2019-2020 Season Follow Up

by sarah | May 1, 2019

We recently posted our initial findings for the data we collected from the 2019-2020 season, and have received many comments and questions, and I’ll answer as many as I can! We were asked was any composer besides Beethoven had more works performed than the total...

The First Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison

by Liane Curtis | Feb 24, 2019

         We welcome our Featured Guest Blogger  Dr. Amy Zigler back to share her recent experience! The Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison by James Blachly and the Experiential Orchestra, with Sarah Brailey, soprano, Dashon Burton, bass-baritone, Steven Fox and the...

NPR on Female Composers At The Symphony (and the lack thereof)

by Liane Curtis | Jun 20, 2018

As Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy celebrates the 10th anniversary of our founding, and continues to celebrate the important work of The Women’s Philharmonic, who performed and promoted music by women throughout the 23 years of their existence (1981-2004) we...

UPDATE: Smyth’s THE PRISON in radio broadcast, April 27

by Liane Curtis | Apr 27, 2018

Listen tonight (April 27) to the Johnstown Symphony’s April 7 performance — 7 pm   (Eastern Daylight Time)  on WQED Radio (Link here) Published April 5: Ethel Smyth’s THE PRISON to receive North American Premiere “She is a hero, and it so...

Podcast Episode 02: “It’s about friggin’ time!” — Met Opera performs work composed by a woman

by Liane Curtis | Jan 1, 2017

Happy New Year!  Without a doubt, one of 2016’s most exciting music events was the performance of Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.  Our very first podcast offered some insiders’ ideas about the production. Now, in our second...