New Standards in Europe: Lead Sheets by Female Composers
The project „New Standards in Europe: Lead Sheets by Female Composers“ is a multi-dimensional and collaborative project that includes a research project, a printed publication, an international competition and recordings. The goal of the project is to draw attention to European female role models in jazz and to promote gender equity in jazz as an art form, where women are currently severely underrepresented. The centerpiece of the project is a publication as a compilation of 101 compositions in the form of sheet music by women composers currently active in Europe or of historical significance to Europe. An international panel of experts will be involved in researching and selecting the compositions from all european regions that will be compiled in the first published volume.
A second publication with arrangements on the lead sheets and a CD recording will follow. The selection and editing process will be led and overseen by the Jam Music Lab Private University for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna (JMLU).
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