Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Tag: On An Overgrown Path

  • Monday Link Round Up: June 11, 2018

    News and music to start your week! The Library of Congress blog, In the Muse, highlights Women Composers Hiding in Plain Sight. Written by Music Reference Specialist Melissa E. Wertheimer, she discusses a fantastic photograph she found, and the backstory she uncovered, in the Library of Congress archives!  (Spoiler: the photograph and story features one…

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 8, 2017

    News to start your week!   Tom Huizenga at NPR’s Deceptive Cadence continues the conversation about representation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Du Yun, and follows up on the essay written by Mohammed Fairouz (included in last week’s round up).  Read the full piece by Huizenga here.   On An Overgrown Path discusses the importance…

  • Monday Link Round Up: September 5, 2016

    Happy Labor Day!  Here is some news to enjoy over the holiday, and to start your week! I just found out about the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award.  The prize awards a grant of $10,000 and a year of professional mentorship to an emerging female composer or composer/lyricist.  The 2016 application deadline has just been extended until September…

  • Tuesday Link Round Up: July 5, 2016

    Here’s hoping everyone had a meaningful and safe holiday!  And now some news to start your week! Coming from roots in The Women’s Philharmonic, it’s thrilling to hear about the founding of a new all-woman orchestra.  The Allegra Chamber Orchestra is based out of Vancouver, Canada.  The CBC has the story – read online here,…