Curriculum Vitae
It would be an honor for me to continue to represent Argentina and Latin America on the IAWM board.
Despite the distance, I think, today, methods of communication help us to be close to each other, and we can be in contact every day, if necessary. I will try to help and support with what I can within my financial abilities, but I will always be willing to give my best. I am studying English so that I can communicate better, that way I can be a bridge between English and Spanish speakers inside IAWM.
Warm Regards,
Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas
Es para mi un honor seguir representando a Argentina y Latinoamèrica en IAWM board. Si bien estamos lejos, creo que hoy las comunicaciones nos acercan y podemos estar en un contacto diario con todos en IAWM.
Tratarè de ayudar y aportar lo que pueda dentro de nuestras condiciones en las que vivimos, pero siempre dispuesta a dar lo mejor. Estoy estudiando la lengua inglesa para poder comunicar mejor, y asi ser un puente entre la gente de habla hispana y habla inglesa, dentro de IAWM.
Abrazos cordiales a todos,
Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas.
As a composer and music educator, I long been committed to the promotion of women in music. If elected to serve on the board of IAWM, I will happily serve in any capacity that is needed, from development to membership to helping organize the annual concert. In addition, I hope to bring my dual perspectives as composer and educator to aid in the planning of awards to recognize performers who show extraordinary commitment to the work of female composers and work to create IAWM workshop opportunities to help music teachers find ways to include women in their curricula.
Born in Mississippi, Carrie Leigh Page composes music for chamber ensembles, orchestra, and electronic media, with a special emphasis on vocal writing. She has collaborated with dramatic artists, vocalists, and educators to create chamber operas both for young artists and young audiences, and she is an avid researcher in the areas of opera and music education. Page earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Converse College beginning her compositional studies with Scott Robbins. Under the tutelage of Marc Satterwhite, she completed the Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Louisville, where she held the Moritz von Bomhard Fellowship in Composition. She earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from Arizona State University, studying with Rodney Rogers, James DeMars, Roshanne Etezady, Jody Rockmaker, and Glenn Hackbarth. Page’s electronic work Emergent was selected for inclusion on the International Alliance for Women in Music Annual Concert in 2010, which traveled to multiple concert venues throughout the world. Her most recent work, Everyday Arias, won the 2011 ASU Composition Competition. Page is currently working on choral works for St. Martin of Tours in Louisville, KY, and St. Mary’s Basilica in Phoenix, AZ, and songs for mezzo-soprano Korin Kormick. Her music appeared on the 2005 Fresh Stuff CD, released by the University of Louisville. Page is a member of ASCAP, the Society of Composers, the College Music Society, and the International Alliance for Women in Music.
Website and Professional Biography
I have been actively involved in women in music issues for 40 years and a
member of the IAWM since 1976--long before its amalgamation. Those were
lonely years for many of us working in isolation without the wonderful
internet connections we have today. The Journals were really the only
contacts we all had to one another. They were lifelines for me. I will be
forever grateful to Sally Reid who patiently guided me in the 1980s through
my first blundering attempts at internet emails. It was a heady experience
and an exhilarating one to know that I was not alone in my quest to promote
women in music.
My women in music course at the University of Manitoba in 1986 was the first
of its kind in Canada and one I taught till my retirement in 2007. Its
syllabus appeared on the original IAWM website and served as a model for
other such courses in North America. I have contributed numerous "Reports
from Canada" as well as articles to the IAWM Journal.
My research interest is on women composers and performers from 1770-1830
with a special focus on women harpists, and music as domestic entertainment.
I am intrigued with the roles music plays in the novels of Jane Austen and
in the conduct/courtesy manuals, and have published extensively in these
areas. For details, please click here.
I am a former member of the IAWM Board of Directors and have served on many
of its committees. I am actively involved in advocacy issues and have chaired
this committee for the last three years.
Since November of 2004, I have been responsible for selecting the composers
for the weekly radio requests which Linda Rimel (Advocacy Committee member)
posts on the IAWM list. Our advocacy effort began with a handful of radio
stations willing to play music by women, and has grown to an impressive
number of prominent radio stations throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
Please see the IAWM website and click on "Radio Requests" for
further information on this project.
Ursula M. Rempel
Senior Scholar
Marcel A. Deschautels Faculty of Music
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Ursula M. Rempel received her Master of Arts from the University of California (Santa Barbara) and her Bachelor of Music and Education Certificate from the University of British Columbia. She regularly directs early music ensembles which have appeared on television, participated in workshops, and in provincial and national conferences. She has been the recipient of several awards for these activities, including a University of Manitoba Outreach Award.
Professor Rempel coordinated the Faculty of Music's Summer Orff Program for 15 years and continues to be active in the field through international conference presentations (AOSA) and publications with Schott and Waterloo Music. Co-authored with Carolyn Ritchey, the works incorporate early music and dance with the Orff approach. They are working on a fifth volume. She has published in both Ostinato and in The Orff Echo as well as in the American Recorder Society's Publication for teachers. Read more…