Women In Music, according to other people

This weekend I had the wonderful pleasure to attend the MENC Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore Maryland.  Since I would be missing classes to attend this conference (the last of 3 this semester), I made a point to attend some sessions that could apply to my courses this semester.  One particular session was "Beyond Clara Schumann - Bring women composers into your general music classroom).  I was really excited for this:  A practical application to my learning and my future teaching!  Unfortunately, this session was not what I expected, and left much to be desired. There was no practical application or teaching techniques, but more like a condensed version of our WIM class (Which is not to say it is a bad class at all! - just I felt I had already gotten this instruction.)  In this hour-long mini-course, the presenter discussed a few "Firsts" in American Women composers, performers, and conductors.  I'll be discussing a few of them in class, but I will address these fascinating women in the group posts in the next couple days. (For now- Sleep!)