Tag: Laurie Anderson

  • WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024

    WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024

      There’s lots to be excited about for women in music as we kick off December! (Including a few gift ideas.) On Wednesday November 27, the Raices Negras Trio performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The group featured three members of the larger Raíces Negras Collective (pictured left): Dr.…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 19, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: April 19, 2021

    News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Sherri Chung, pictured above, the first Asian-American woman to compose the music for an hour-long network drama.  Listen in to her scores on the new series, “Kung Fu” (a “reimagining of the 1970s classic”) and read on at Variety. Catch the latest episode of Julia Adolphe’s…

  • Monday Link Round Up: February 18, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: February 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 donate to Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy in Nancy Reich’s memory.  You may…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 10, 2018

    Monday Link Round Up: December 10, 2018

    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 Anderson’s “Landfall” for Best Chamber Music. Read Joseph Horowitz’s article in the Weekly Standard about…