Awards Expose Music Industry Sexism – The Times
This article talks about the results of a gender-blinded judging process organized by the British Composers Awards, where more female composers than ever were shortlisted. Read more here
The Sound of Story 2016: Women in Sound – LIGHTHOUSE
As part of Brighton’s Cinecity Film Festival, a new Women in Sound forum and mentoring programme is presented. The forum will take place on November 17, 2016, 11am-6pm. 12-15 participants will be selected to participate in the forum followed by a mentorship over a 3-month period. Read more here
Soldering a Noise Instrument / Sound Composition Workshop – Yorkshire Sound Women Network
A video that reflects on a workshop organized by The University of Huddersfield and Yorkshire Sound Women Network. The workshop invited girls and women to solder noise instruments. Read more here
1200 Years of Women Composers: A Free 78-Hour Music Playlist That Takes You From Medieval Times to Now – OpenCulture.com
A 78-hour music playlist of women composers that contains 1200 years of women composers from Hildegard to Higdon, starting with Byzantine poet and composer Kassia, and ending with contemporary composers from all over the world. Read more here
Women in Music Tech Logo: Chinese Whispers and Collaborative Design
by Anna Xambó and Anna Weisling October 20, 2016 This month Women in Music Tech celebrates three important accomplishments: 1) we have launched the first issue of our newsletter, 2) we are finishing the preparations for our welcome concert and reception at The Garage on November 2, 2016, and 3) we have a logo! Identity […]
November 2nd: Save the Date!
What: Women in Music Tech, free concert & reception Where: the Garage (Tech Square) When: Nov 2nd, 7pm For a little over a year, people have found it very easy to remember me. They just had to think, ‘Oh, she’s the music technology major’. It’s such an unexpected and uncommon thing to study that it […]
Melinda Gates Has a New Mission: Women in Tech
An interview with Melinda Gates on her work around bringing more women into tech and helping them to stay in the field. This is motivated by personal reasons of seeing a current crisis of even less women than when she graduated 30 years ago. Find out more at https://backchannel.com/melinda-gates-has-a-new-mission-women-in-tech-8eb706d0a903#.smna1x7go
Implicit Bias Workshops – Institute Diversity (Georgia Tech)
90-minute workshops offered for faculty on implcit bias and perceptions of competence. The workshops are organized by Institute of Diversity in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s ADVANCE program. Find out more at http://www.advance.gatech.edu/implicit-bias-workshops
Women in Audio: Contributions and Challenges in Music Technology and Production – AES.org
This paper discusses the representation of women in audio (e.g., audio engineering, production, electronic music), the gender gap, and challenges faced. A range of options, policies, and initiatives are presented towards gender parity. Find out more at http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18477
A woman’s place is in science – ScienceNewsforStudents.org
Personal stories and lessons learned about how to succeed in science and engineering and thoughts about how to get more girls into STEM fields. Find out more at https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/women-science-girls-STEM