WPA News Digest – February 24, 2025

WPA News Digest – February 24, 2025

International Women’s Day is coming up on March 8, 2025! In the news this week we note some ensembles that are marking the occasion, both on the 8th and and in the early weeks of Women’s History Month. On March 2, 2025 at 3pm EST, pianist Katelyn Bouska...
WPA News Digest – August 5, 2024

WPA News Digest – August 5, 2024

It’s August already!  We hope your week and your month are off to a great start! *News Flash* — NYTimes article on Marianne Martines highlights the work of The Women’s Philharmonic and its co-founder, conductor Nan H. Washburn The Northern Chamber...
WPA News Digest – July 29, 2024

WPA News Digest – July 29, 2024

Hope your week is off to a great start! Continuing the shake-up at the NYPhil, “A Power Vacuum at the Philharmonic” offers further reporting from Sammy Sussman at New York magazine.  The April article “A Hidden Sexual-Assault Scandal at the New York Philharmonic”...
By the Numbers: 2024-2025 Repertoire Report

By the Numbers: 2024-2025 Repertoire Report

By Sarah Baer Our favorite spring tradition at Women‘s Philharmonic Advocacy is collecting the season announcements from America‘s top orchestras. This process, which is always full of trepidation and hope as we gather data that indicates the direction of classical...
Live Protest against the NYPhil tomorrow May 20

Live Protest against the NYPhil tomorrow May 20

Just a quick update that Katherine Needleman and Lara St. John are organizing a protest tomorrow at the NY Philharmonic about the orchestra’s treatment of hornist Cara Kizer. The peaceful protest will take place at Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall, at Noon. The...