When considering a different genre, say electronic music in a live music context, the gender disparity continues to be pronounced. Given Keychange’s manifesto and pledge perspective, this is central…
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It raises many questions when gender balance, or lack thereof, runs heavily throughout differing genres, from the classical to the contemporary. Here is a number to delve into and reflect…
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The report, “Inclusion in the Recording Studio?” is the third annual report on the music industry from Professor Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Funded by Spotify,…
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“A total of 899 individuals were nominated for a Grammy Award between 2013 and 2018. 90.7% of those were male and and 9.3% were female.” A self-explanatory figure just goes to show that…
Sometimes we need to look at the most obvious numbers to really think about the gender disparity and representation in all facets of life when the global population gender split is basically even…
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‘The survey “Singing Europe” 2013 – 2014” includes some gender information in terms of presence in Choirs and Chorales: 5.4% of the female population is singing in a group, against 2.6% of men…
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‘The statistics of the Donne project (Drama Musica – Women in Music) show that of 3, 524 musical works, 9.6% were written by men and only 82 (2.3%) by women.’ Time to reflect both behind the scenes as well as…
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In today’s Friday Figures, we look a little closer to home. Across Keychange’s participating countries’ collecting societies women represent 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters…
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