Women and Music: Web Resources

ICD works in three main areas: databases, analysis, and action. Our databases encourage the musical community to discover works by composers from historically excluded groups. Our analytical studies show where diverse programming is occurring and where it is needed. Finally, we provide straightforward and effective ideas for more diverse and inclusive repertoire decisions.

Donne, Women in music is a charitable foundation that celebrates, advances and amplifies women in music. We are dedicated to achieving gender equality in the music industry. We are here to connect and empower anyone who identifies as a woman in order to create a more equitable music industry.

A database by composer Jodie Blackshaw of band music written by female composers. Currently, there is a focus on works from Grades 1-4.

Not merely recovering and revalidating missing heroines of the past but shifting a paradigm. About this list: This is by no means the ultimate database of women composers, or better still, of composers who also happen to be women. In fact, this list represents only a fraction of more than 6000 composers about whom a record exists (Aaron Cohen's Encyclopedia of Women Composers lists 6,196 women composers). Only composers of classical music, whose works have been released by a commercial label or published in print (preferably by a commercial publisher) are included in this database; however, exceptions will be considered for the more notable historical female composers whose works have been made available on YouTube or similar platforms in a high quality performance and recording.

A list (incomplete) of American female composers with birth and death dates.

This is a database of women composers who specialize in electroacoustic music, experimental music and sound art, music for the screen or stage, or jazz music. They are listed with their country of residence. Many composers are now listed on wikipedia or their information can be found online.

List of wind band music by women composers

A timeline of significant moments by women in music history

An alphabetical list of female composers

Our publishing mission is to seek out and publish compositions by women composers which display the highest level of excellence and musical merit. Because works by women composers have been historically overlooked and undervalued, our hope is to make these gems more widely available for concert performance. Our publishing mission reaches to all centuries including the present day and extends to a wide range of musical forms and genres.

Listen free-of-charge to a growing collection of rare and delightful art songs. Each composition has been lovingly resurrected from the depths of art song history, with most of them from previously unknown composers. The songs are performed in one take to give them a ‘live’ feeling—by soprano Hélène Lindqvist and pianist Philipp Vogler.

“We strive to elevate women composers and theorists by advocating for the study and performance of their works and providing high-quality easily-accessible resources that bring light to the often overshadowed contributions of women in music.”

A German organization dedicated to distributing music and information on music by women composers.

Founded in 2002, this catalog has been an essential resource for performers, composers, teachers, scholars, and others who are interested in programming or studying works with horn by women composers. The catalog includes solo and chamber music with horn (original works, up to 12 instruments) by women composers from around the world. Almost 2,200 pieces are listed and the catalog is continuing to be updated. This project was created by Lin Foulk Baird, horn teacher and performer.

This curated database of sacred music compiles choral music and voluntaries by women composers ​for the church year, ​with listings for each Sunday and feast days. ​There are also sheets with listings of Mass Settings, Evening Canticles, Responses, and Anglican Chant by women composers.

The index is under development and additional composers and works will be added. Details about this project are available on this page. Incipits are transcribed from scores housed in the Lilly Music Library, unless otherwise noted. Incipits are being added regularly and there may be titles in the index that do not yet have a corresponding incipit.

Listening to Ladies is a podcast which aired between September 26th, 2016 and September 27th, 2019. The 30 episodes feature excerpts from interviews with composers who identify as women, interwoven with samples of their work. Interviewees include established, emerging and under-recognized composers from the USA, Canada, Argentina, Israel, Iran, Scotland, England, and Australia.

This blog seeks to share the work of talented and far too little known women composers of classical music.

NPR podcast following the history of modern "women's music".

The Women of Substance Music Podcast launched in November 2014. A new episode is released every weekday (5 days per week) highlighting new Indie Music added to WOSRadio. After over 300 Episodes, we've had an amazing 150,000 downloads.

Opera Grants for Women Composers: Discovery Grants support the development of new operas by women composers, advancing the important objective to increase gender parity and diversity across the field. Discovery Grants support women composers in their exploration of opera as an artistic medium, providing funding for activities such as libretto readings, workshops, and working performances.

In the Fall of 2020, the Musicians Club of Women established a new Grant Program, through which all MCW members may apply for funds to support musical projects advancing MCW’s mission. The maximum amount available for any grant is $2,500. Applicants for grants must be members of MCW as of the date of the application and throughout the duration of the proposed project, if funded by MCW.

Calling all women composers! The Allied Arts Foundation just launched a new grant opportunity for women composers and songwriters. The grant, titled Listen UP! Music by Women will distribute at least $15,000 in award grants to women composers and songwriters living in Washington State. Nearly all musical genres are eligible in this cross-genre competition, including contemporary classical, electroacoustic, blues, R&B, jazz, world music, multimedia, sound installations, and more.