Scholarly Presentation II

Moderator:

Chaowen Ting (Conductor; Founder, Girls Who Conduct)

Come hear conductors, musicians, industry leaders, DEI advocates, and researchers and practitioners in order to generate dialogue about and raise awareness of the diverse pathways to a conducting career, with an emphasis on gender parity and inclusion. The Conference explores the many facets of conducting training and career through a range of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

Presentions:

Building Community in Your Organization

Nicole Baxter (Director of Bands, Lubbock-Cooper ISD)

The Feminization of Orchestra Conducting: Challenges of a Gendered Pipeline

Bianca Maretti (Doctoral Candidate – IReMus, Sorbonne University)

Using Code-Switching to Navigate a Gendered Podium: A Case Study of a Woman Band Director

Margaret J. Flood (Coordinator of Music Education, Florida Southern College and Doctoral Candidate, Frost School of Music—University of Miami)

Can You Have It All? Balancing Family and a Career in Conducting

Christine Keenan (Conductor, Wind Symphony of Clovis)