GENDER EQUALITY

THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, FEMALE COMPOSERS HAD ALWAYS BEEN SILENCED. ONLY A FEW INDIVIDUAL FEMALES WHO DARED TO STEP INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAD SUCCEEDED IN LETTING THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. 2020'S GRAMMY-WINNING CLASSICAL COMPOSER, JENNIFER HIGDON IS CONTINUOUSLY MAKING AN EFFORT TO HELP OTHER STRUGGLING WOMEN IN THIS MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY, ENCOURAGING GENDER EQUALITY - SHE REALIZED THAT THE IMBALANCE IN CONCERT PROGRAMMING IS NOT SIMPLY DUE TO GENDER BIAS AND INSTEAD THE RESULT OF A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF WOMEN COMPOSERS. THIS QUALITY OF BE RATIONALE IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM AND TRYING TO HELP OTHERS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD WHEN SHARE ALREADY SUCCEED IS TRULY WORTHY OF BEING A HERO.