While Melba Liston’s influence was in the field of jazz, today women are really pushing the boundaries in contemporary and avant-garde music. Women in these fields tend to champion one another’s music, which has created a truly connected world of female composers and performers. This is true especially in the trombone world. Abbie Conant and... Continue Reading →
Women Composers and Performers: Expanding a Repertoire, Part I
Melba Liston (1926-1999) paved the way for women in jazz—especially trombonists and arrangers/composers. The world of jazz continues to be a male dominated field to this day. There may be many reasons for this: Jazz music has always had sexual associations—these associations are more easily made when women are not actually the ones performing the... Continue Reading →
