Women Transforming Classical Music
Added to website 10/09/2025.
Women Transforming Classical Music is a free, online course produced by The Open University. The course supports performers and classical music ensembles and organisations to diversify their repertoire by programming more music by women composers (historical and contemporary).
Women Transforming Classical Music offers practical advice covering how to curate diverse programmes, seeking funding, building audience engagement, and getting performers on board. It also considers where to find scores and resources, creating performance editions, promoting and working with living women composers, and commissioning new music. It is illustrated throughout by interviews with industry experts who are all leaders in the field of championing the music of women composers.
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The Open University
The Open University is a global leader in higher education able to reach every adult in the United Kingdom - and many others across the world.



