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  • Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian

    Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San Francisco; and introduces the work of Didi Favreau, a woman who has composed music on tape based exclusively on the sounds of office machinery. Her art is an outcry against the slavery of women and is an interesting contrast to her…

  • Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian (Part 2 of 2)

    Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San Francisco; and introduces the work of Didi Favreau, a woman who has composed music on tape based exclusively on the sounds of office machinery. Her art is an outcry against the slavery of women and is an interesting contrast to her…

  • Marta Ptaszynska interviewed by Virginia Kosanovic

    Actuality of an interview with Marta Ptaszynska by Virginia Kosanovic (interviewer not identified on reel). Three sections on reel. Marta makes brief comments on composing, importance of structure, and on teaching music. Likely a duplicate of AZ1132.39, which is being preserved as part of the American Women project.

  • Dark Circle: interview with the producers / Julia Randall

    Judy Irving and Ruth Landry, co-director/writer and producer, respectively, of the anti-nuclear documentary film Dark Circle (1982), are interviewed by Julia Randall of KPFA’s Women’s Department. Irving and Landry talk about plutonium pollution and how nuclear power and weapons affect everyday people, and their specific focus on women as the leading voices of the anti-nuclear…

  • Interview with Meg Christian by Nancy Guinn

    Nancy Guinn interviews musician Meg Christian in mid-July 1981, just after recording her new album, Turning It Over. Christian talks about the stylistic shift on her new album, about her Southern heritage, her involvement in the women’s music movement, and whether she considers herself a “woman warrior.” A number of songs from the album are…

  • Focus on Women Composers: A selection of tapes collected recently (Episode 43)

    A program featuring tapes of women composers recently collected by Susan Sailow. Produced and presented by Susan Sailow. Self-contained. Contents: 1. Crystal Dancer, Janet Cuniberti; 2. continuity; 3. String Quartet, Ruth Schonthal-Seckel; 4. continuity; 5. Electronic Music for Belly Dancers, Linda Silbert; 6. continuity; 7. Mr. Brown’s Wife, Lucy Garber; 8. Let’s Get Away, Lucy…

  • Composer Martha Dee (Episode 44)

    A program highlighting the work of composer Martha Dee, featuring recordings from a live concert of her music and choreography that took place on February 18, 1977 at Chico State College. Produced and presented by Fleur Helsingor. Self-contained. Contents: 1. intro; 2. Pulses; 3. continuity; 4. Women Suite; 5. continuity; 6. Trombone Lullaby; 7. continuity;…

  • Composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman (Episode 50)

    A program featuring Bay Area-based composer and pianist Michele Rosewoman. Produced and engineered by Joan Medlin. Self-contained. Contents: Interview with Michele Rosewoman intercut with her pieces in the following order: 1. Crazy Weaving Thing; 2. Prepared Piano; 3. Whistles/voices; 4. Echoes; 5. Seattle Improv.; 6. Full Moon Improv.; 7. Sound Song (only 40 second portion).

  • Focus on Women Composers: Choral music, July 17, 1976 (Episode 8)

    Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. This episode focuses on choral music by women composers. Presented by Fleur Helsingor, April McMahon, and Elizabeth Pizer. Produced by Fleur Helsingor. Self contained. Contents: 1. Escalator Over the Hill, Carla Bley (faded down and out); 2. continuity; 3. La Corona, Louise Talma; 4. continuity; 5. Escalator…

  • Focus on Women Composers: Contemporary Collage (Episode 55)

    A program focusing on contemporary collage works by women composers. Produced and master by April McMahon. Self-contained. Contents: 1. intro; 2. Trio Sonata no. 4, “Sheep”, Carolyn Hawley; 3. continuity; 4. Torero, Beth Anderson; 5. continuity; 6. Quia Amore Langueo, Ophelia, Janet Danielson; 7. continuity; 8. Eye, Suzanne Ciani; 9. continuity; 10. Six Ebauches, Jacqueline…