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2006-05-10:     

IAWM Congress, Miami, FL
Peggy Gilbert and Her All-Girl Band - Documentary

The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) held a congress in Miami, Florida this month. The 2006 IAWM Congress focused on women's unique musical perspectives from around the world. The congress theme was: "Women in Music: Global Perspectives." The theme referred not only to ethnography and sociology, but also to broader artistic visions. In ComposerUSA Deon Nielsen Price (NACUSA's Los Angeles President) presented the following report:

"For several years, NACUSA has been affiliated with the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM). Several current and former NACUSA members participated in the very successful IAWM International Congress on Women in Music at Florida International University in Miami, May 10-13, 2006.

"NACUSA composers whose works were performed during the ten concerts included Maria Niederberger (TN): Soliloquy: 1841 Lives (Cindy's Lament), Paul Green, clarinet; The Canticles of Hieronymus, Margaret Mills, piano, and 5 Oceanic Preludes (#1 #2 #3), Daniel Venegas, piano; Hsaio-Lan Wang (Nat.): Hard-boiled Wonderland for video and digital music, Daniel Zajicek (images); Elizabeth Bell (EC): Perne in a Gyre, Lisa Cella, flute; E. Michael Richards, clarinet; Airi Yoshioka, violin; and a cellist; Deborah Kavasch (Nat.): The Fox and the Grapes, sung by the composer. Jeannie Pool (LA) presented her full-length documentary film: Peggy Gilbert and Her All-Girl Band, which included 36 minutes of Pool's original music.
"Deon Price (LA, TN, TX, EC) performed with Berkeley in the Price Duo Three-Piece Suite by Madeleine Dring and Tibet Scene and Zhaxi Island Rhapsody by Li Yiding. David Zea (LA) made an impressive display about his archival work on the music of Catherine Urner and her mentor Charles Koechlin. Carol Worthey (LA) as a member of the IAWM Board, moderated a lively panel discussion on the state of contemporary music by women in many parts of the world."