The Women's Philharmonic

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Women's Philharmonic


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Background = classical_ensemble
Alias = TWP
Origin = flagicon|USA San Francisco, California, USA
Genre = Classical, popular
Occupation = Orchestra
Years_active = 1981–2004

The Women's Philharmonic (TWP) was a San Francisco-based, professional orchestra founded by Miriam Abrams, Elizabeth Seja Min and Nan Washburn in 1981 and disbanded in 2004. [ citeweb
url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/04/DDG8G5CHBH1.DTL
title = "R.I.P., Women's Philharmonic, you were the perfect blend of achievement and idealism"
author = Kosman, Joshua
publisher = "San Francisco Chronicle", Page E1, March 4, 2004
accessdate = 2007-04-04 ] Originally known as the Bay Area Women's Philharmonic, the orchestra's repertoire consisted almost entirely of works by more than 150 women, including more than 130 premiere performances and more than 40 commissions. [ citeweb
url = http://www.stereophile.com/news/10209/index.html
title = "National Women Conductors Initiative Announced"
author = Iverson, Jon
publisher = "Stereophile", July 12, 1998 — June, 1998
accessdate = 2007-04-04] Its mission was "to change the face of what is played in every concert hall by incorporating works by women composers into the orchestral repertoire." [ citeweb
url = http://www.the-compound.org/writing/wp.pdf
title = "The Women's Philharmonic: Historical"
author = Blomdahl, Katrina
publisher = The-Compound.org
accessdate = 2007-04-04 ] TWP's long list of accomplishments includes multiple awards for "Adventurous Programming" from ASCAP and the American Symphony Orchestra League.

Leadership

Music directors

*Elizabeth Seja Min (music director, 1981 - 1985)
*Nan Washburn (artistic director and asociate conductor, 1981 - 1990)
*JoAnn Falletta (music director, 1986 - 1997)
*Apo Hsu (music director, 1997 - 2003)

Guest conductors

*Ebrina Alfonso
*Ann Krinitsky
*Jadine Louie
*Anne Manson
*Kathleen McGuire

Recordings

*"Baroquen Treasures" (1993)
*"The Women's Philharmonic Recordings"
* "The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann" (1993, Koch International Classics 7169)
*"The Music of Chen Yi" (1997)
*"The Music of Florence Price" (2001, Koch International Classics 7518)

Notes and references

Further reading

* Blomdahl, Bohorquez, and Denton. [http://www.the-compound.org/writing/wp.pdf "The Women's Philharmonic"]
* Yip, Alethea. [http://www.asianweek.com/053097/newsmaker.html "Symphony Conductor: Picking up the baton at the Women's Philharmonic"] , "AsianWeek", May 30 - June 4, 1997.

External links

* [http://www.symphony.org American Symphony Orchestra League] official website
* [http://www.communitywomensorchestra.org Community Women's Orchestra] official website