Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. If you're a professional composer and would like to participate, send us an e-mail.
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Beth alludes in an earlier post to the important role played by many women composers as teachers and that, rather naturally, brings up the pivotal role of Nadia Boulanger, who was the Big Momma of a generation of American composers and thus among the most influential figures in 20th century music. I'd like to hear some thoughts on the role that teachers (male or female) have played in our own resident composers development.
