Listen up, incipient women composers! The League of American Orchestras is calling for you.

Listen up, female composers!

The League of American Orchestras has launched a new initiative for women composers at the onset of their careers. Selected composer’s works will be performed by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra or the American Composer’s Orchestra in New York. Two participating composers will be chosen to receive orchestral commissions of $15,000 each, including a premiere of the commissioned work. The program is made possible by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation’s program of commissioning women in the arts.

http://www.classicalite.com/articles/6004/20140218/league-of-american-orchestras-launches-new-performance-and-commissioning-initiative-for-women-composers.htm

Visit americanorchestras.org to learn more about the LAO initiative!

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford promotes the music of contemporary and historical women composers.

The WCFH embraces diversity of race, ethnicity, and ability, and empowers artists from underrepresented groups who identify as women, including transgender and gender-fluid individuals, women of color, indigenous groups, LGBTQ, and the differently abled. We warmly invite and welcome all attendees. Our annual Festival is accessible for all those with mobility, visual, and/or hearing impairments.

When you make a tax-deductible donation to the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, your money directly supports the creation, promotion, and performance of women’s music.

The Americans with Disabilities Act Grievance Procedure:
Complaints concerning discrimination on the basis of disability by the Women Composers Festival of Hartford may be sent to Deborah Szajnberg at womencomposersfestivalhartford@gmail.com. Our ADA Coordinator will contact the complainant within 15 calendar days after receipt of the complaint to discuss the matters raised in the complaint, and will respond in writing within 15 days of the discussion.