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2007-03-04: 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival 'inner voices' at Cal State Fullerton    

Anne Cecere, VP BMI / Carol Worthey
Composer/Conductor Tania Leon / Carol Worthey, Meng Concert Hall, Cal State Fullerton

Carol Worthey had a very busy and exhilarating long weekend at the start of March 2007, beginning with the Board Meeting of IAWM (International Alliance for Women in Music) held most of the day on her March 1st Birthday at the Marriott just outside of the Cal State Fullerton campus. While it was not a typical birthday by any means, Carol felt it was a productive way to begin a "new year" dedicated to boosting the recognition and utilization of women composers, performers, conductors and scholars around the world. Board Member Cecilia Kim came all the way from Korea. The busy Board Meeting was followed by the IAWM Annual Concert which featured performer and composer members of the IAWM and Cal State Fullerton New Music Ensemble, including composer Marcela Beatriz Pavia (an Argentinian now living in Milano, Italy), and compositions by Deon Nielsen Price, Monique Buzzarte, Lan-Chee Lam, Ann Millikan, Tania Leon and other composers from Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and all throughout the USA. A well-attended IAWM Reception followed where the conversations and congratulations were animated.

What followed in the next three days was one of the most exciting events of Carol's recent history--the 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival "inner voices" at Cal State Fullerton, three days chock full of chamber music and orchestral concerts, pre-concert talks, and a panel of women composers discussing "The Role of the Composer in Today's Society". Some of the headliners were famous composer Tania Leon, Viv Corringham from England and vocal pioneer Meredith Monk. Director/Producer and composer Pamela Madsen organized the festival and her multi-media collaborative work about an Eskimo primal goddess of the ocean "Sedna" was representative of the synergy and creative ferment of the overall weekend. At Carol's invitation, Anne Cecere, Vice-President of TV/Film Relations BMI attended the final orchestra concert (featuring orchestral and choral/orchestral works by Tania Leon, John Corigliano and Leonard Bernstein) and stayed to meet with Composers Pamela Madsen, Tania Leon, Madelyn Bryne, Marcela Pavia and myself at a restaurant where her Music Business expertise and willingness to share it was greatly appreciated by all, and new friendships formed.

Tania's pre-concert talk before the orchestral concert on March 4th, 2007 illustrated her intent and inspirations in creating "Tumbao", her colorful, evocative work based on her father's whistle when returning from a month away at work, coming home to the family in her native Cuba, which she described as "musical postcards" from her memory. Tania is warm, brilliant, a mix of fire and gentleness and all in all, very endearing--qualities which permeate her work and her mentoring of others.

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