Composing Women

Classical music has a history of Composing… Women! So this Women’s History Month Tri States Public Radio and the WIU School of Music shines the spotlight… one every weekday… on over twenty great female composers. From baroque to romantic… to impressionist… to post-serialist. From the mystic Abbess who advised the Pope… to the Chicagoan whose works were rediscovered in an abandoned house. Listen in for Composing Women… Every weekday during March at 7:19 during Morning Edition, or at 5:48 during All Things Considered, as TSPR Music Director Ken Zahnle introduces you to our composer of the day… and at 11:00 a.m. during Ovation for a featured work by our featured classical master.

Composing Women - Thank You & Podcast

Tri States Public Radio

Published April 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM CDT

From left to right: Ethan Schuller, Madalyn Pridemore, Joseph Crisler Standing: Dr. Brian Locke, Dr. Anita Hardeman — From left to right: Ethan Schuller, Madalyn Pridemore, Joseph Crisler
Standing: Dr. Brian Locke, Dr. Anita Hardeman

March was Women’s History Month and TSPR and the WIU School of Music shined the spotlight on over twenty great female composers.

A big thank you goes out to the WIU School of Music staff and students who helped Ken Zahnle make the series of Composing Women a huge success!

If you would like to revisit the series you can click here or visit the podcast (NOTE: The podcast is only available until May 15).

There is also a Teacher Resource Page here. If you want to share with TSPR what your students thought or created around Composing Women, you can do so here: https://forms.gle/1fEdHRS285rK8VCQ8