4 Summary of Week 3

This week, you have learned about how you can start researching historical women composers, where you can find scores of their music, what resources are already available for free online, and why you should consider creating your own performance editions. You have heard about Tim Parker-Langston’s work raising the profile of Fanny Hensel, creating editions of her songs, and making these available to other performers.

Next week, you will consider how you could diversify your repertoire by playing more music by living women composers or even commissioning new works. You will also hear from Stephan Meier, Artistic Director of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), talking about BCMG’s approach to commissioning new works from living women composers and how they are working towards gender balance within their programming.

You can now go to Week 4.