Table of Contents

Introduction - Karin Pendle 1. The Pioneering Spirit: Women Composers of the Older Generation - Janelle Magnuson Gelfand 2. Seventy Years of Composing: An Interview with Vivian Fine - Leslie Jones 3. Composers in Academia: Women Composers at American Colleges and Universities - Therese Ellsworth 4. On Her Way: An Interview with Augusta Read Thomas - Karin Pendle 5. New Wine into Old Bottles: Traditional Media and Contemporary Women Composers - Sharon Prado 6. Meredith Monk: An Interview about her Recent Opera, Atlas - Leslie Lassetter 7. For the Theatre: Opera, Dance and Theatre Piece - Karin Pendle 8. Creating Options, Creating Music: An Interview with Laurie Spiegel - Joanna Bosse 9. American Women in Electronic Music, 1984-94 10. The Healing Muse: An Interview with Kay Gardner - Catherine Roma 11. Eyes on the Composition Prize - Annie Janiero Randall 12. Jazzwomen Compose - Patrick Lewis Harbison and Gregory Kehl Moore Notes on Contributors Index