Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Tag: Julia Wolfe

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 21, 2018

    News to start your week! Amazing new call for new music from Donne in Musica.  Women composers of all music backgrounds, ages, and nationalities are invited to submit compositions inspired by the struggle for human rights.  The call was inspired by the 70th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Learn…

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 1, 2017

    News to start your week! NewMusicBox has a fantastic piece by composer Emily Doolittle about composing fits into motherhood.  A hugely important – and not often discussed – topic.  Doolittle’s article brings great insight and context into this issue.  It’s a must read for everyone!  Find it here!   Composer and columnist Mohammed Fairouz shares insights at…

  • Monday Link Roundup: April 3, 2017

    News to start your week! Bang on a Can is preparing a marathon in honor of their 30th anniversary!  The ensemble, which boasts Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe as a co-founder, will host the concert on May 6 at the Brooklyn Museum.  Featured composers will include Julia Wolfe, Meredith Monk, Caroline Shaw, and many others!…

  • Congratulations to Julia Wolfe

    We are thrilled to hear that American composer Julia Wolfe is a 2016 recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant. She is only the third women composer to be awarded in the history of the prize.  (The first was Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, who won in 1989, and the second was…