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Title: Live Women Composers
Post by: keyofc on January 15, 2007, 09:28:50 PM

I'm trying to complile a list of known women composers who are alive today.
Which ones do you all know of? 
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Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: brahms4me on January 15, 2007, 09:36:53 PM

Here are a few (I assume (?) you mean classically-oriented composers?)

Eugenie Rocherolle
Catherine Rollin
Jeanine Yeager
Melody Bober
Marth Mier
Joyce Grill
Gail Thompson Kubik
Arletta O'Hearn
Lynn Freeman Olson

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: keyofc on January 15, 2007, 10:00:52 PM

Thanks, Brahams,
Yes - Not limited to classical, but certainly classical.
I forgot about Lynn Olson and Melody Bober.
I love their music and buy it all the time.

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: Kassaa on January 16, 2007, 06:28:06 AM

Gubaidulina!

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: brahms4me on January 17, 2007, 03:00:52 AM

A few more for the list:

Susan Alcon
Jane Bastien
Barbara Becker
Emma Lou Diemer
Katherine Glaser
Jennifer Linn
Yoshinao Nakada
Joyce Pease
Gail Smith

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: sharon_f on January 18, 2007, 07:26:22 PM

https://www.kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm 

Looks pretty comprehensive to me.

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: ryan2189 on January 20, 2007, 05:16:07 AM

One in particular

Diane Goolkasian Rahbee

Armenian heritage
excellent composer

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: mattgreenecomposer on February 19, 2007, 03:20:44 PM

Most of the people I saw on that list are more pedagogical it seemed than composer.  I just thought I'd add a few that do orchestra and Jazz as well: Jennifer Higdon, Takana Mayumoto, Takako Asahina,  Liz Story, Rachel Portman, Lisa Gerard...Oh and don't forget Tori Amos.
mattgreenecomposer.com

Title: Re: Live Women Composers
Post by: webern78 on February 19, 2007, 06:37:46 PM

Tori Amos is not a composer, she's a pop artist.

Frankly i'm not to down with female composers. I keep trying getting into Gubaidulina but her music makes no sense to me and the more i try the less i seem to care. Haven't tried anybody else yet.