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Patricia Adkins-Chiti Fondazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne in Musica In this issue: Patricia Atkins-Chiti James Bicigo Carolyn Bremer Cora Cooper Tsippi Fleischer Cynthia Folio Yen-Lin Goh Katherine Hoover Margaret Lucia Migiwa Miyajima Mona Lyn Reese Sarah Reid Christina Rudnak Chaowen Ting Margaret Lucy Wilkins Reviews Reports IAWM News Awards In Memory of Members’ News Patricia Adkins-Chiti Fondazione Adkins-Chiti: Donne in Musica 9ROXPH1R Table of Contents Volume 24, Number 2 (2018) Articles Memories of Patricia Adkins-Chiti ................................................................................................James Bicigo, Margaret Lucy Wilkins, Tsippi Fleischer .................. 1 New Interfaces, New Sounds: On Electronic Musical Instruments and Controllers .....................Sarah Reid ....................... 3 Oh, the Places You’ll Goh ..............................................................................................................Yen-Lin Goh ................... 7 The Poetic Muse: Piano Compositions by Spanish Women ..........................................................Margaret Lucia .............. 11 Women Composer Representation in the College Orchestra Repertoire, 2016-17 ........................Chaowen Ting ............... 14 Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails .................................................................................................Christina Rusnak ........... 19 New Initiatives The Young Women Composers Camp: Amplifying the Voices of Young Women ..................Cynthia Folio ................ 21 A New Force for Advocacy in the United States: The Boulanger Initiative ...........................Cora Cooper .................. 22 Meet Two New IAWM Members Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Mona Lyn Reese ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 In Memoriam: Carolyn Bremer and Katherine Hoover ........................................................................................................ 25 Reviews: book, concert, compact disc Denise Von Glahn: Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life ...................................Robert Black ............. 26 Speaking Her Truth: Three Vocal Works by Jessica Rudman ........................................................Elizabeth R. Austin ....... 27 “Mademoiselle,” Lili Boulanger, and Louise Talma......................................................................Deon Nielsen Price ....... 27 Eleonor Bindman and Jenny Lin: The Brandenburg Duets: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos ......Krystal J. F. Grant ......... 28 Violeta Dinescu: Dialog: Wünsche, Ängste, Träume (Wishes, Fears, Dreams) ............................Monica Buckland .......... 29 Four Women: Music for Solo Piano by Price, Kaprálová, Bilsland, and Bonds ..........................Judith Mabary ............... 30 Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets ...................................................................................................Tamara Cashour ............ 31 Recent CD Releases .............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Reports Brazil: The Encontro Internacional de Cordas Festival ......................................................................Rain Worthington .......... 33 Canada: Kelly-Marie Murphy: Winner of Canada’s Largest Composition Prize ......................................................................... 33 The Association of Canadian Women Composers ..................................................................Diane Berry ................... 34 The Kapralova Society ............................................................................................................Karla Hartl .................... 34 China: China Goes Global Conference ...............................................................................................Susan Cohn Lackman ... 34 Italy: A World Premiere by Giovanna Dongu .......................................................................................................................... 35 Switzerland: The frauenkomponiert Music Festival 2018 ...........................................................................Karla Hartl .................... 35 United Kingdom: BBC Proms Survey 2018 ........................................................................................................Jenny Fowler ................. 36 The Hellenic Institute Performs Lydia Kakabadse’s Odyssey ........................................................................................ 36 IAWM News Winners of the IAWM 2018 Search for New Music Competition ........................................................................................ 37 Meet IAWM’s New Membership Chair and Three New Board Members ........................................................................... 39 Awards and Honors ............................................................................................................................................................... 40 IAWM 2018 Annual Concert Competition ........................................................................................................................... 41 Members’ News .............................................................................................................................Anita Hanawalt ............. 41 The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) is a global network of Journal of the IAWM Staff women and men working to increase and enhance musical activities and opportunities EDITOR IN CHIEF and to promote all aspects of the music of women. 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