And the WINNERS are .... check out the Five winners of our 2022 Grant Program! wophil.org/winners-2022-g…

Support Our Work! ! wophil.org/support-our-wo… US$40 to get the new Amy Beach children's book as your thank-you.

The remarkable Chinese American composer Chen Yi turns 70 today! See our recent features. as our January Composer-of-the-Month and on some performances of her music taking place. wophil.org/composer-of-th… wophil.org/chen-yi-cotm-2… #chenyi #composerbirthdays

Happy Birthday, Louise Farrenc! The great French symphonist (and composer of many chamber works and music for piano) has her 219th birthday today, May 31! And we have editions of two of her symphonies! wophil.org/celebrating-lo…

We are heartbroken to share the news of the passing of composer Kaija Saariaho: wophil.org/on-the-passing…

We have some interesting news items -- opera premieres in California, Marin Alsop becomes Chief Conductor of the Polish Radio Symphony (and will record music by Grażyna Bacewicz), and two works to be premiered (and streamed) by the Berlin Philharmonic! wophil.org/link-roundup-j…

Fanny's Piano Sonata in G minor has been orchestrated to a concerto! -- premiering Thursday June 15, in the Boston area -- eventbrite.com/e/fanfare-for-… Piano Concerto in G Minor, IFH 19, by Fanny Mendelssohn HENSEL (1805-1847), arr. Patricia WALLINGA (b. 1994)

Our annual REPERTOIRE REPORT is here: BY THE NUMBERS! Since 2008, the intrepid Sarah Baer has analyzed the programming of the top 21 U.S. orchestras. Does this coming season show progress in the fair representation of works by women? wophil.org/2023-2024-seas…

Gramophone Or how about this? Tracing opera from Francesca Caccini in the 17th c to Saariaho today, via the great works of Jacquet de la Guerre, Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Maria Teresa Agnesi, Augusta Holmès, Louise Bertin, Ethel Smyth, Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo, and Maconchy. #listentowomen

In our news Round-up, JoAnn Falletta wins the Eroica Award wophil.org/link-roundup-j…

This week we expand our Repertoire Report by considering the recent representation of BIPOC composers by the top 21 U.S. orchestras. wophil.org/the-programmin…

In celebration of Wendy Carlos: composer, inventor, genre creator and pioneer musicradar.com/news/in-celebr…

There's an exciting new book: _Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life_ by Alejandro L. Madrid. Sarah Baer gives us her take on it, León's music and development as a composer, and why she has resisted being identified with lables of gender and race. wophil.org/tania-leons-st…