Anna’s Listening! Week 3

December 16, 2022

This week, I would love to share my latest article on the Everything Conducting website - "Reflections on Gender and Race - My work at the SCO and the development of Anna's Composer Database" (https://bit.ly/SCOtoACD) and the composer who propelled and inspired me on my journey - Sarah Bassingthwaighte.

The impetus of my passion to explore music by women started with Sarah Bassingthwaighte - my friend, colleague, and musical collaborator. Ten years ago, Sarah most graciously met with me at Le Fournil coffeehouse to plot my DMA conducting recital. At this point, I was just beginning to understand what it meant to be a “female conductor.”

Sarah enthusiastically agreed to write “A Mountain Symphony” (https://on.soundcloud.com/sZ3Sb) for my DMA recital. It was with Sarah’s inspiration and talent that initially encouraged me to advocate for the equal representation of women on the concert stage. The idea of gender in music has led me on an amazing and beautiful journey.

Sarah has written so many great pieces and Seattle Collaborative Orchestra looks forward to performing another world premiere composition for our 10th Anniversary this year. So many great pieces!