News to start your week!
In international news, The Times of India profiles two young women who are making a name for themselves in a particularly male dominated field. Read more about Feviola Fernandes and Delcy Silveira here.
The Conversation explores the continued inequalities in the field of Jazz. Though the article focuses primarily on the opportunities available in Australia, there is an (unfortunate) universality to the obstacles women face across musical genres and around the world. Read on here.
British Lebanese composer Bushra El Turk has written an opera based on the novel Woman at Point Zero. Learn more about the work, which is currently being workshopped in London, at The National.
Listen in to Kath Fraser’s interview with composer Lisa Bielawa via MixCloud. The conversation includes Bielawa’s work with the Seattle Chamber Music Society Commissioning Club and her new opera web series, Vireo. Listen on the website or below:
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