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Classical Music Needs Gender Studies – Here’s Why
If I had a dollar for every time I attended a concert featuring music written by women or a workshop on female composers where the presenter said something along the lines of “I don’t understand why women’s compositions aren’t performed more often, there’s a lot of really great music here!” … I wouldn’t have a…
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3 Books on My TBR List for Gender Studies & Classical Music
Over the past several months, I’ve added a few books about women in music history to my to-be-read list that I’m SUPER excited about… but after a few conversations with other educators who teach about classical music by women composers, I’ve come to realize that the resources I tend to favor are very different from…
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Is the Flute a “Girly” Instrument?
The Western flute used to be considered a masculine instrument, but it’s now one of the most feminine. Why is that, and when did the gender association change? I spent my first year after graduating from college working at a family-owned music shop. During rental season, my coworkers and I would sometimes try to guess…
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Fostering Safe Spaces in Western Classical Music
Sharing music requires vulnerability. But our performance spaces don’t always give us everything we need to feel supported enough to express our true selves. I’ve seen some posts on social media lately on people talking about fighting the stigmas of how classical music has to be played a “certain way” or the impression that you…
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