Unsung Stories: Women at Columbia's Computer Music Center is a first step focusing on the legacy of women who have studied and worked at the renowned Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (renamed the Computer Music Center in 1996). The project includes three parts: a two-day symposium (April 9-10, 2021), a podcast series, and a concert in Fall 2021. Unsung Stories highlights the work of women, including the work of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ composers and musicians at the Center, examining how institutional networks and intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, national origin, and other identifications impacted the daily work, modes of interaction, and visibility of women composers at the CPEMC/CMC historically and in the field more broadly. It features panels and roundtables with over thirty composers/sound artists, and scholars who will discuss the lineage, musical excellence, experience, and visibility of the diverse women who have worked at the Center from the 1950s to its recent history.

New Histories and Futures For the CMC & Beyond

Moderator: Brad Garton (Columbia University)

Mara Helmuth (University of Cincinnati)

Miya Masaoka (Columbia University)

Katharina Rosenberger (University of Music Lübeck)

Sondra E. Woodruff II (Kelly Strayhorn Theater)

Nina Young (University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music)