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From: fredg@marob.uucp (Fred Goldrich)
Newsgroups: soc.women,comp.music,rec.music.classical
Subject: Re: Women Composers
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Date: 22 Mar 91 13:18:42 GMT
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In article <18791@milton.u.washington.edu> allyn@milton.u.washington.edu (Allyn Weaks) writes:
>
>And as a side question:  Are there any women conductors?  Particularly
>instrumental/orchestral conductors?  The few I know of conduct local small
>choruses...
>
>Allyn Weaks
>allyn@milton.u.washington.edu


	There are quite a few women conductors, and the number is increasing
rapidly.  Among the best known these days are probably Catherine Comet, Marin
Alsop, and JoAnn Falletta.  There has also been a well-known woman conducting
teacher, Elizabeth A.H. Green of the Univ. of Michigan, who has written a
number of conducting textbooks, as well as a monograph on orchestral string
technique.

	I can think of the names of several less well known women conductors;
perhaps someone out there can think of more prominent names that I've omitted.
Oh -- Eve Queler should also be mentioned.
-- 
	Fred Goldrich
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