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Celebration of Women Instrumentalists

Thanks to a recent announcement on the Gender Research in Music Education list I found out about a great new resource which will feature and celebrate a woman instrumentalist twice a month. Created by Susan Fleet, this website offers students a great way to learn more about women instrumentalists throughout history. I remember my first year of teaching when one of the first things I hung up on my wall was a New York Times article about percussionist Susie Ibarra ( if you read the article make sure to read Marian Mcpartland’s response). Fleet’s website would have been a great resource to keep updating the articles on my wall! Take a look at the May 1992 issue of Music Educators Journal for some articles that addressed the issue of womens’ presence in available music education resources. Hopefully resources such as Susan Fleet’s “Featured Woman Instrumentalist” can assist in helping students learn more about women musicians. If you are going to MENC national and are interested in gender issues in music education, make sure to check out the GRIME Special Research Interest Group sessions.

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