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1. UK organisations with a women in music
focus
London New Wind Festival
The London New Wind Festival celebrates music by women composers in an annual concert.
www.londonnewwindfestival.org
Women in Tune
Women In Tune aims to enable and encourage women and girls' creative
and musical expression. Run summer Camps/Festivals; in Lampeter,
Wales, as well as DJ and music technology courses for women.
www.womenintune.org.uk
Women's Jazz Archive
The Women's Jazz Archive was established in Swansea in 1986
by pianist and historian Jen Wilson.
www.jazzheritagewales.smu.ac.uk
2. Women in music organisations around the world
Holland
- Stichting Vrouw en Muziek (Dutch Women and Music Foundation
A national organization located in Amsterdam, whose primary goal is to promote
the participation of women composers past and present, East and West.
Option to view website in English language.
Swammerdamstraat 38
www.vrouwenmuziek.nl
Italy
- Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Music
Holds many concerts and events
promoting women's music in Italy, especially championing women composers.
Organises an annual Symposium in Fiuggi, Italy: women from around the world
come together for music and discussion. Run by Patricia Adkins Chiti, who
works to draw European women in music organisations together and often makes
high-level political representations in Italy and Europe.
www.donneinmusica.org
USA - International Alliance for Women in Music
Celebrates the contributions and encourages the activities of all
women musicians. It is a coalition of professional composers, conductors,
performers, musicologists, educators, librarians and lovers of music.
www.iawm.org
Women in Jazz USA
www.internationalwomeninjazz.com
3. Professional development
Music Tank
Aims to create a collaborative community that overrides traditional
industry partitions - to give artists, managers, labels, publishers,
promoters, audio professionals, press and beyond the connectivity
to share ideas, exchange information and forge new partnerships -
whatever the genre.
www.musictank.co.uk/
Generator Magazine
Supports live pop and indie
music in the North East. Their website has useful info sheets such as
"Making your own records and sending demos to record companies".
www.generator.org.uk/
4. Other useful organisations for musicians - UK
British Council
Education, funding, touring abroad
www2.britishcouncil.org/arts-support-and-funding.htm
British
Music Information Centre
The British Music Information Centre (Bmic) is a leading resource for
everyone interested in 20th and 21st century new music in the UK.
www.bmic.co.uk
British
Society for Music Therapy
Founded in 1958 by Juliette Alvin and her colleagues with the object of
promoting the use and development of music therapy.
www.bsmt.org
Incorporated Society of Musicians
The UK's professional association for musicians
www.ism.org
Jazz Services Ltd
www.jazzservices.org.uk
Musicians Union
The organisation representing musicians in the UK has a website
with a wealth of useful information.
www.musiciansunion.org.uk
Sound Sense
The UK development agency for community music. Supports community
musicians.
www.soundsense.org
Sound and Music (was spnm)
From contemporary, jazz, classical and popular music to that
written for film, dance and other creative media, Sound and Music
is one of the main advocates of new music and sound in Britain today.
www.soundandmusic.org
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site editor Suzanne Chawner at editor@womeninmusic.org.uk
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