Women in Music

Recent surveys show that less than 2 percent of music performed by American orchestras is by women composers. This year's Pulitzer Prize winner, Du Yun, speaks out on diversity in the concert hall.

The number of female composers represented in the programming at America's top orchestras is dismal — less than 2 percent. Guest essayist Mohammed Fairouz proposes one provocative solution.

Celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday, March 8 at 6 PM, when Classical IPR presents "I Am Woman, Hear Me Sing," a program about music written…