Vittoria Colonna
Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547), an Italian poet
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Doris Gertrude Sheppard
For more than two decades she gave pleasure to thousands of radio listeners with her eclectic and intelligently planned radio recitals, but her most important contribution to her adopted country was as the first woman to gain a measure of national repute as a composer. By writing successfully for symphony orchestra she effectively dispelled the myth that women could only produce small-scale works for drawing-room performance. Together with the younger Dorothea Franchi and Dorothy Freed, she led the way for many other women who have made their mark as composers in New Zealand since the mid 1960s.
Hildegard von Bingen
German abbess and mystic who organized a school of nurses for service in the hospitals; noted composer whose works are still performed today, as well as a brewer and herbalist who described using hops in beer.
Merekotia Amohau
Composer of traditional and contemporary Māori music and was one of the foremost authorities on historical chants of Te Arawa.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Identity has always been at the center of composer/pianist Gabriela Lena Frank’s music.
Heather Christian
Heather Christian is an Obie Award-winning composer and singer-songwriter.
Helen Grime
Composer Helen Grime has had works commissioned by ensembles and institutions including the London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre, Aldeburgh Music, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Tanglewood Music Center.
Missy Mazzoli
Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York).
Sarah Kirkland Snider
Called “an important representative of 21st-century trends in composition”, composer Sarah Kirkland Snider writes music of direct expression and dramatic narrative that has been hailed as “rapturous” (The New York Times), “groundbreaking” (The Boston Globe), and “ravishingly beautiful” (NPR).
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s music has been described as “like a declaration of faith in the eternal verities of composition”, with “a voice overflowing not only with ideas, but also with the discipline and artistry necessary to harness them”.