AUG 5 JOIN Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Women in Music Edit-a-thon Please join us The Construction Company, the International Alliance for Women in Music, and Wikimedia NYC as we edit, correct, and add Wikipedia pages related to Women in Music! This event will be held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts from 4:00-7:30PM on Monday, August 5th. We'll be in the Film Room on the 3rd Floor - the front desk will direct you. No experience editing Wikipedia is required but please bring a laptop! Experienced Wikipedians will be around to help out, and we’ll be starting the edit-a-thon with a brief tutorial to cover the basics. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. MORE INFORMATION:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Women_in_Music_Edit-a-thon Articles to Create/Edit [ edit ] Articles to Edit Peggy Stuart Coolidge Mara Helmuth Lori Laitman Sabrina Peña Young Emma Lou Diemer Doreen Carwithen Articles to Create...

InterXchange Ensemble Premiers Works of New York Women Composers in Brazil

Concert features program of music by women composers  Someday, perhaps, there won’t be a need to advocate and provide a platform for the work of women composers. Until that time, Women in Music Columbus, as it has done for almost 140 years, is on the case. The local organization also advocates for women performers, offering multiple opportunities each season for its performing members to participate in recitals and concerts. These concerts often include the music of women composers. Additionally, every other year WMC puts out a call for submissions from women composers, with all selected works to be performed in one program. The Women Composers program will be held on Sunday, April 15, in Capital University’s Huntington Recital Hall. “It’s part of our mission statement to promote women making music and women composers,” WMC President Cynthia Mahaney said, “and certainly providing performing opportunities is a big reason why many of our members join.” ... In all, works...