Tag: Dr. Samantha Ege
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WPA News Digest – November 18, 2024
There’s lots going on for women in music this week! On November 10, 2024 the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra opened its 90th anniversary season with a program of 19th century favorites: the overture from the Verdi/Solera collaboration Giovanna D’arco (Joan of Arc), Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D, and Brahms Symphony No. 4. Founded in 1935 as one of…
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WPA News Digest — October 21, 2024
We’re here for another exciting week!! On Saturday October 26, the woman-founded Turkish American Orchestra (TAO) will give its debut performance in New York’s Symphony Space under the direction Nisan Ak. Cofounded by Ak and technology executive Ulku Rowe, the orchestra promotes Western classical music by Turkish composers, Turkish classical music, and Turkish contemporary music in…
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A few events, May 5-7, 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!” — celebrating Women and gender-marginalized Composers! The Festival takes place in Bethesda Maryland…
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Some (GOOD) News for Today!
Some GOOD News for your Wednesday! We are so excited that Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers is receiving an important production at the Houston Grand Opera, and that critics and audiences are THRILLED! The Houston Press calls the 1906 work “an absolute marvel” and demands “Where has she been and what has taken so long?” Dr.…