1st Edition

Women, Music and Leadership

By Helen Rusak Copyright 2024
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Women, Music and Leadership offers a wide-ranging survey of women in musical leadership and their experiences, highlighting women’s achievements and considering how they negotiate the challenges of the leadership space in music. Women have always participated in music as performers, teachers, composers and professionals, but remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Covering women’s... Read more
1. The Context for Women in Musical Leadership  2. Women and Musical Composition  3. Women Conductors  4. Women in Classical Instrumental and Vocal Music Performance  5. Women in Blues, Jazz, Gospel and Motown  6. Women in Popular Music  7. Women in Electronic Music  8. Women in non-Western Musical Contexts  9. Women in the Music Industry

Biography

Helen Rusak has held high-profile positions as an arts manager and musician and was most recently Senior Lecturer and course coordinator for Arts Management at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University. In 2023 she was appointed adjunct in Arts Management at the University of South Australia.