International Alliance for Women in Music

Awards

IAWM Awards are to recognize excellence, dedication, and other contributions that encourage, support, and bring attention to superior musicianship.

Pauline Alderman Awards

The Pauline Alderman Awards were founded in 1985 by the International Congress on Women in Music to honor the memory of pioneering musicologist Pauline Alderman, Ph.D. (1893-1983), founder and chair of the Music History Department of the University of Southern California. 

New IAWM Board Members

New IAWM Board Members

Check out our new Board and Advisory 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.

New IAWM Board Members

New IAWM Board Members

Check out our new Board and Advisory 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.

Programming Awards

This new IAWM award is to honor and endorse those performers who have made deliberate, conscious efforts to achieve greater gender equity in their programming by including women composers and/or performers. Soloists, chamber ensembles, and arts organizations.

New IAWM Board Members

New IAWM Board Members

Check out our new Board and Advisory 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.

New IAWM Board Members

New IAWM Board Members

Check out our new Board and Advisory 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.