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✨🪐 Another news digest is available for your enjoyment! Read about Early Music America’s latest album, “TIME TO ACT” with Laura Kaminsky, the Syracuse Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming concert, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposer #music #laurakaminsky #earlymusicamerica

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What time is it? It’s news digest time! 🎉🎼

The latest on Anna Handler, Mark Swed, Margaret Bonds’s “Bitter Laurel” premiere, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposer #annahandler #margaretbonds #music

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🗞️🎶 Another week, another news digest. Read more about the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Jessie Montgomery’s “Coincident Dances,” Sarah Kirkland Snider’s latest album, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#womenshistorymonth #orchestra #jessiemontgomery #sarahkirklandsnider #music

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WPA News Round-up – March 23, 2026 - Women's Philharmonic Advocacy Lots of ensembles are getting in their celebratory Women's History Month concerts this week! Performances have been a mix of classic names and pieces (Florence Price, Amy Beach) as well as the new and...

🌸 Our news digest is in full bloom for Women’s History Month! This week, we talk about the Community Music Center of Houston’s “Women’s History Month” concert, the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra’s “Women Compose!” concert, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-mar...

#womenshistorymonth #concert #music

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#botd Today we remember the talented Ruth Anderson (1928-2019), an American composer, flutist, orchestrator, and teacher. She expanded the world of electronic music and stated that her “pieces intended to further wholeness of self and unity with others.” 🇺🇸🪈

#ruthanderson #composer #femalecomposer

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Another week brings on more news in the music world! Amy Beach’s “Gaelic Symphony,“ La Co[opéra]tive’s (Paris) performance of “Cendrillon,” Pauline Viardot’s opera, and more. 🎻🎵

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#composer #femalecomposer #amybeach #cendrillon #music

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🌸 As we continue celebrating Women’s History Month, we discuss Palazzetto Bru Zane‘s concert series, the UN Symphony Orchestra’s “Global Women in Music” initiative, the American Composers Orchestra’s concert, and more! 🎶

Read here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #womenshistory #orchestra

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TODAY we launch "Paying it forward / paying it backward” — a new interview series with composers. This time, we spoke with composer Gala Flagello. Give it a read here:
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#galaflagello #galaflagellomusic #WomensHistoryMonth #womencomposers
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✨Happy Women’s History Month✨

To kick off the month, check out our weekly digest! This week, we cover the Houston Women’s Chamber Orchestra upcoming performance, the National String Symphonia’s (Maryland) presentations, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposer #music

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🎶A concert in New York City (2/28), Winds of Change, Songs of Time, celebrates the women composers who were part of the American PEN League in the 1920s, an organization supporting writers and creators. wophil.org/feb-28-pen-w...

#womencomposers #womenwritemusictoo #womensclubs #womenshistory

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✨ Be sure to check out our weekly news digest, where we talk about Tempesta di Mare, The University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming performance, the Metropolitan Orchestra Chamber Ensemble’s March concert, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposer

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We Celebrate Black History Month with our publication of Helen Hagan's Piano Concerto of 1912! wophil.org/we-publish-h...
Manuscript image from Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University Library

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #composer #femalecomposers

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😌 Another news digest is live! Stefania Turkevych, “Performance Today’s” 2026 Classical Woman of the Year nominations, the Oakland Symphony’s most recent performance, and more to read here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposer #womeninhistory #womeninmusic #music

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Monster's Paradise by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek is creating a stir for confronting political life. Also, we talk about The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, Gabriela Ortiz, and a Florence Price opera in our new digest.🥁
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#operacomposer #music #opera #womeninmusic

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You've probably heard of Germaine Tailleferre; her Harp Concertino was one of the works on The Women's Philharmonic’s 1992 CD! But what about Tailleferre's ballet Le Marchand d'oiseaux? This 2017 TBT article discusses more here: wophil.org/tailleferres... #womencomposer #tbt #womensphilharmonic

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🙂‍↕️ Lots to read in our latest news digest! Bachtrack’s classical music stats of 2025, ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra), Patricia Leonard’s recent accolades, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig... 🥁

#composer #femalecomposer #womeninmusic #womeninhistory #music

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This week, our digest talks about the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, La Maestra International Competition for Women Conductors, the Rebecca Clarke Song Competition, and more! ✨🎼

Read more: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #curtissymphonyorchestra #rebeccaclarkesongcompetition #womeninmusic #music

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🎼 Concert (1/31/26) in Seattle features US Premiere of Ruth Gipps Symphony n.1 and Jeanne Demessieux' Poème for organ and orchestra — we talked with music director Adam Stern, who convinces us this is a "DON'T MISS" concert.
#womencomposers #organconcerts #WomensPhilharmonicAdvocacy

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Two concerts to know about this weekend! You can hear Amy Beach's Piano Concerto in Texas and an exciting (but sold-out) concert in Michigan!
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Pictured: Pianist Asiya Korepanova Photography: © Emil Matveev
#womencomposers #amybeach #amybeachcomposer #womenconductors

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☀️ Our news digest is live! Read more on the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, the LunArt Festival’s 2026 Call For Scores winners, Jessie Montgomery’s music, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig...

#composer #femalecomposers #lunartfestival #jessiemontgomery #bbcphilharmonic

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🥂 Another weekly news digest is here for your reading pleasure! Read more on the Prototype Festival, Rachel Franklin, the Zia Singers winter concert, and more here:
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#composer #femalecomposers #prototypefestival #rachelfranklin #ziasingers

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✨ Our year-end review of albums concludes with a series of compilations of music composed by women, two of them for cello and piano! wophil.org/wpa-2025-in-...
#endofyear #womencomposers #womenwritemusictoo #cellomusic #galinaustvolskaya

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Read our latest piece by guest blogger, Miriam Capellan, where we discuss the latest on the Rose Garden and the Kennedy Center. wophil.org/the-rose-gar... 🥀✨

#composer #rosegarden #kennedycenter #freedc #handsofftheart

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Another end of year review has been released, focusing on a selection of four albums recorded by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra! Our intrepid blogger Kathleen McGowan offers rich insights on these releases here: wophil.org/wpa-2025-in-...

#womencomposers #britishwomencomposers #allmusicmatters

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🎼 Our year-end review of albums continues with some exciting contemporary composers -- Gabriela Ortiz, Tania León, Asuka Kakitani, and Errollyn Wallen. We include links to streaming sites and more here:
wophil.org/wpa-2025-in-... #GabrielaOrtiz #TaniaLeón #ErrollynWallen #AsukaKakitani

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🥹 Our end of year round up recaps some of the best female-released albums of 2025! Read more on Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Dr. Samantha Ege, and more on on our website: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig... 🎼

#composer #womeninhistory #music

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🎶 Dame Ethel Smith, New York Women Composers, John Storgårds‘s performance of Clara Schumann’s “Three Romances,” and more! Read about it all in our weekly news digest: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig... 🦋

#composers #womeninhistory #music

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❄️ December is the month of giving. So, for any one who supports our work and donates $100 or more, you will receive one of the books above! We also offer legacy gifts of two acclaimed WPA CDs, which are pictured above! 🫶🏼💿

🔗 Learn more here: wophil.org/support-our-...

#composer #womeninmusic #music

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Another news digest is live! 🌙 This week, we talk about Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, and more here: wophil.org/wpa-news-dig... 🎶

#composer #orchestra #womeninhistory

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The wait is over! Our Amy Beach T-shirts are NOW available here --
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ORDER by Nov. 23 for delivery by Dec. 12 (or sooner). After that we move into another production cycle, with delivery still by Dec. 24. Fulfill your shopping needs will helping feminist work! 👑

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