Women Composers………………. What a pleasure it was in early September of this year to read that young Jessy McCabe, a student at the private Twyford Church of England High School in London, England, stood up to exam boards for the A level music tests. Among the 63 composers listed on the exam, not one of them was a woman nor were women composers listed on the syllabus for course work. In Miss McCabe’s estimation, something had to be done and it was her responsibility to correct the wrong done to women composers. She began a journey to change the way advanced music courses were taught. She received an apology from the exam board and an assurance that women composers would be included in her music classes. This young lady had taken a course entitled, “Fearless Futures” which raised the subject of gender inequality. Her eyes were opened to the role of sexism in all facets of our everyday life. With her determination to see an end to this so...
