Women, Music and Leadership

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Women, Music and LeadershipAuthor(s): Helen Rusak\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032025018, 978-1032025018\nSynopsis\nWomen, Music and Leadership offers a wide-ranging survey of women in musical leadership and their experiences, highlighting womens achievements and considering how they negotiate the challenges of the leadership space in music.\n\nWomen have always participated in music as performers, teachers, composers and professionals, but remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Covering womens leadership across a wide variety of roles and musical genres, this book addresses women in classical music, gospel, blues, jazz, popular music, electronic music and non-Western musical contexts, and considers women working as composers, as conductors, and in music management and the music business. Each chapter includes several case studies of womens careers, exploring their groundbreaking contributions to m.