Women Composers

An unorthodox recording process captures four orchestral works by Sarah Kirkland Snider in remarkably delicious and colorful sound.

Noted pianist Sarah Cahill speaks with Classical 101's Jennifer Hambrick about women composers and what matters most in diversifying the classical music canon.

Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles.

The Lithuanian composer, now based in New York, creates layered, deliberate music that she hopes will grant listeners the freedom to enter an altered state of mind.

At age 60, the Mexican composer has finally won the recognition she deserves, with new recordings, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music.

The Carpe Diem String Quartet recently journeyed to WOSU’s Performance Studio to perform a selection from Korine Fujiwara's new work 'Mosey ,' inspired by—of all things—an airport layover.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

Long a fixture of sci-fi film soundtracks, the theremin will sail through central Ohio this weekend when the Central Ohio Symphony and thereminist Caroline Scruggs perform the world premiere of the Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra by Linda Kernohan.

For 20 years, The Dalí Quartet has placed music by Latin American composers in the spotlight. This October, the quartet brings the flavor of Latin America to central Ohio for a landmark concert and an array of community events.

On July 4, 2022, a shooter opened fire at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Ill., killing seven and injuring 48 others. The incident inspired community leader Joanne Bernstein to commission Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop to write a piece of music that could bring solace to the community.