Our composers represent communities which have been historically under-represented within classical music.

Raphaella Aleotti (c.1570-after 1646) 

Rani Arbo (b. 1968) 

Amy Beach (1867-1944) 

Amy Bebbington (b. 1975) 

Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991) 

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) 

Judith Bingham OBE (b. 1952) 

Hilary Campbell (b. 1983) 

Sarah Cattley (b. 1995) 

Maddalena Casulana (c.1544-1590) 

Sulpitia Cesis (1577-c.1619) 

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) 

Avril Colerige-Taylor (1903-98) 

Libby Croad (b. 1981) 

Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade (b. 1989) 

Anita Datta

Melanie DeMore (b. 1955) 

Carlotta Ferrari (b. 1975) 

Angelina Figus (b. 1957) 

Emily Hazrati (b. 1998) 

Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971) 

Bianca Maria Furgeri (b. 1935) 

Margie Harrison (b. 1955) 

Fanny Hensel (1805-47) 

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) 

Imogen Holst (1907-84) 

Carol J Jones (b. 1993) 

Tamsin Jones (b. 1972) 

Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965) 

Hannah Kendall (b. 1984) 

Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) 

Caroline Lesemann-Elliot (b. 1996) 

Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968) 

Elizabeth Maconchy DBE (1907-94) 

Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951) 

Gemma McGregor (b. 1965) 

Undine Smith Moore (1904-89) 

Emma Mundella (1858-96) 

Morfydd Owen (1891-1918) 

Helena Paish (b. 2002) 

Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968) 

Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) 

Katharine Parton (b. 1982) 

Yshani Perinpanayagam (b. 1983) 

Julia Perry (1924-79) 

Maria Xaveria Peruchona (1652- after 1709) 

Sheena Phillips (b. 1958) 

Elizabeth Poston (1905-87) 

Gail Randall (b. 1955) 

Louise Reichardt (1779-1826) 

Rhian Samuel (b. 1944) 

Clara Schumann (1819-96) 

Anna Semple (b. 1997) 

Litang (Kiko) Shao

Ethel Smyth DBE (1858-1944) 

Olivia Sparkhall (b. 1976) 

Amy Summers (b. 1996) 

Alice Tegner (1864-1943) 

Greta Tomlins (1912-72) 

Joanna Ward (b. 1998) 

Judith Weir (b. 1954) 

Janet Wheeler (b. 1957) 

Grace Williams (1906-77) 

Helen Williams (b. 1969) 

Alison Willis (b. 1971) 

 

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