Jokes that women can't play ...

"Stereotypes persist though - a lot of the women I spoke to are still very aware that they're considered a novelty, and most have heard jokes that women can't play ..." - another piece on gender discrimination in classical music? Actually, no. It's a Guardian report on the growth of women DJs.

Anyone for a classical music club night?
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Baton charge by the eternal feminine

That's Marin Alsop with Leonard Bernstein in the photos I've just added to the right hand side-bar. And the New York Times are thinking Alsop as well. They have an excellent feature on her today.

Cue link to the New York Philharmonic's first woman conductor.
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A question of balance

'According to data on US orchestras compiled by the International Association of Women Conductors (IAWC), 22 out of 270 music directors of C level orchestras - below a $1m (£505,000) annual budget - are women. At the top end of the spectrum, Marin Alsop and JoAnn Falletta are the only female music directors of the 38 orchestras that have a budget of more than $10m per annum. '

From Baton of the sexes in today’s Guardian, now read how the BBC Proms lack the eternal feminine
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