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2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

An educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women's music.

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2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2015 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

An educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women's music.

An educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women's music.

An educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women's music.

An educational and entertaining platform for the promotion of women's music.

Amelia Nagoski
Amelia Nagoski
Amelia Nagoski
Amelia Nagoski
3 Campaigns |
Hartford, United States
$3,101 USD 56 backers
38% of $8,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Eleanor of Aquitaine Status

$5 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll post a shout-out of thanks to our followers on Facebook and Twitter, giving you eternal bragging rights as a patron of the arts, just like 12th Century woman of power and taste, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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March 2015
3 claimed

Beatriz, Comtess de Dia Status

$10 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll send you 5 WCFH pencils, so that you can write your own compositions, just like the 12th Century Countess of Dia, the only known woman troubadour.
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April 2015
7 claimed

Isabella d'Este Status

$25 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll send you a WCFH logo tote bag. When people ask you about it at the grocery store, you can tell them you got it because you support great music in your community just like Isabella d'Este, 15th Century Italian princess whose court commissioned Monteverdi's Orfeo.
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April 2015
6 claimed

Queen Elizabeth I Status

$30 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll send you a WCFH logo travel mug, so you can keep adequate caffeine levels in your blood to support a passion for great music as intense as that of Queen Elizabeth I, one of the most important patrons of music in history, without whom we wouldn't have the treasure trove that is English Renaissance music.
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April 2015
7 claimed

Gracia Baptista Status

$40 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll send you a signed copy of "Exploding Pianos," recorded by Kathleen Supove; and your donation will support the forward momentum of women in music, just like Gracia Baptista, who was the first woman composer credited in the historical record (Libro de cifra nueva para tecla, harpa, y vihuela, 1557).
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April 2015
2 out of 10 of claimed

Maddalena Casulana Status

$50 USD
To thank you for your support, we'll send you a signed CD/DVD of "Music Painted from Memory" by Lisa Coons' Collective. With it, you will posses aural and visual evidence, as Maddalena Casulana wrote in her book of madrigals--the first music publication devoted to the works of a woman (1568)--'to show to the world the foolish error of men who so greatly believe themselves to be the masters of high intellectual gifts that [these gifts] cannot, it seems to them, be equally common among women'
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April 2015
3 out of 14 of claimed

Laura Peverara Status

$75 USD
To thank you for your support, you'll get full access to our digital archives of musical performances, including this year's. It's an invaluable resource for listening, learning, and teaching about performance of music with the same interest in quality and variety as that of Laura Peverara, whose ensemble of virtiosic singers, 'Concerto delle donne,' performed great music well, and influenced the composition of more and better repertoire starting in 1580. Access valid March 2015-April 2016.
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March 2015
1 claimed

Barbara Strozzi Status

$100 USD
This status gives you a full pass to the festival--tickets to every performance, lecture, and workshop, plus all the swag: pencils, tote bag, travel mug, access to the digital archive. Your life will be as filled with women composing as 17th Century star, Barabara Strozzi.
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March 2015
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Sophie Bawr Status

$250 USD
To thank you for your very generous donation, we will send you a print of a manuscript sketch by composer-in-residence, Lisa Coons. You can appreciate it visually as well as valuing its historical and musical significance--just like the first account of the history of women in music written by Sophie Bawr in 1823.
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April 2015
2 claimed

Nadia Boulanger Status

$500 USD
Your generosity will powerfully impact the festival's capacity to commission new works, so your name will be added to this year's work by composer-in-residence, Lisa Coons, listed as a patron. This is the kind of impact on future generations made over and over by 20th Century composer, conductor and teacher, Nadia Boulanger, You'll also receive all the WCF swag: pencils, tote, and mug, as well as an elaborate expression of gratitude and praise on our social media outlets.
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March 2015
0 out of 6 of claimed

Lisa Coons Status

$1,000 USD
Sponsor the festival to receive sponsorship credit in the program and at every event in the festival, all the WCF swag, access to the archives for a year, and a role in the impacts on our present community, the history of women in music, and the steps we take toward the future as powerful as that of our composer-in-residence, Lisa Coons. This is a great choice for groups or businesses who want their message heard by our artists and audiences.
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March 2015
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