WPA News – March 10, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Mar 10, 2025

We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! Celebrations and Observations for Women’s History Month continue! On March 13, 2025 the members of the UN Symphony Orchestra will give their Global Women in Music concert at the NYU Skirball Performing...

A few events, May 5-7, 2023

by Liane Curtis | May 4, 2023

There are so many exciting concerts happening in this busy time!  We hope you get to take in a few — or more!  Just to highlight some very special events — May 5-6, the Boulanger Initiative has their annual WOCO Fest “Awaken!” — ...

Link Round Up: January 25, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Jan 25, 2022

Here’s some news for this week! Juilliard Focus Festival 2022, The Making of an American Music, 1899-1948 is taking place this week with much of it streaming.  The January 28 concluding orchestral concert will be conducted by Mei Ann Chen, and features Melissa...

BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers

by sarah | Jun 2, 2021

In a year unlike any other for classical music programming, it is simply a relief to know that live music is once again being scheduled, and that audiences are once again meeting in person.  Those of us that crave concert halls and the anticipation of a downbeat will...

Coming Concerts

by sarah | Oct 26, 2016

Two more great events to look forward toward this weekend from WPA Performance Grant winners!! The Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island, under the direction of Anna Edwards, will perform American composer Margaret Brouwer’s Sizzle.  The piece was originally...