Women Composers Marathon
Listen all day long on Friday, March 28The gender disparity in classical music programming is no secret. Many women composers from centuries ago are just now having their works brought to light by...
View ArticleInternational Women's Day Marathon
Listen all day long on Friday, March 8 In 2022, the Donne Foundation, a UK-based organization that "celebrates, advances and amplifies women in music" published an expansive report surveying the...
View ArticleInternational Women's Day Marathon
Listen all day long on Wednesday, March 8Beginning March 8th, you can view the International Women's Day Marathon playlist here. In 2022, the Donne Foundation, a UK-based organization that "celebrates,...
View ArticleWomen Composers You Should Know in 2023
Classical music is just like our universe — ever expanding! At WQXR, we strive to keep up with the cadence of classical music. Our library of recordings is constantly growing, fueled by new works...
View ArticleFernande Decruck: Symphonies for Saxophone
In 2021 and 2022, conductor Matthew Aubin set out to revitalize the music of the late French female composer Fernande Decruck. This led to the creation of the Equal Billing Project— an initiative to...
View ArticleFernande Decruck: Sonatas for Saxophone
In 2021 and 2022, conductor Matthew Aubin set out to revitalize the music of the late French female composer Fernande Decruck. This led to the creation of the Equal Billing Project— an initiative to...
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4 Female Composers in Conversation
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we asked four composers (Missy Mazzoli, Jessie Montgomery, Angélica Negrón, and Gabriela Ortiz) what WHM and International Women’s Day (March 8) mean to them....
View ArticleMusic Students React to Women Composers
It's back-to-school season and nothing beats watching a child's face light up when they've learned something new and exciting. Back in 2019, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Music Factory, we played...
View Article8 Female Composers Who Were Hits in Their Own Time
“I’m embarrassed to admit this, I had a lightbulb moment a few years ago when I realized I had never played a piece by a female composer," says author Anna Beer. "I could count on the fingers of one...
View Article9 Ceiling-Shattering Composers of the Last 100 Years... and One from a Bit...
This began as a list of female composers who had "first" or "only" in their stories, but it morphed into something a bit different. There are certainly firsts and onlys here, but I wanted to highlight...
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Her Music: Crusading Female Composers of the Present and Past
On Thursday, Sept. 24, Q2 Music continues our 24 on the 24th series with a 24-hour marathon stream celebrating the ceiling-shattering achievements of female composers in the 20th and 21st centuries....
View ArticleHer Music 2.0: Thoughts for Next Year
In the last few days, Q2 Music brought you Her Music - a 24-hour celebratory stream of music by emerging female composers, a complete listing of all 135 composers featured, and even a handy how-to...
View ArticleHow to Talk to a Female Composer
Interviewing a composer these days can be a daunting proposition. The esoteric musical jargon, your creeping suspicion of the art’s ultimate demise, and their stubborn determination to engage with the...
View ArticleEncore: 24-Hour Stream of Emerging Women Composers
Thanks to the composers, labels, advocates and listeners who sent in recordings for Her Music - our 24-hour marathon of music by emerging female composers. Though there weren't enough hours in the day...
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Her Music: Today's Emerging Female Composer
Even as women have achieved growing parity in the ranks of symphony orchestras and chamber music groups, their numbers suddenly thin out upon scanning the names of composers in a Playbill. Q2 Music has...
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24-Hour Marathon of Emerging Female Composers
In June-July, we asked listeners to vote for their favorite idea for a 24-hour, new-music marathon from the listener-nominated list above. Despite a back-and-forth race with our neighbors outside of...
View ArticleOn Clara Schumann's Birthday, Debating the Status of Female Composers
Poll: Do Female Composers Get Equal Opportunity?Clara Schumann surreptitiously used the name of her famous husband, Robert, to get her pieces performed before 19th-century audiences that thought women...
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