{"id":4871,"date":"2018-01-31T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archiv-frau-musik.de\/?page_id=4871"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:58:38","slug":"frau-und-musik-institutionen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.archiv-frau-musik.de\/en\/frau-und-musik-institutionen","title":{"rendered":"Institutions for Women in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since the founding of the Internationaler Arbeitskreis Frau und Musik e. V. and the Archiv Frau und Musik in 1979, our example has been followed by many more institutes and institutions that have helped initiate and enhance women’s and gender research, contributing to cultural diversity in accordance with Germany\u2019s equality policies.<\/p>\n

Here are some more important women-in-music institutions in<\/p>\n

Germany and in German speaking nations:<\/p>\n

Sophie Drinker Institut<\/a> in Bremen |\u00a0MUGI\u00a0\u2013 Musik und Gender im Internet<\/a> in Hamburg (Online-Lexikon) |\u00a0Forschungszentrum Musik und Gender<\/a> in Hannover |\u00a0ForumMusikDiversit\u00e4t<\/a> in der Schweiz |\u00a0musica femina m\u00fcnchen e. V.<\/a> |\u00a0Internationale Komponistinnen-Bibliothek Unna |\u00a0Melodiva \u2013 Frauenmusikb\u00fcro<\/a> in Frankfurt am Main |\u00a0CID \u2013 Fraen an Gender<\/a> in Luxemburg |\u00a0Heroines of Sound<\/a>, Festival in Berlin<\/p>\n

Worldwide:<\/p>\n

Ambache Charitable Trust\u00a0in London\/UK |\u00a0A Modern Reveal<\/a>, USA\u00a0|\u00a0…and we were heard<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Boulanger Initiative<\/a> in Washington D.C.\/USA |\u00a0British Music Collection<\/a> (with focus on women’s music), UK |\u00a0Canadian Women Composers<\/a> in Canada |\u00a0Centre International Nadia et Lili Boulanger<\/a> in Paris\/France |\u00a0Compos(h)er<\/a> – Tumblr blog |\u00a0Donne | Women in Music<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Fondazione Adkins Chiti Donne in Musica<\/a> in Italy |\u00a0Illuminate Women’s Music<\/a>, UK\u00a0|\u00a0International Alliance for Women in Music<\/a> (IAWM), USA |\u00a0Institute for Composer Diversity<\/a> in Fredonia\/USA |\u00a0Kapr\u00e1lov\u00e1 Society<\/a> in Toronto\/Canada |\u00a0Keychange\/PRS Foundation<\/a>, worldwide quota project |\u00a0KVAST Association<\/a> for Swedish women composers |\u00a0Listening To Ladies<\/a>, podcast by Elisabeth Blair, USA |\u00a0Many Many Women, catalogue with over 1,200 women composers |\u00a0Music by Black Composers<\/a> in Chicago\/USA | Related Sources<\/a>, collected lists by Alex Shapiro about women composers |\u00a0Sound and Music<\/a>, podcast, UK |\u00a0The Daffodil Perspective<\/a>, radioshow about women composers, UK (unfortunately, the project had to be discontinued; for documentation reasons we leave the link) | Venus Blazing<\/a>, a project by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, London\/UK |\u00a0Venus Unwrapped, a project by the Kings Place Music Foundation, London\/UK |\u00a0Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy<\/a> in New York\/USA | Piano Music She Wrote<\/a> |\u00a0Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers<\/a><\/p>\n

Great overview about the most and most important institutes for women’s music<\/a> as a graphic network created by Mirca Lotz (Munich)<\/p>\n