WCForum Session 4: Why does music by women composers matter?

Saturday, March 7 | 12:00-1:00 pm
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

The concluding session of the 2015 WCForum will be a panel discussion on the provocative topic “Why does music by women composers matter?”

Panelists include:

2015 Composer-in-Residence Lisa Coons
Festival Founder Heather Seaton
Sacha Peiser
Theresa Pilz

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 our ADA Coordinator 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.