Tag: women composers
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Women Conductors in the 2024-2025 Season
By Sarah Baer We recently published our Repertoire Report for the coming concert season – you can read the full piece here. The unsurprising truth is that top tier organizations are actively working backwards – regressing – in terms of equitable programming, with many ensembles performing fewer works by women in the coming season than…
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Expanding the Music Theory Canon — new textbook
An important new book is being released today! Expanding the Music Theory Canon: Inclusive Examples for Analysis from the Common Practice Period by Dr Paula Maust is a print volume drawn from her Website of the same name. Providing selections by women and BIPOC composers, 255 musical examples are organized topically and include excerpts as…
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2023-2024 Season: By The Numbers
Sarah Baer offers her annual statistical study of the representation of women composers in the top 21 U.S. orchestras; also the representation and role of women conductors is examined. Liane Curtis also offered editorial input to this article. Symphony orchestras throughout the United States have wrapped up their 2022-2023 season and are looking ahead to…
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How My Essay on Fullnaming Composers Melted the Internet (and other thoughts)
Our featured guest author Chris White teaches music theory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and writes for both the popular and academic press. We asked him to comment on the reaction to his important article of two years ago, and are thrilled to have this update from him. Here’s a few phrases that have…