Sandra Coursey’s first piano teacher’s answer was blunt—there simply weren’t any. The composers, she was told, were men like Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Billboard Japan's Women in Music initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and inspired other women through their work ...

There are arguably more women composers today than ever before, but women composing music is by no means a new phenomenon. Why do we so rarely hear music by celebrated women composers of earlier eras?

Nobody laughed when an 11-year-old Mozart sat down at the keyboard to play what one critic described as “the longest and most difficult pieces with impressive precision.” Performing next, her younger ...

Four diverse and fiercely talented women composer-pianists will perform a new work that features four grand pianos surrounded by an on-stage audience on April 3, 4, and 5 at Drexel University's ...

SPRINGFIELD — Women will take center stage at Symphony Hall on Saturday, March 14, when the Springfield Symphony Orchestra presents “Mendelssohn, Gershwin, & A Woman’s Voice.” Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara (ETC) presents “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” a musical journey adapted and directed by Hershey Felder, Feb. 1-18 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St., Santa ...

Just in time for April’s Jazz Appreciation Month, “Eight Eight Time” is coming to Drexel University’s Mandel Theater April 3-5. This musical will be a rare experience with four grand piano’s playing ...

The Harlem Renaissance attracted a lot of attention, but the Chicago Black Renaissance, which rippled throughout the 1930s to 1950s, remains mostly forgotten — along with some of the most prominent ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. SMOKE Jazz Club has revealed its concert schedule for September 2025. The ...