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A CALL TO ACTION: Promoting and Preserving Women in the Field of Choral Conducting

NOTES 5 (December 1, 1998): 8–20.
14 Ibid., 8.
1 For the purposes of this article, the term women refers to 15 Ibid., 13.
anyone who identifies as a woman. In order to advance 16 Claudia Bryan, “Women choral conductors in the academy:
all women’s equity, we must ensure that the needs, A case study” (Doctoral diss., Auburn University, 2016),
expertise, and rights of trans women, non-binary, and 45.
gender-diverse communities are reflected in our work. 17 Season one guests were selected by the co-hosts. Listeners
However, some of the studies cited in this article use can submit suggestions for future guests on the conduct(her)
the terms “male” and “female” in their data and do not website.
mention the gender identity of participants. 18 Mary Murphy, interview by Shankar Vedantam, Hidden
2 See: Sierra Farquhar-Wulff, “Discounting Our Colleagues: Brain, podcast audio, “Innovation 2.0: Multiplying the
Gender Inequity in the Choral Conducting Profession,” Growth Mindset,” May 6, 2024.
Choral Journal 63, no. 8 (2023): 8–21. 19 William McLean, “Representation in Choral Music: An
3 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, https://takialsop.org/. Examination of Choral Literature Performed by All-
4 Chorus America Member Directory, quoted in Sierra State Mixed Choirs 2000-2020,” Choral Journal 63, no. 8
Farquhar-Wulff, “Discounting Our Colleagues.” (2023): 22–38.
5 Elisabeth Rogers Cherland, “You Just Gotta Be Great: 20 Ibid.
Narratives of Experience from Two Women Conducting 21 Ellen Francis, Helier Cheung, and Miriam Berger, “How
in the Lutheran Collegiate Choral Context (Doctoral does the U.S. Compare to Other Countries on Paid
diss., University of Washington, 2019), iii. Parental Leave?,” Washington Post, November 11, 2021,
6 Ibid., 31. accessed August 1, 2024.
7 Barbara Hampton Renton and Adrienne Fried Block, The 22 Karen Jones and Alan Floyd, “Women academics experiences
Status of Women in College Music, 1976-77 : A Statistical Study of maternity leave in the neoliberal university: Unmasking
(College Music Society, 1980), x. governmentality,” Gender, Work & Organization 31, no. 1
8 Joan Cantoni Conlon, ed., Wisdom, Wit, and Will: Women (2023): 92–114, doi: 10.1111/gwao.13059
Choral Conductors on Their Art (GIA, 2009), 206. Data 23 Ibid.
provided by the national College Music Society office, 24 Renee L. Wilson, “Batons and Babies: A Qualitative
September 30, 2020. As quoted in Sierra Farquhar- Phenomenological Study of Mothers Who Are Band
Wulff, “Discounting Our Colleagues: Gender Inequity Directors,” Texas Music Education Research Association
in the Choral Conducting Profession,” Choral Journal 63, (2014): 52.
no. 8 (2023): 8–21. 25 Eve Rodsky, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You
9 Sierra Farquhar-Wulff, interview by Kyra Stahr and Have Too Much to Do (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2021), 35.
McKenna Stenson, conduct(her), podcast audio, May 13, 26 Updated 2024 statistic from the ChoralPlanet website by
2022. “While great strides have been made for women Kyra Stahr and McKenna Stenson: 1. University of
on the podium, quantitative data and anecdotal evidence Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Andrea Solya; 2. Michigan
clearly show that movement toward equity has been State University, Sandra Snow; 3. University of
at a standstill for the past decade and a half,” Sierra Wisconsin-Madison, Mariana Farah; 4. Louisiana State
Farquhar-Wulff, “Discounting Our Colleagues,” 19. University, Alissa Rowe; 5. University of South Carolina,
10 Ibid. Alicia Walker; 6. James Madison University, Jo-Anne
11 Roland J. Kushner, Choral Conductors Today: An Updated Report, van der Vat-Chromy; 7. West Virginia University, Kym
a Comparison of 2017 and 2005 Findings (Chorus America, Scott; 8. George Mason University, Lisa Billingham;
2017). Accessed Dec. 11, 2020. 9. University of Colorado Boulder, Coreen Duffy; 10.
12 Sierra Farquhar-Wulff, “Discounting Our Colleagues,” 9. University of Missouri-Kansas City, Jennifer Sengin; 11.
13 Patricia O’Toole, “A Missing Chapter from Choral Methods University of Arizona, Elizabeth Schauer; 12. University
Books: How Choirs Neglect Girls,” Choral Journal 39, no. of Southern California, Tram Sparks.

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