Happy Women’s History Month, and we hope you had a great International Women’s Day! News and music to start your week! Go to the Washington Post to read Anne Midgette’s piece last week about International Women’s Day, the Boulanger Initiative,...
February is bringing us a wonderful assortment of concerts! Last weekend saw the performances of works by Joan Tower and Amy Beach by the Springfield Symphony (read an excellent review at MassLive), as well as Libby Larsen’s Symphony No. 4 by the California...
News and music to start your week! The American Composers Orchestra blog, SoundAdvice, featured a conversation with Joan Tower last week in honor of their performance of her work, Chamber Dance. The piece was included in a concert entirely of work by women composers...
Now that Labor Day, and the end of summer, has passed we are looking forward to the start of the 2017-18 concert season – and taking a critical look at what we can expect in the coming programming. We at WPA have been looking at the repertoire of major ensembles...
This weekend boasts a lot of great concerts and opportunities to support women’s work in music – contemporary and historic! There are two opportunities to hear Amy Beach’s historic Symphony this weekend. If you happen to be in London, England this...