Tag: Philadelphia Orchestra

  • WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

    WPA News Digest: June 10, 2024

    Start your week with some news highlights! Four women composers had their work workshopped as part of an EarShot composer-orchestra networking program, June 4 -6, 2024.  The collaboration included the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and the American Composers Orchestra (ACO), and culminated in a performance on Friday June 7 as part of the League…

  • 2022-23 Repertoire Report: Are the top-level US Orchestras committed to Diversity?

    2022-23 Repertoire Report: Are the top-level US Orchestras committed to Diversity?

    While several other organizations now produce reports on the programming by orchestras in regard to diversity of composers, WPA started with our annual report in 2008, and we have consistently focused on the same set, the top level of U.S. orchestras.  This provides detailed information on their change (or lack thereof) by these ensembles over…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021

    The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet Séguin, performs Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 in a Digital Stage performance on Wednesday, December 8.  The concert is then available for on-demand access until Dec. 15.  Also on the program is Amanda Harberg’s Piccolo Concerto, with Erica Peel, soloist. Florence Price is also in the news as a…

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 17, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: May 17, 2021

    News and music to start the week! Learn about Kathleen Riddick, a British conductor who has been unjustly forgotten.  Riddick (pictured above) pioneered the way for future women to take the podium. The Isle of Wight County Press profiles the conductor, who lived from 1907 to 1973. NPR has the story of the International Sweethearts…