Evolutions

Evolutions is a living timeline of works by women composers from the nineteenth century to our present time. Audiences will experience three centuries of repertoire from the clarinet and piano, solo piano, and solo clarinet, contextualized with the stories of each composer.
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MEDINA-ZIMMERMANN DUO receives the New York Women Composers Seed Money Grant! The NYWC is an organization committed to advocating and promoting living women composers and has served as a resource for women composers since 1984. Performances will begin in 2025!

New York Women Composers

New York Women Composers, Inc. was founded by composers Elizabeth Bell, Lucy Coolidge, Ann Callaway, and Robert Friou, Esq., in 1984. It is a New York 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. Founded in 1984, the New York Women Composers has been advocating and promoting music written by living women composers to redress the underrepresentation of women in the field of contemporary music. As one of the longest-established composer organizations in the United States, their mission is to increase awareness of music by women composers through performing, recording, networking, and mentoring opportunities.

Selected Composers

Ellen Fishman
Whitney George
Margarita Zelenaia
Chen Yi
Alla Borzova
Beata Moon

Out of the Shadows

OUT OF THE SHADOWS is a curation of works by women composers. Each work has a unique story to tell with the works spanning from the 19th to the 21st century. St. Monica's Concert Series presented OUT OF THE SHADOWS with the MEDINA-ZIMMERMANN DUO showcasing the accomplishments of Julia Perry, Alice Mary Smith, Eleanor Alberga, Cécile Chaminade, Clémence de Grandval, and Dorothy Rudd Moore.