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Back in October 2019 in LA, we attended an amazing talk about female composers in Hollywood, or to put it another way, the lack of female composers in Hollywood. What can be done and how can we encourage women into music composition?

This year’s GRAMMY-winning Classical composer, Jennifer Higdon, speaks with the Recording Academy about how to succeed as a woman in this male-dominated industry.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked the UK’s leading conductors to nominate a composer who deserves wider recognition. From Azerbaijan to Israel, and symphonies to songs, here are 10 women whose voices will enrich your life.

“To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up. We need to hear your voices.”

In 2019, 94% of box office films featured music composed by men. Hailing from classic to pop to experimental, these women are here to balance the stats.

In celebration of the centennial of women’s suffrage, 19 composers will have their world premieres as part of the Philharmonic’s Project 19, billed as the largest women-only commissioning initiative.

While working with one of her longtime students, piano instructor Penny Lazarus realized she could not find a single piece composed by a woman in any of the recent or past instruction books.

This year’s edition of the Focus Festival commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment with a globe-trotting survey of music by women.

You’ll find interviews with dozens of contemporary female composers, profiles of historical greats, links to performance recordings, and several informative articles on women composers past and present.

NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respects. The work of Irish composers has suffered from the same kind of do-goodery that has hampered the Irish language.

This month’s concert ”Women Warriors: The Voices of Change“ celebrates historic women — and female composers who seldom land industry jobs.

WIF hosted their “Female Composers in Film: Balancing the Scales” panel on Wednesday night (March 27), which featured an all-women panel of some of the leading industry experts.