Tag: gender studies

  • 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…

  • 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…