women in music resources
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women's studies in music:
- women and music: journal of research and culture
- the iawm journal (browse this online collection of the journal articles available for free download)
- gems: gender, education, music and society
- grime newsletter
- women of note quarterly
- viva voce
- the kapralova society journal
syllabi and bibliographies:
- the woman composer question: a bibliography | by eugene gates
- the woman conductor: selected readings | a compilation by kapralova society
- archive of syllabi in women's studies in music
online articles available for free download:
- the woman composer question: philosophical and historical perspectives | by eugene gates
- women composers. a critical review of the psychological literature | by eugene gates
- where are all the women composers? reclaiming a cultural heritage | by eugene gates
- have women had just opportunities in music? | the etude magazine, august 1910
- women composers | by diana ambache
- les femmes et la musique | by lynne gagné (in french)
- medieval women and music | by cynthia cyrus
- causa: skladatelky | by vlasta reittererova (in czech)
- women's access to composition teaching | by william osborne
- women's access to music performance | by william osborne
- a monstrously ignored regiment - an article by richard morrison on women's underrepresentation in bbc proms programming
- women's representation in orchestras | by regina himmelbauer and william osborne
- women orchestra conductors in america: struggle for acceptance | by shelley jagow
- pioneers of the podium | by anita mercier
- women conductors: why so few? | by anna hodgson
- despite gains, women conductors aren't exactly crowding the podium | article by valerie scher
- instrumental women | by lauren rico
- where have all the female artists and musicians gone? | by sena christian
women composers
- women composers database | by kapralova society
- women composers database | by diana ambache
- women composers database | by nonsequitur
- women composers database | by mugi (in german)
- women in baroque music
- women composers before 1900
- women hymn composers before 1900
- women in electroacoustics
- women composers of experimental, minimalist, and electronic works
- women composers of electroacoustic | jazz | film | stage | music
- women's music.com (see "composers")
- women in jazz and swing
- cohen's women composers collection
- arab women composers and musicians: a history
- azerbaijan women composers
- british women composers
- canadian women composers
- czech women composers
- french women composers in the 19th-century (in french)
- iberoamerican and spanish women composers (in spanish)
- korean women composers
- new york women composers
- polish women composers
- swedish women composers (catalogue of smic)
women composers' societies and women in music organizations | projects:
- arab women in music
- the association of canadian women composers (canada)
- l'association mel bonis (france)
- l'association marie jaël (france)
- cid-femmes (luxembourg)
- the rebecca clarke society (usa)
- donne in musica (italy)
- the sophie drinker institute (germany)
- el colectivo de mujeres en la música a.a. (mexico)
- forschungszentrum musik und gender (germany)
- frau und musik (germany)
- frauen music forum schweiz (switzerland)
- international alliance for women in music (iawm)
- the kapralova society (canada)
- the korean society of women composers (south korea)
- musik und gender im internet (germany)
- national committee on women's choirs (usa)
- new york women composers inc. (usa)
- the pauline oliveros foundation (usa)
- elinor remick warren society (usa)
- romanian women in the arts (romania)
- clara schumann society (usa)
- stichting vrouw en muziek (the netherlands)
- the louise talma society (usa)
- women in music (uk)
women's music:
- women composers: an online collection of mp3 sound files
- women composers midi | courtesy of sarah whitworth
- recommended recordings of music by women composers
women's music publishers:
- arsis press
- clarnan editions
- furore verlag
- hildegard publishing company
- ladyslipper music by women
- leonarda records
- lorelt (lontano records ltd)
- oceanna music publications
- treble clef music press
- vienna modern masters
- vivace press
- voice of lyrics
women's music broadcasters:
- kmfa | "into the light" is a weekly program of women's music produced by kathryn mishell and streamed over the internet every sunday at 21:00 (central usa time)
- amsterdam fm | "radio monalisa" is a weekly program of women's music produced by patricia werner leanse
- wpkn fm | "amazon radio" is a weekly program of women singer-songwriters and instrumentalists produced by pamela smith
- kwax | this university of oregon station is one of iawm's honored broadcasters for its commitment to broadcasting music written by women
- wmfe | this members supported public broadcaster, based in orlando, florida, is another of iawm's broadcasters honored for its commitment to broadcasting music written by women
- womr | on womr (ma, usa), dj canary burton plays a great deal of music by women and living composers of both sexes
- wprb princeton | "classical discoveries" is a weekly program devoted to little known repertoire, including music by women composers, produced by marvin rosen
- ckwr fm98.5 | tom quick's women in music series can be heard twice a month during his regular monday night (9-11pm) program at the community radio based in waterloo, ontario
women's music presenters:
- athena festival | biennial festival of women's music presented by the murray state university department of music
- inner voices | an annual festival of women in new music
- komponistinnen und ihr werk | festival/concert series of women's music in kassel, germany
- women composers festival of hartford | an annual festival organized by friends of women composers society, hartford, connecticut
- women in music festival | an annual festival organized by the eastman school of music, university of rochester
- women's work | an annual series of new music by women composers
women's music performers
- ambache chamber orchestra
- ardelana ensemble
- ars femina
- beata moon ensemble
- elke mascha blankenburg
- capella artemisia
- virginia eskin
- la donna musicale
- kapralova quartet
- l'altra metà del cielo
- jenny lin
- lontano ensemble
- odaline de le martinez
- meininger trio
- plectra ensemble
- raduga ensemble
- talisker players
- patricia werner leanse
- women's voices
women performers databases
- women conductors
- women at the piano
- women in jazz and jazz women
- women instrumentalists
- female a capella groups
other related topics
- blog on women and classical music
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