WPA News Digest – August 11, 2025

WPA News Digest – August 11, 2025

On August 8th, the Community Women’s Orchestra (Oakland, CA) announced that Samantha Burgess, the ensemble’s 2024/25 season interim Music Director, will be their next Music Director beginning in Season 41 (2025/26). Samantha has joyfully led the ensemble...
Monday Link Round Up: January 11, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: January 11, 2021

News and music to start your week! Opera Wire profiles composer Thea Musgrave, pictured above, who has led an extraordinary and prolific career.  David Salazar’s essay includes several examples of her works throughout her career. Happy Birthday to composer Libby...
Monday Link Round Up: July 15, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: July 15, 2019

News and music to start your week! In case you missed it, don’t miss reading Megan Lavengood’s excellent piece on gender and hiring as it relates to the field of Music Theory Andrew Clements reviews the new recording by Isata Kanneh-Mason (pictured) of...
Monday Link Round Up: July 8, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: July 8, 2019

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Akiko Fujimoto (pictured above), the first woman to be named Artistic Director of the Mid-Texas Symphony.  Last season the ensemble had a public audition process to find the new director, with four finalists each...
Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

News and music to start your week. As we pause on Memorial Day, here are some works by women composers appropriate for today’s reflection. Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman – a play off of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man –...