The Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO) was founded as a community adjunct to the professional Women’s Philharmonic. Although the Women’s Philharmonic disbanded in 2004, the CWO continues to grow and flourish as an independent organization.
Now in our 40th concert season, CWO continues to fulfill our mission to create a welcoming environment engaging women in classical music. We have grown to more than sixty members, and are one of few all-women's orchestras in the United States.
CWO is proud to celebrate our 40th year engaging women in classic music. We are an independent non-profit and are one of just a few all-women's orchestras in the United States. n the past 40 years, CWO has grown from the original six-member ensemble to more than sixty members. We have performed more than 100 concerts. We collaborated with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, including multiple performances at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Brava Theater, touring to Santa Rosa and Miami, Florida, and CD and DVD recordings.
CWO takes special pride in nurturing and celebrating women composers across the ages. We have been responsible for numerous regional, national, and world premieres of modern works by female composers, including Juliette Folville, Ethel Smyth, Martha Stoddard, Hilary Tann, and Mary Watkins. We have also featured women composers in CWO concerts such as Jennifer Higdon, Gwyneth Walker, Cyndi McTee, Dione Tan, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, to name but a few.
Oakland, check our concert schedule here!
https://www.communitywomensorchestra.org/
Community Womens Orchestra
First Presbyterian Church Oakland
2619 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
United States