In response to the question “Is music by women womanish?” composer Sarah Kirkland Snider discusses “emotional” music by Classical composers; charges of femininity in her own music by The New York Times; aging gracefully; and sex appeal.

Sarah’s website

More classical music statistics:

https://americanorchestras.org/2022-orchestra-repertoire-report/

https://donne-uk.org/research-new/

Music You Heard:

“Agnus Dei,” Mass for the Endangered - Sarah Kirkland Snider, Gallicantus

Adagio for Strings  -  Samuel Barber

“Morning Mood,” Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Edvard Grieg 

“Prelude,” Unremembered - Sarah Kirkland Snider, Shara Nova

"Prélude in E minor," Op. 28, no. 4  - Frédéric Chopin

“The Lotus Eaters,” Penelope -  Sarah Kirkland Snider, Shara Nova

“We Need a Room,” Childworld - Sky Creature