Monday Link Round Up: June 29, 2020

by sarah | Jun 29, 2020

News and music to start your week! One of the effects of the attention that is finally being paid to the systemic racism that is embedded in our culture is that new attention is being paid to voices that have been omitted from the canon.  NPR brought the spotlight to...

On her birthday, thoughts about Ethel Smyth

by Liane Curtis | Apr 22, 2020

By Robyn Bramhall — Our author is a WPA Board Member and Secretary who has been involved with WPA since our inception, and who also worked with The Women’s Philharmonic for almost the entirety of its influential and important lifespan, including serving as...

Monday Link Round Up: October 21, 2019

by sarah | Oct 21, 2019

News and Music to start your week! Last week saw the New York Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s “Su,” concerto for sheng, which had its world premiere in 2009.  The New York Times spoke to Ms. Chin (pictured above) in advance of the Philharmonic’s...

The First Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison

by Liane Curtis | Feb 24, 2019

         We welcome our Featured Guest Blogger  Dr. Amy Zigler back to share her recent experience! The Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison by James Blachly and the Experiential Orchestra, with Sarah Brailey, soprano, Dashon Burton, bass-baritone, Steven Fox and the...

Monday Link Round Up: November 5, 2018

by sarah | Nov 5, 2018

News and music to start your week! The American Composers Orchestra blog, SoundAdvice, featured a conversation with Joan Tower last week in honor of their performance of her work, Chamber Dance.  The piece was included in a concert entirely of work by women composers...