WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024

by Kathleen McGowan | Dec 2, 2024

  There’s lots to be excited about for women in music as we kick off December! (Including a few gift ideas.) On Wednesday November 27, the Raices Negras Trio performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The group featured three...

Tania León’s Stride: A Review

by sarah | Jul 26, 2023

When considering that the canon of western art music is based in a system of white supremacy and patriarchy, it is a sad truth that most of the music that is presented in classrooms and concert halls is written by dead, white, men.  Scholars continue to spend great...

Monday Link Round Up: September 6, 2021

by sarah | Sep 6, 2021

Music and news to start your week! Violinist Jennifer Koh, pictured above, turned the pandemic – and the silencing of the performing arts industry – into an opportunity to collaborate and create in a new way.  She contacted composers and commissioned 40...

Monday Link Round Up: June 14, 2021

by sarah | Jun 14, 2021

News and music to start your week! Tremendous congratulations go to Tania León  who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work entitled Stride.  Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic as part of their 19th Amendment Anniversary commissioning...

Monday Link Round Up – April 5, 2021

by sarah | Apr 5, 2021

Music and news to start your week! Frank Oteri speaks to composer Pamela Z, pictured above, about her beginnings as a singer songwriter and development into an experimental composer.  Listen to the interview, and read along at NewMusicBox where you can also hear some...