Tag: JoAnn Falletta
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WPA News Digest – October 28 2024
Lots of concerts in October and November have been/are featuring works by women composers! (We love to see it!) On November 3, 2024 the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (San Francisco, USA) will perform the world premiere of Elijah’s Call: An Oratorio for an Abolitionist by composer Allison Lovejoy. The oratorio honors Lovejoy’s ancestor…
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WPA News Digest – September 2, 2024
As summer ends and fall educational and concert activities ramp back up, a lot of exciting news! From Sept. 15 – 18, The Buffalo Philharmonic and the International Conductors Guild will host a workshop for eight women conductors in Buffalo, New York. The four-day workshop will include roundtable discussions with JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of…
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WPA News Digest: May 20, 2024
The petition to release Cara Kizer from her NDA imposed by the New York Philharmonic continues to accrue signatures. In addition, the open letter to the New York Philharmonic from the Composers Collective continues to raise awareness about the petition. The ongoing legal obstacles that prevent Kizer from speaking openly about her experiences help maintain…
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The Absolutely Essential Work of The Women’s Philharmonic: Holding On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread
We originally published this post on Feb 26, 2021 and are now reposting, since it is so important to our work! Guest author Mary Purpura completed an MA Thesis about The Women’s Philharmonic in 2016. Her research provided an important history of our founding organization, and we encouraged her to draw from her thesis and…