The Dallas Opera’s groundbreaking Hart Institute celebrates 10 years of impact with an Anniversary Showcase Concert on Jan.

Once director Maggie Contreras got the go-ahead to make a documentary film about the only competition in the world for female orchestra conductors, she talked to all 14 finalists to see whose stories ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the U.S. orchestra population –– fewer than one in four women hold the coveted position of conductor, assistant conductor, or even music director. That number grows even smaller when ...

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A native of New York, Falletta grew up in Queens and has been studying music since age 7. “I started as a classical guitarist, and that was my main instrument, but I also studied piano,” she said. “I ...

Filmmaker Maggie Contreras was in her car, listening to NPR‘s “All Things Considered,” when she heard a report that piqued her interest. “The world of orchestra conducting is still dominated by men.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women ...