TBT: 1996 — TWP Performs (and records) Chen Yi

by Liane Curtis | Jan 30, 2020

In celebration of Chinese New Year, we’d like to recall composer Chen Yi’s marvelous work with The Women’s Philharmonic.  In the mid-1990s, Chen Yi served as composer-in-residence for The Women’s Philharmonic (TWP).  This role culminated in...

Monday Link Round Up: February 18, 2019

by sarah | Feb 18, 2019

News and Music to start your week! We are saddened to report the loss of Dr. Nancy B. Reich – renowned musicologist and advocate for women’s work in music.  Her daughter Susanne Reich suggested in her late mother’s obituary the opportunity for people to...

Monday Link Round up: October 1, 2018

by sarah | Oct 1, 2018

News to start your week?  But this last week was not just any week. For those in the US, the past week was something unique and critical.  On Thursday we listened to a woman’s account of a violent sexual attack that she experienced. And we heard men —...

Monday Link Round Up: April 23, 2018

by sarah | Apr 23, 2018

News to start your week! The Guardian has a conversation with conductor Marin Alsop, who, it was just announced, will again be conducting in the 2018 Proms season. A new initiative created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony, and the League of American...

Monday Link Round Up: March 5, 2018

by sarah | Mar 5, 2018

News to start your week! The Philadelphia Inquirer talks to conductor JoAnn Falletta about her career, and the new (and overdue) attention being given to women in music.  Read on here. With the rise of the #MeToo movement more victims of abuse have found the voice and...