An independent project designed to meet the capstone requirements for a Music Theory Minor at the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. This paper was written under the supervision of Dr. Vid Smooke, and considers works by Elsa Barraine, Amy Beach, Germaine Tailleferre, Julia Wolfe, Chen Yi, Valerie Coleman, Augusta Read Thomas, and Asha Srinivasan.
As a graduate of Peabody Conservatory and New England Conservatory, I am exposed to many facets of classical music every single day. One of my favorite genres of music is the woodwind quintet, and something I’ve noticed through my own study and performance of many of the standard woodwind quintets, is that they are all written by men. This project aims to celebrate the work and achievements of women composers and take a deeper look at woodwind quintet repertoire that, while equally as complex and interesting as the canonical repertoire, is underplayed and underrecognized.
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