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. 

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Recognizing the accomplishments of IAWM member composers and increasing the awareness of the musical contributions of women. Howard University in Washington D.C., November 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Recognizing the accomplishments of IAWM member composers and increasing the awareness of the musical contributions of women. Howard University in Washington D.C., November 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

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.

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Recognizing the accomplishments of IAWM member composers and increasing the awareness of the musical contributions of women. Howard University in Washington D.C., November 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Winners of the 2021 Annual Concert

Recognizing the accomplishments of IAWM member composers and increasing the awareness of the musical contributions of women. Howard University in Washington D.C., November 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.