The Score | Supporting Women Composers

Andreia Pinto-Correia and Xi Wang were selected this fall to receive orchestral commissions of $15,000 each as part of the League of American Orchestras’ Women Composers Readings and Commissions program, administered with the American Composers Orchestra and EarShot and supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Adjudicators for the awards were conductor Joana Carneiro and composers Melinda Wagner and Chen Yi. Partner orchestras to premiere the works will be announced at a later date. This is the second year of the Women Composers Readings and Commissions program. The 2015 program included readings with orchestras; career development workshops; and mentoring opportunities with contemporary composers.