Women Are Making Opera. And It’s Not Easy.
For the first time in more than 100 years, the Met is performing an opera written by a woman. Listen…
In 1932, this opera was a hit. Why has no one seen it since?
Despite its successful debut in 1932, the opera “Tom Tom,” by composer Shirley Graham, was never performed again. Davóne Tines ’09,…
12 ‘Impressionist’ Composers Not Named Debussy or Ravel
Artistic labels are tricky little things because they trap artists in a kind of musical amber with others that we…
Time’s Up: Escaping the Sameness of Wind Band Programming
In the spring of 2017, composer Stacy Garrop posed a question for the wind band Facebook hivemind: what is your…
Dean Brenda Ravenscroft on Women, Diversity, and Accessibility in Music
In November 2017, Dean Brenda Ravenscroft won the the Society for Music Theory's 2017 Outstanding Multi-Authored Publication Award for the first…
She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93
Domestic, 71, Sings Songs of Own Composition in ‘Village,’” ran a New York Times headline in November of 1965. The…
DEI Talks: An Interview with the Music Theory Examples by Women Project
Molly Murdock and Ben Parsell, the founders of Music Theory Examples by Women had the honor of being interviewed by…
Two Honored for Commitment to Diversity
Two members of the University community have been honored with the Presidential Diversity Award, an annual award recognizing the accomplishments…
Classical Music’s White Male Supremacy is Overt, Pervasive, and a Problem
Over the week, there have been waves of backlash at The Metropolitan Opera’s newest season announcement. A recent Washington Post made…
Building Curriculum Diversity: Analytical Essays
While much of the public debate about diversifying classical music has been about discovering the composers themselves and what makes…
Six Easy Ways to Immediately Address Racial and Gender Diversity in Your Music History Classroom
This is a great article from Musicology Now, written by Kira Thurman and Kristen Turnera, which lists ideas and practices…
Musical Assumptions: Music Theory Examples by Women
Molly Murdock, Trevor Nelson, and Ben Parsell have put up an exceptionally interesting website that organizes concepts of music theory…