, which consists of a beautiful sculpture (by artist Rita Blitt)…