(1938 - ) the pioneering Grammy-winning American composer, curator of this series, who continues to be internationally commissioned and performed after 65 years of composing
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Caroline Shaw
(1982 - ) the two-time Grammy winning, Pulitzer prize winning, super-imaginative American composer, founder of Roomful of Teeth
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Jessie Montgomery
(1981 - ) the Grammy award winning Black American composer and violinist, Musical America’s Composer of the Year 2023
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Missy Mazzoli
(1980 - ) the American composer, first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and first person to win the inaugural Music Critics award for best opera in 2017
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Jennifer Higdon
(1962 - ) the multi Grammy award and Pulitzer prize-winning composer, flautist, and long time professor at the Curtis Institute
Celebrated American composer Joan Tower presents a daily series of podcasts for WMHT-FM presenting her choice of 31 women composers through history for the 31 days of March.