WPA News Digest – August 3, 2026

by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 3, 2026

By Kathleen McGowan There’s lots of music by women to listen to and read about this week! Before covering upcoming events this week, Katherine Needleman—professional oboist and principal of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; composer and improviser; writer and...

WPA News – March 10, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Mar 10, 2025

We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! Celebrations and Observations for Women’s History Month continue! On March 13, 2025 the members of the UN Symphony Orchestra will give their Global Women in Music concert at the NYU Skirball Performing...

Link Round-Up: August 16, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Aug 16, 2021

Start your week with our look at the news! The Bard Music Festival transfixed us with its many amazing concerts, focusing on Nadia Boulanger and Her World.  And while the live concerts are over, the preconcert lectures remain available, as is this panel discussion...

Monday Link Round Up: August 2, 2021

by sarah | Aug 2, 2021

News and music to start your week! The San Diego Union-Tribune profiles the life and work of composer Gabriela Lena Frank, pictured above.  The article discusses her identities as a disabled woman of color (being of Peruvian, Chinese, and Lithuanian heritage).  The...

Monday Link Round Up: May 25, 2020

by sarah | May 25, 2020

News and music to start your week! The New York Times introduced readers this week to the Iranian Female Composers Association, members of which are included above (from left: Anahita Abbasi, Aida Shirazi, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh).  Learn about this wonderful...