THEIR OWN AGENDA: THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURE OF WOMEN’S ORCHESTRAS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

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dc.contributor.advisorRoss, James Een_US
dc.contributor.authorAlger, Bonnie Eveen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-17T05:46:04Z
dc.date.available2018-07-17T05:46:04Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractWomen have been active as performers of instrumental music since the Medieval period, and yet their contributions are often overlooked. This dissertation examines the history of women’s orchestras outside the United States, and explores their development, as well as reasons for existing. Several factors regarding their development are taken into consideration, including time period, country, and culture in which the ensemble is present. The birth of the women’s orchestra is traced from the ospedali of the 18th century Venice to today. All-female ensembles from England, Canada, Cuba, and Afghanistan are profiled, as well as the Women’s Orchestra in Auschwitz. Two modern-day women’s orchestras – the Allegra Chamber Orchestra in Vancouver, British Columbia, and my recital orchestra at the University of Maryland – were surveyed in an attempt to learn more about the culture of women’s orchestras. This paper seeks to answer the questions “What is the culture of women's orchestras today, and should they continue to exist?”en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2QR4NT6S
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20821
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusic historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledWomen's studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfeminismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmusic performanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledorchestral historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomen in musicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomen's orchestrasen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomen's studiesen_US
dc.titleTHEIR OWN AGENDA: THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURE OF WOMEN’S ORCHESTRAS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATESen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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