The Problem of Gender in Classical Western Music

By Anna Williams

Apt. 6/8

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from The Kennedy Center’s Guide to the Orchestra

Imagine you are attending a symphony concert. You arrive early, take your seat, and look through the program while waiting for the music to begin. The program is for the entire season and lists several different concert programs within it. These concerts feature the works of composers such as Brahms, Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler, Copland, and several other…

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Apt. 6/8

Apt. 6/8 is the work of Chloe Smith and Anna Williams, who are current graduate students studying musicology at Yale and Arizona State respectively.