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Svirtuosity. For a director looking to empower students to select repertoire, Hildegard Publishing offers several collections of Fanny Hensel’s choral works. Paired with the storied history of her life and compositions, students could take time listening and comparing the pieces before voting on one to perform.

Incorporating Romantic Era women composers into the choral curriculum is not a checklist; rather, it is an opportunity. The works listed above are just a small sample of the vast output of these incredible composers. Tying these works with their origin stories and the histories of their composers is appropriate at all levels of choral music education. When we seek repertoire that is a best fit for our students and use creative pedagogy, we have the chance to honor these composers, their music, and give them new life in the 21st century choral classroom.

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Drinker, Sophie Hutchinson. Music and Women; the Story of Women in Their Relation to Music. New York: Coward-McCann, 1948.

Dunbar, Julie C. Women, Music, Culture : an Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2011.

Gates, Eugene Murray. “The Woman Composer Question: Four Case Studies from the Romantic Era”. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1992.

Thomas, Steve. “75. Four go to the Beach Club! Amy Beach – String Quartet.” Podcast by Steve Thomas. Cacophony, February 27, 2021. Podcast Audio, 7:18. Accessed April 18, 2023. https://www.cacophonyonline.com/2021/02/27/75beachqt/.

Colin Cossi isachoraland vocalartistbasedinPhoenix, Arizona,withacareerbuiltin thePacificNorthwest,and rootsinMinneapolis.He earnedaBMinMusic EducationfromtheUniversity ofOregonin2016andtaught K-5elementarymusicand6-12 choralmusicinWashington Statefrom2016-2022.Since beginninghisMMinChoral ConductingatASUin2022,he hastaughtBeginningChoral Conducting, co-taught Choral Methods, supervised student teachers, conducted the Sol Singers, assistant-conducted the Concert Choir, and served as co-chorus master to the ASU opera chorus. Additionally, he serves as Graduate Assistant Conductor for the Phoenix Boys Choir. With community, inclusion, justice, and storytelling as a lens for music making, he approaches the vocal arts as a multifaceted practitioner and pedagogue. His skills in singing, educating, conducting, composing, and writing serve to bring people across all sorts of difference together throughmusic.