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Native Instruments’ Community Drive backs Girls Make Beats to empower women producers, engineers and DJs

Working with 13 frontline artists, including Sofi Tukker, !llmind and Flohio, Native Instruments has committed US$30,000 to helping the non-profit org…

MUSIC:ED September 10, 2021

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Composing Artemisia: creating alternative female archetypes in new opera

The composer Susannah Self advocates for 'an alternative operatic paradigm in which female characters are defined by their actions rather than their g…

MUSIC:ED February 29, 2020

Tianyi Lu, Welsh National Opera's first Female Conductor in Residence © Antony Potts

Tianyi Lu joins Welsh National Opera as first Female Conductor in Residence

Welsh National Opera has announced the appointment of Tianyi Lu as the company's first Female Conductor in Residence. This follows an open call for as…

MUSIC:ED August 26, 2019

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The Boston-based Prism trio performs in Illuminate Season I

New concert series from Illuminate Women’s Music

Illuminate Women's Music, which aims to highlight and celebrate the work and music of women composers and performers from the past and present, has an…

MUSIC:ED August 15, 2019

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Girls Rock London

Girls Rock London (GRL!) is a music project for girls and women in London, part of a movement of rock camps that take place all over the world.

MUSIC:ED April 11, 2019

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Celebrating Clara Schumann: an icon for women in music

Kathryn Knight, CEO of music technology company Tido, discusses how pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819–1896) is an inspirational figure for women today. What do…

MUSIC:ED April 9, 2019

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ENO's 2019/20 season includes Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka

Half of English National Opera season to be directed by women

English National Opera’s 2019/20 season features seven new productions and three revivals, the greatest number of new productions for five years. The season celebrates ‘the…

MUSIC:ED April 6, 2019

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Billie Eilish with her Official Number 1 Album Award for 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' © Official Charts

Billie Eilish youngest female solo act to top Official Albums Chart

Billie Eilish has scored a record-breaking Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? The…

MUSIC:ED April 5, 2019

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UCA launches scholarship to help reduce industry gender gap

The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has announced a £5,000 Women in Music scholarship aimed at reducing the industry’s gender gap.

MUSIC:ED November 30, 2018

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Girls Rock London: Challenging the under-representation of women in music head on

In 2017, a unique music project for girls and women, Girls Rock London (GRL), received investment, mentoring and support from Sound Connections' Innov…

MUSIC:ED January 12, 2018

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Native Instruments’ Community Drive backs Girls Make Beats to empower women producers, engineers and DJs

Composing Artemisia: creating alternative female archetypes in new opera

Tianyi Lu joins Welsh National Opera as first Female Conductor in Residence

New concert series from Illuminate Women’s Music

Girls Rock London

Celebrating Clara Schumann: an icon for women in music

Half of English National Opera season to be directed by women

Billie Eilish youngest female solo act to top Official Albums Chart

UCA launches scholarship to help reduce industry gender gap

Girls Rock London: Challenging the under-representation of women in music head on