Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 in order to:

• Recognize the achievement of The Women’s Philharmonic (1980-2004) over their 24 years of activity.
• Build on this work by advocating for the performance of women composers by orchestras and ensembles.
• Address the place of women composers (historic and contemporary) in today’s repertoire of orchestras and ensembles in the US and internationally.
• Present information that highlights the shortage of programming of works by women; the heritage of TWP emphasizes that this should and can be corrected.

Board of Directors:

Liane Curtis – President

Resident Scholar, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

President, The Rebecca Clarke Society, Inc.     Ph.D. in Musicology

 
Chen Yi

Composer, Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance.

 
Nan H. Washburn

Co-founder and Artistic Director of The Women’s Philharmonic

Music Director and Conductor of the Michigan Philharmonic

 
Judith Rosen

Music activist, Author of Grazyna Bacewicz: Her Life and Works. Past Board Member of The Women’s Philharmonic

 
Joan Capra

Violinist, musician with The Women’s Philharmonic

Researcher of historic women composers, provided material for TWP’s Baroquen Treasures recording

 
Beverly McChesney

Bassoonist, performed with The Women’s Philharmonic; her quintet Bellavente Winds has released two CDs

 
Beth Denisch

Composer and Music Faculty, The Berklee College of Music

Director of Communications:

Susan M. Brown

Director of Research and Blogger-in-Chief:

Sarah E. Baer, M.A. in Musicology and Women’s and Gender Studies
 

Advisory Committee:

Robyn Bramhall

Past President, The Women’s Philharmonic

Senior Professional in Human Resources

 
Kile Smith

Composer, and Past Curator of the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia

 
Mary Buckley

Retired Social Worker, music-lover and researcher on Women’s History