WPA News Digest – January 26, 2026

by Kathleen McGowan | Jan 26, 2026

By Kathleen McGowan There’s lots to listen to this week, as well as a lot of concerts being canceled or postponed because of winter weather. Please take care if you’re traveling to hear or perform live music! On January 25th, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra...

April 28: Premiere of 1911 Suffrage Cantata

by Liane Curtis | Apr 27, 2025

By Liane Curtis Music lovers might know the rich body of work – especially her symphonies and chamber music – by Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929). A premiere of an unknown but important work of hers will take place tomorrow at Whitman College in eastern...

Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

by sarah | May 27, 2019

News and music to start your week. As we pause on Memorial Day, here are some works by women composers appropriate for today’s reflection. Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman – a play off of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man –...

Rarely Heard Work in San Francisco this Weekend

by sarah | Mar 10, 2017

The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identified (LGBTQ) musicians and composers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and excellence in the performing...

Composers You Should Know: Elfrida Andrée

by sarah | Feb 18, 2016

Happy birthday to  Swedish organist, composer, and conductor Elfrida Andrée!   She made history as being the first woman organist in Sweden, as well as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra.  Andrée’s work as a composer includes two organ symphonies,...