Boulanger Initiative

Boulanger Initiative Boulanger Initiative’s mission is to promote music composed by women through performance, education

We just unlocked a $888 matching gift for our birthday! This match expires Midnight on Thursday, June 25th. Even just th...
06/24/2026

We just unlocked a $888 matching gift for our birthday! This match expires Midnight on Thursday, June 25th. Even just the cost of a coffee will help unlock funding for programming all year round. Support gender equity in classical music today, at any level.

Donate though the link below:
https://boulangerinitiativeinc-bloom.kindful.com/

We’re celebrating 8 years of Boulanger Initiative this Thursday—and for our birthday we’ve decided we’re done entertaini...
06/24/2026

We’re celebrating 8 years of Boulanger Initiative this Thursday—and for our birthday we’ve decided we’re done entertaining the antiquated drivel that has minimized women composers for centuries. That narrative is tired. We’re building something better.
To mark our birthday, an anonymous donor is matching gifts up to $888 through midnight June 25. Double your impact. Expand the canon.
Gender Equity in classical music starts with YOU.
👉 Give by midnight June 25 to have your gift matched. Link in bio.

Take a tumultuous ride into the forgotten voices of orchestral music. Boulanger Initiative returns swinging for the wome...
06/23/2026

Take a tumultuous ride into the forgotten voices of orchestral music. Boulanger Initiative returns swinging for the women symphonists too often actively hidden from the spotlight: Marianna Martines, Louise Farrenc, Emilie Mayer, Augusta Holmès, Florence Price, Julia Perry, and many more. This virtual course traces the evolution of the orchestra through the women who were there from the beginning with guided discussion, listening excerpts, and practical tips for discovering overlooked repertoire. Explore once-celebrated works later erased by canon formation, while placing these composers in their proper cultural, historical, and artistic contexts. Examine how institutions, pedagogy, and power shaped what we call “great music,” and deepen your understanding of orchestral history through a fuller, richer, and more accurate lens.

Register through the link below!
https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-events/upcoming-virtual-events/orchestrating-gender-the-forgotten-symphonists-virtual-course

Today, on Juneteenth, we honor Black freedom, creativity, and the ongoing work of equity in the arts.When uncovering and...
06/19/2026

Today, on Juneteenth, we honor Black freedom, creativity, and the ongoing work of equity in the arts.
When uncovering and presenting historic composers, Boulanger Initiative remains mindful of how repertoire is framed and contextualized so that women composers of color are consistently and equitably represented, rather than inadvertently sidelined in the process of expanding the canon.
We also recognize and uplift the essential work of organizations dedicated to promoting, protecting, and preserving Black artistry and furthering the advancement of Black and African American musicians in classical music.
Juneteenth is not only remembrance: it’s a continued responsibility for ALL of us to build a field that reflects the fullness of its artists, histories, and futures.

Help us celebrate 8 years of work to close the gender content gap and promoting, protecting, and preserving the works of...
06/17/2026

Help us celebrate 8 years of work to close the gender content gap and promoting, protecting, and preserving the works of women and gender marginalized composers. We couldn’t do it without you, and with major government funding drying up, and downstream funding also suffering under the current administration, we need your help to raise $5,000 before the end of the month!

Donate at the link below:
https://boulangerinitiativeinc-bloom.kindful.com/

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Boulanger Initiative has created a list of resources and organizations geared towards LGBTQ+ mus...
06/16/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Boulanger Initiative has created a list of resources and organizations geared towards LGBTQ+ musicians and composers to help amplify the impact of their work. Check them out!

Calling all opera lovers! Battle the gender content gap in Wikipedia coverage on the operatic canon!Join Boulanger Initi...
06/15/2026

Calling all opera lovers! Battle the gender content gap in Wikipedia coverage on the operatic canon!

Join Boulanger Initiative for a virtual Wikithon editing party! Whether you’re a seasoned editor or a first-timer, help expand and improve Wikipedia entries highlighting women’s achievements across history, culture, and the arts. Bring your curiosity, your keyboard, and your love for stories that deserve to be told. For the month of June (and in honor of BI staff Angel Azzarra's birthday), we will be celebrating composers who wrote operas! You don't want to miss out on learning about the amazing women who wrote for such a larger-than-life genre!

https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-events/upcoming-virtual-events/boulanger-initiative-wikithon-june-2026

Boulanger Initiative turns 8 years old on June 25, and we’re celebrating by fueling the work that’s always driven us for...
06/15/2026

Boulanger Initiative turns 8 years old on June 25, and we’re celebrating by fueling the work that’s always driven us forward.
Help us mark this milestone with a $5,000 birthday fundraiser in support of our mission to advance equity in classical music and elevate the women composers too often left out of the canon.
Every contribution directly supports research, education, and programming that reshape what the field considers essential.
If BI has impacted your work, your listening, or your understanding of music history—this is the moment to give back.
Join us in celebrating 8 years of building a more accurate, inclusive musical world.

https://boulangerinitiativeinc-bloom.kindful.com

It’s not over until the lady COMPOSES the opera.Join us on Thursday, June 18 for the Opera Wikithon—a collaborative edit...
06/12/2026

It’s not over until the lady COMPOSES the opera.
Join us on Thursday, June 18 for the Opera Wikithon—a collaborative editing event dedicated to closing the content gender gap on Wikipedia entries across the operatic canon.
Together, we’ll spotlight the history of opera that has been overlooked, erased, or under-documented, and help bring greater accuracy and visibility to opera’s full story.
No prior editing experience needed—just curiosity and a willingness to build something better.

https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-events/upcoming-virtual-events/boulanger-initiative-wikithon-june-2026

American music history is far richer than the handful of names that made it into most textbooks.While audiences learned ...
06/10/2026

American music history is far richer than the handful of names that made it into most textbooks.
While audiences learned about Stephen Foster, Edward MacDowell, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein, remarkable women were composing alongside them: Nora Holt, Augusta Browne, Amy Beach, Margaret Ruthven Lang, Florence Price, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Vivian Fine, Louise Talma, Julia Perry, Margaret Bonds, Mary Howe, and many more.

This intensive explores the music of USian women composers not as forgotten exceptions, but as essential voices within the cultural and artistic movements that shaped the nation. Discover their works, their stories, and the historical contexts they shared with the composers you already know.

https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-events/upcoming-virtual-events/america250-balancing-the-narrative-women-creating-music-in-the-united-states-virtual-course

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