Awareness & Advocacy
Our Mission
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) fosters and encourages the activities of women in music.
The Vision
The IAWM is the world’s leading organization devoted to the equity, promotion, and advocacy of women in music across time, cultures, and genres.
Providing a voice for women in music since 1995
What We Do
Advocacy & community
Champions for Equity
A Platform for women's voices
opportunities
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC
Latest News & Updates
2021 IAWM Programming Award Winner
The Programming Award recognizes those performers who have made deliberate, conscious efforts to achieve greater gender equity in their programming by including women composers and/or performers.
2022 Call for Conference
The IAWM invites you to contribute a proposal for presentations, performances and panels for Call & (HER) Response: Music in the Time of Change, our 2022 Hybrid Conference from June 2-4, 2022.
New IAWM Board Members
Check out our new ten new Board members! With years of experience in diverse facets of music, they are dedicated to advancing the visibility of women’s music, and shaping the future of this organization.
Membership Opportunities
Concerts & Competitions
Search for New Music
The IAWM has announced its annual “Search for New Music by Women Composers” competition. Membership in IAWM is required, but the call is open to IAWM women-identified composer members.
Programming Award
The deadline for the 2021 Programming Award is September 15th, 2021. Awards are open to any solo performers, performance groups, or arts organizations that are current members of IAWM. Look under PROGRAMS for more details.
Radio Requests
Since 2004, the IAWM has used the Radio Requests campaign to promote broadcasts of music by women composers. Every week, participants in the IAWM’s listserv and visitors to this Web page are encouraged to ask local and Internet stations to play works by a chosen woman composer.
IAWM Calendar
October 29, 2021: BEYOND THE NOTES WEBINAR
DEEP LISTENING PRACTICE. 2:00pm EDT, 11:00 am PDT / 18:00 GMT
Certified Deep Listening facilitator Jane Rigler will guide participants into the world of Deep Listening© methods and Sonic Meditations to foster collaborative, creative practices.
November 16, 2021 - ANNUAL CONCERT
Join us at 7:30pm EST at Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021: BEYOND THE NOTES WEBINAR
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC, 3:00pm EST, 12:00 Noon PST, and 20:00 GMT
Roma Calatayud-Stocks will discuss the range of Latin American women composers and genres from classical to traditional.
IAWM Members
Today’s Featured Members
Monica Jakuc Leverett
Hannah Selin
Linda Dusman
Libby Meyer
