News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Du Yun and Missy Mazzoli for their Grammy nominations in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category! The Los Angeles Times has the full list of classical nominees, which also includes Laurie...
There are lots of opportunities to hear works by contemporary women composers this weekend, and throughout the coming week! On Sunday, May 21 the Community Women’s Orchestra in Oakland, California will present Forbidden Voices, including June...
We’ve all heard that Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast (William Congreve) but music also has the power to incite action and raise awareness of critical issues in our society. Earlier this year we discussed The Dream Unfinished’s work, and the...
We are thrilled for the continued success – and social activism through music – of WPA Board Member, composer, conductor, and educator Kathleen McGuire. We wrote last year about the premieres and acclaim that her collaborative project Street Requiem...
We wrote about this fantastic project in January when the work received its U.S. Premiere. The Cantata,which addressed topics of homelessness and street violence, is an impressive undertaking and seemingly builds community wherever it is presented. As we saw earlier...
