Unsung Voices: Women Composers at Columbia's Computer Music Center

Columbia University has a symposium on women composers at their Computer Music Center. When I was there, it was called the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. The first panel of the symposium included Alice Shields, Pril Smiley, and Daria Semegen. I didn’t study formally with any of these composers but I knew all of them back and count them among my mentors. I learned so much from all of them and was in awe of the music they composed as well as their knowledge and integrity. They were also very generous with their time to a young and very inexperienced (but passionately committed) composer. It is wonderful to see these great composers again and hear them speak. Thank you so much for organizing this!