You will never be obsolete - even should by some miracle we no longer need to push the female agenda in classical music. I have to say that i despair of programming - I am still trying only to attend concerts where a reasonable amount of the music is by women (had to give up on only music by women as would have stopped going out altogether!) - but honestly it seems often like tokenism - a short piece at the beginning that last 5 mins if that. Better than nothing? hmmm not convinced. We are going through strange times - I doubt that radical women from the past would have believed how little progress we have made overall. Let's keep going and pledge to sing the praises of women composers past and present and women who make, play and promote music by women. See you on the 21st!
A fascinating question. Last year, I interviewed singer China Moses for IWD. This year it’s pianist and composer Claire Cope. We have a long way still to go in music.
You will never be obsolete - even should by some miracle we no longer need to push the female agenda in classical music. I have to say that i despair of programming - I am still trying only to attend concerts where a reasonable amount of the music is by women (had to give up on only music by women as would have stopped going out altogether!) - but honestly it seems often like tokenism - a short piece at the beginning that last 5 mins if that. Better than nothing? hmmm not convinced. We are going through strange times - I doubt that radical women from the past would have believed how little progress we have made overall. Let's keep going and pledge to sing the praises of women composers past and present and women who make, play and promote music by women. See you on the 21st!
A fascinating question. Last year, I interviewed singer China Moses for IWD. This year it’s pianist and composer Claire Cope. We have a long way still to go in music.