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Suggesting a Feminine Side to the NY Phil

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Errollyn Wallen Following up on Alex Ross’ post about the New York Philharmonic’s 2011-’12 season, which mentioned the lack of representation of American composers on the Contact! series and women composers throughout the schedule, we asked Sequenza 21 readers to share their lists of American women composers that the Philharmonic should consider programming (more comments/lists welcome). Angelica Negron Here’s my own take. I’ve compiled three chamber orchestra programs for the Contact! concerts and one for the regular subscription series: all consisting entirely of living women composers. One features American music and the other programs have a more diverse array of nationalities. I hasten to add that this just scratched the surface: one could do many, many more of these! Amy Williams Program 1 Jennifer Higdon – Soliloquy Sarah Kirkland Snider – newly commissioned work Hannah Lash – A Matter of Truth Amy Williams – Sala Luminosa ...

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