Remembering Vítězslava Kaprálová
I will finish the WPA tribute to historic female composers by remembering the life and music of Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940). Though she lived a tragically short life, she made a dramatic impact as...
View Article2014 In Review
Bachtrack, the online database for concerts happening throughout the world, has published their annual review of 2014. They looked at all of the ensembles, conductors, composers, and pieces that were...
View ArticleThe 100th Birthday of Vítězslava Kaprálová
Artistic directors, conductors, and radio playlist makers, love to acknowledge composer birthdays. In fact, we just discussed how significant birthdays can impact programming on a national level as...
View ArticleWPA President as Orchestral Cellist
“I’d like to play in that,” was my immediate reaction on hearing about the program planned for June 6, 2015, by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony in San Francisco. I’d been communicating with BARS about...
View ArticlePortrait of the Composer as a Young Woman
As noted earlier, I’m performing in the BARS Concert June 6. I’ve written the program notes for the concert, and here they are! The three pieces on our program today are linked, as our title suggests,...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: November 9, 2015
Some links to start the week! Louise Farrenc is BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week! Listen to the radio show below! I also missed in sharing that BBC Radio 3 also featured Vítězslava Kaprálová as...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: January 5, 2016
Some news to start your week – and your New Year! A new month means a new quiz from Into the Light Radio! Have a listen here and take a guess for a chance to win an orchestral sampler CD from WPA!...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: March 21, 2016
News to start your week! The Women Composers Festival of Hartford, which took place March 10-13, included a keynote address by WPA President Liane Curtis. Conductor Dr. Amelia Nagoski offered her...
View ArticleWPA President as Orchestral Cellist
“I’d like to play in that,” was my immediate reaction on hearing about the program planned for June 6, 2015, by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony in San Francisco. I’d been communicating with BARS about...
View ArticlePortrait of the Composer as a Young Woman
As noted earlier, I’m performing in the BARS Concert June 6. I’ve written the program notes for the concert, and here they are! The three pieces on our program today are linked, as our title suggests,...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: November 9, 2015
Some links to start the week! Louise Farrenc is BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week! Listen to the radio show below! I also missed in sharing that BBC Radio 3 also featured Vítězslava Kaprálová as...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: January 5, 2016
Some news to start your week – and your New Year! A new month means a new quiz from Into the Light Radio! Have a listen here and take a guess for a chance to win an orchestral sampler CD from WPA!...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: March 21, 2016
News to start your week! The Women Composers Festival of Hartford, which took place March 10-13, included a keynote address by WPA President Liane Curtis. Conductor Dr. Amelia Nagoski offered her...
View ArticleQuinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works,...
View ArticleQuinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works,...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: December 28, 2020
News and music to start your week! Happy Christmas to all who celebrate! Enjoy this lovely Christmas Prelude for Chamber Orchestra by Vítězslava Kaprálova, pictured above. It was composed in 1939 and...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021
News and music to start your week! Read about the Sister Cities Girlchoir and their work with composer Erin Busch, pictured above, to educate and inspire. Busch, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: July 26, 2021
News and music to start your week! In the latest installment of the Women Composers Festival of Hartford HerStory series Kathryn Woodard speaks to composer and performer Yshani Perinpanayagam (pictured...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: September 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...
View ArticleMonday Link Roundup: March 14, 2022
We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! March 8 revealed this statue of Dame Ethel Smyth, in the town of Woking, UK, where the great composer lived the last decades of her life....
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