I can’t begin to express how satisfying it is to see so many readers connecting with Rob Deemer’s guest author article earlier this week announcing the official release of the Women Composers Database. I have no doubt it will go a long way toward improving the representation of women composers in mainstream artistic programming.
Hopefully, it will help the field see less programming that resembles artistic decision making along the lines of this ironic diagram from 2009.
But hey, if you’re looking to break into the field of orchestra artistic administration and you really dig risk-free programming that slowly bleeds away your audience, then you’ll want to keep this updated version handy at all times:
Recently, my wife, Holly Mulcahy, wrote an article for violinist.com that chronicles her recent work preparing for the concertmaster solo in Mahler’s 4th Symphony.…