Repertoire Reports for 2008-09
Each year the League of American Orchestras compiles repertoire information from member orchestras from across the country. These ensembles, which range from some of the most outstanding orchestras in...
View ArticleRepertoire Statistics Report—2009-2010
Every year the League of American Orchestras releases statistics on the repertoire that is performed by member ensembles. The information is collected and painstakingly compiled so that arts...
View ArticleThe 1.7 Percent: Distilling the 2008-2009 Repertoire Reports
Stories about “the 1%” abound in the media, but today I would like to shine a light on a far less reported, though far more relevant for this site’s purposes, statistic: the 1.7%. Our own Sarah Baer...
View ArticleThe Long, LONG Arc of History
With the debut of Margaret Ruthven Lang’s Dramatic Overture in 1893, the world changed: never before had an orchestral work composed by a woman been performed on the American stage. The intervening...
View ArticleWinners Chosen for EarShot Commissions
The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers. The...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 27, 2016
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has...
View ArticleThe 1.7 Percent: Distilling the 2008-2009 Repertoire Reports
Stories about “the 1%” abound in the media, but today I would like to shine a light on a far less reported, though far more relevant for this site’s purposes, statistic: the 1.7%. Our own Sarah Baer...
View ArticleThe Long, LONG Arc of History
With the debut of Margaret Ruthven Lang’s Dramatic Overture in 1893, the world changed: never before had an orchestral work composed by a woman been performed on the American stage. The intervening...
View ArticleWinners Chosen for EarShot Commissions
The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers. The...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 27, 2016
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: April 23, 2018
News to start your week! The Guardian has a conversation with conductor Marin Alsop, who, it was just announced, will again be conducting in the 2018 Proms season. A new initiative created by the...
View ArticleNPR on Female Composers At The Symphony (and the lack thereof)
As Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy celebrates the 10th anniversary of our founding, and continues to celebrate the important work of The Women’s Philharmonic, who performed and promoted music by women...
View ArticleThe Long, LONG Arc of History
With the debut of Margaret Ruthven Lang’s Dramatic Overture in 1893, the world changed: never before had an orchestral work composed by a woman been performed on the American stage. The intervening...
View ArticleWinners Chosen for EarShot Commissions
The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers. The...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 27, 2016
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has...
View ArticleThe Long, LONG Arc of History
With the debut of Margaret Ruthven Lang’s Dramatic Overture in 1893, the world changed: never before had an orchestral work composed by a woman been performed on the American stage. The intervening...
View ArticleWinners Chosen for EarShot Commissions
The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers. The...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 27, 2016
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: April 23, 2018
News to start your week! The Guardian has a conversation with conductor Marin Alsop, who, it was just announced, will again be conducting in the 2018 Proms season. A new initiative created by the...
View ArticleNPR on Female Composers At The Symphony (and the lack thereof)
As Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy celebrates the 10th anniversary of our founding, and continues to celebrate the important work of The Women’s Philharmonic, who performed and promoted music by women...
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