WPA News Digest – March 17, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Mar 17, 2025

On March 13, 2025 composer Sofia Gubaidulina died from cancer at her home in Appen, Germany. She was 93 years old. The composer is best known for her apparently contradictory music style, balancing broad scopes and philosophical ideas with intimate and spiritual...

WPA News Digest – February 17, 2025

by Kathleen McGowan | Feb 17, 2025

Let’s get your week going with some news! On February 14, the American Composers Orchestra (ACO) and the American Composers Forum (ACF) announced the inaugural recipient of their new Sorel Fellowship, in honor of pianist, educator, and philanthropist Claudette...

Monday Link Round Up: November 29, 2021

by sarah | Nov 29, 2021

News and music to start your week! NPR featured the life and music of Sofia Gubaidulina, pictured above, on All Things Considered. Gubaidulina just turned 90, and there is a new album revisiting some of her greatest works.  Read more at NPR’s website, or listen...

A View from Germany: Classical Music is so Sexist

by Liane Curtis | Jul 30, 2018

Inge Kloepfer’s striking article “So sexistisch ist die Klassik  — Classical Music is So Sexist” appeared on June 13, 2018 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.  We wanted English-speaking readers to be able to read this important journalism,...

Monday Link Roundup: March 27, 2017

by sarah | Mar 27, 2017

News to start your week! This year, 2017, is an important celebration year for Amy Beach and Teresa Carreño.  A conference is being organized to celebrate their lives and works, and the conference organizers are seeking calls for papers and for performances....