WPA News Digest – January 6, 2025

WPA News Digest – January 6, 2025

We hope your new year is off to a great start! On January 25th, 2025, the MusicaNova Orchestra will present its program “Resistance & Unity: Women Rise” at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the works performed will be Reena...
WPA News Digest: May, 27, 2024

WPA News Digest: May, 27, 2024

The Orchestra Book Club of the greater Boston area will perform Grażyna Bacewicz’s Symphonic Variations and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on May 27 at 3:00 PM as part of Arts at the Armory in Somerville, Massachusetts. The event is free and...
Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

[Update: Chen Yi’s role in the US-China Music Institute is discussed here; “U.S.-China forum calls for revitalizing relations through music”] Chen Yi’s Symphony  no. 3 My Musical Journey to America will will stream live in its east coast...
Marianna Martines and Her Symphony

Marianna Martines and Her Symphony

Marianna Martines (1744-1812) is considered to be among the most acclaimed and prolific composers in Vienna during her lifetime.  She was friends with Mozart, and Haydn (who lived on the top floor of her apartment block) gave her keyboard lessons.  Mozart and Haydn...