Monday Link Round Up: July 20, 2020

by sarah | Jul 20, 2020

News and music to start your week! Nine Black musicians spoke to the New York Times about their experiences, and describe the steps they would like to see being made in transforming the field to being more inclusive.  Hear from Monica Ellis, Thomas Wilkins, Jessie...

Monday Link Round Up: December 3, 2018

by sarah | Dec 3, 2018

News and music to start your week! I can think of no better way to start a new week than with a new episode of Listening to Ladies!  In this latest episode Elizabeth Blair discusses composition with Reena Esmail.  Listen below – but find even more links and...

Monday Link Round Up: April 23, 2018

by sarah | Apr 23, 2018

News to start your week! The Guardian has a conversation with conductor Marin Alsop, who, it was just announced, will again be conducting in the 2018 Proms season. A new initiative created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony, and the League of American...

Sphinx Conference: Igniting Diversity in the Arts

by Liane Curtis | Feb 5, 2016

We at WPA are often reflecting on how our goals of incorporating women into the classical canon are parallel to those who work for racial and ethnic diversity in the music world. Plus, Black History Month – February – is adjacent to Women’s History Month, and...

Equal Representation

by sarah | Sep 6, 2010

In the July/August edition of Symphony Magazine, published by the League of American Orchestras, Susan Elliott, taking note of the recent demographics revealed in the 2010 census, asks, “Why don’t American orchestras look like America?” This isn’t a new question but,...