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In this video you are going to hear from Stephan Meier talking about BCMG’s work championing contemporary women composers. BCMG was founded in 1987 by musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. They are one of the world’s leading specialist ensembles dedicated to contemporary music.
Read the article: Diversifying classical music programming: performing more women composers https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/diversifying-classical-music-programming-performing-more-women-composers
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In this video you are going to hear from Stephan Meier talking about BCMG’s work championing contemporary women composers. BCMG was founded in 1987 by musicians from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. They are one of the world’s leading specialist ensembles dedicated to contemporary music.
Read the article: Diversifying classical music programming: performing more women composers https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/diversifying-classical-music-programming-performing-more-women-composers
Transcript https://www.open.edu/openlearn/14/68/1468a1007682ae796e1d26bf1abcdb4814c1cb4f?response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22stephan_transcript.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&Expires=1760528160&Signature=DqclmgqtNMZ8CtQyfow0WMe2qsB7Dpywkl28FKKDX7okr1y9gfrkAhzAfi-BbXFCgqQ7ke4tEksP3fRJGJxcxUhOQkaQNJ6hENwKfwaoijg1rBOKDqc2r2qOSKuCtFqu~7S2H~C54DKfTomOW5GpRkRTfHd0QkuQRVErkGTqh5KUWDLM-QJ7Vr5NvvL9faCanpkkYJZsJ50XR4yLjXLRXcv4avBvTs3t5Wf5xwkbNg9ZEuuVBnzEvDQCttkSskg53-6N0Du~0T6usIy9-~ObNGygZAmCYRjdLx2CtyPX9Xl~FntJSt36w9-LJ3nLYwCCo3KFBujgXZeUktcAEwHb0A__&Key-Pair-Id=K87HJKWMK329B
Study a free course on Women transforming classical music at the Open University
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/women-transforming-classical-music/content-section-overview?active-tab=content-tab
Study R25 BA (Honours) Music at The Open University
open.ac.uk/courses/music/degrees/ba-music-r25
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The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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