2023 WPA Performance Grant Applications are Open!

2023 WPA Performance Grant Applications are Open!

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is a non-profit organization which (since 2008) has been demanding equity for women composers and celebrating the legacy of The Women’s Philharmonic (1980-2004). Applications for 2023 WPA Performance Grants opened on September 1,...
WINNERS Announced of our 2022 Grant Program!

WINNERS Announced of our 2022 Grant Program!

From: Liane Curtis (President), and Sarah Baer (Director of Research), Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is delighted to announce the five winners for the their revised grant program: Akron Symphony Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of the Springs...
New York Youth Symphony Album nominated for Grammy!

New York Youth Symphony Album nominated for Grammy!

GREAT NEWS!  A groundbreaking project is receiving deserved recognition!  The New York Youth Symphony turned the limitations of the pandemic — musicians all in lockdown — into an opportunity to record a new CD, which was released in spring of 2022.  This...
Composer of the Month: Chiquinha Gonzaga

Composer of the Month: Chiquinha Gonzaga

Editor’s Note:   While our focus at WPA is on women in classical music, we know the boundaries of the term “classical” have always been flexible and porous, from the earliest music of the Western church appropriating popular melodies, to Lizzo...