In November 1943, the composer Florence Price wrote to Serge Koussevitzky, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, asking him to consider performing her scores. “Add to that the incident ...

National Sawdust, the performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, announced the winners of its first Hildegard Competition for rising female and nonbinary composers. The winners, Emma O’Halloran, X.

Chloe Flower knows her music history. It’s hard for her not to. She’s spent her life dedicated to the craft, becoming one of the most respected and renowned pianists and composers of her generation.

The Missouri State University President’s Concert will feature works by Jocelyn Hagen and Adolphus Hailstork, marking the first time the concert has included pieces by a woman and a person of color.

While female vocalists like Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande have a stronghold on modern holiday music playlists, pianist Chloe Flower wanted to highlight a lesser known group of women with her new ...

Mina Gajić, artistic and executive director of COmpass REsonance (CORE), the former ensemble-in-residence of the Boulder Bach Festival. Courtesy: COmpass REsonance To be a composer as a woman in the ...

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford has been happening in the Hartford area since 2001. This year, the two-day event is Feb. 28 and March 1 at Central Connecticut State University’s Founders Hall ...

More information: The showcase includes concert readings of four newly written orchestra pieces by Aspen Music Festival and School composition fellows, performed by the Aspen Conducting Academy ...

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The Sioux City Symphony Orchestra paid tribute to female composers Saturday night and, in the process, got to showcase plenty of outstanding musicians. Former composer of the year Hilary Purrington ...