Women Composers Concerts + Feminist Pedagogy = ?
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Perhaps a better (rhetorical) question would be: “What wasn’t feminist about our project?” These days, there are certainly many different cultural feminist events in general (eg: women’s poetry readings, women’s folk music festivals, women’s art exhibits, the Vagina Monologues, etc). Many music schools and other music organizations (eg: Eastman School of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the International Alliance for Women in Music, etc) have organized Women in Music Festivals in particular. So the idea for Women Composers Concerts is not new. However, we were extremely self-reflective and strived to ensure that the entire process followed feminist principles, from start to finish. There are definite parallels between various theories of feminism, operating procedures of feminist movements or groups, teaching styles in feminist classrooms, and organizations of feminist concerts. In my vision of the Women Composers Concerts, I drew inspiration from Feminist Pedagogy and the consciousness raising groups of Second Wave Feminism, which in turn derives from radical feminism. I was very lucky to have extremely feminist professors, who ran their Women’s Studies seminars according to radical feminist notions of Feminist Pedagogy, and I used them as a model for organizing concerts. We created a safe space, both for the audience and performers at the performance venue, as well as for the musicians and volunteers at the organizing committees. We were very careful about avoiding replicating patriarchy. We were extremely democratic and encouraged everyone to have a voice. There was always a feeling of mutual support and sisterhood. Basically, we applied academic feminist theory and ideals to create real-life feminist activist events.
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