by Liane Curtis | Feb 6, 2023
Exciting News from the Grammys! the NY Youth Symphony has won a GRAMMY in the competitive category of Best Orchestral Performance, with their CD of music by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman! Many are pointing out that it is the first time for a...
by Liane Curtis | Nov 28, 2022
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...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 6, 2022
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...
by Liane Curtis | Aug 4, 2022
Note from Liane Curtis — as professional musicologist, I’ve been researching women composers for over 30 years. So every time I learn about a composer I haven’t heard of, I am reminded that we still have so much we need to do! Our culture tended to...
