Students will be introduced to composers who have often been overlooked throughout history, but who were as accomplished and celebrated as their male contemporaries during their lifetimes. Students will have the chance to hear compositions by each of the composers, and to learn exciting details about their lives. Each class meeting will focus on a different composer or composers, while additional significant musicians of their time will also be mentioned.

Session 1: Emilie Mayer and Louise Farrenc
Session 2: Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel 
Session 3: Pauline Viardot and Florence Price 
Session 4: Amy Marcy Beach, Nadia and Lili Boulanger  

Aurore Sibley is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, and longtime piano teacher with a Master’s degree in Education. She has been involved in music teaching and performing in a variety of settings and capacities throughout the past several decades. 

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Students will be encouraged to further research the composers presented and to listen to additional pieces of music between class meetings. During the final few weeks of the class, each student may choose a composer about whom to research and write a short creative piece to share during the final meeting. 
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The instructor has researched the various composers from cataloged sources such as biographies and published letters, as well as internet sources, recordings of their music, and literature about the times in which they lived.