making changes

 HOW CAN I HELP?

• VOLUNTEER

• DONATE HERE

• WORK TO GET YOUR JAZZ ENSEMBLE GENDER RATIO EQUAL TO YOUR CONCERT BAND RATIO

• ADOPT A NEW DRESS CODE  - consider revising your dress code so that  all genders have the same choices.  All black works well for everyone.  Avoid  the situation of having boys in suits and then putting girls in dresses or gowns, or asking them to wear men's suits and consider where nonbinary students fit in to your current dress code. 

• PROGRAM LITERATURE WRITTEN BY WOMEN, click BELOW for some resources

  • BRAVA JAZZ PUBLISHING

  • EJAZZLINES 

  • MARINA MUSIC

    • SOME WOMEN COMPOSERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BIG BAND:

      • • AYN INSERTO

        • TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI

        • PATTY DARLING                                                               

        •  LISA DESPAIN

        • PATRICIAL JULIEN                                                                                 

        •  MELBA LISTON                                                                  

        • SHERISSE ROGERS

        • MARIA SCHNEIDER                                                                                 

        • ELLEN ROWE                                                                      

        • MARY LOU WILLIAMS

• PLAY RECORDINGS OF WOMEN JAZZ MUSICIANS

• STEREOTYPE THREAT - become familiar with stereotype threat and how it can affect student learning, performance, and participation. 

• REPRESENTATION - bring in female guest artists and clinicians  (consider college students as well as pros) read Grammy Nominee Tia Fuller's article about representation  here:  Tia Fuller

• EDUCATION - here are a few articles to get you started:

  • • Article:  NPR Women In Jazz, Part 1, Margaret Howze

    • Article: be a good girl or play like a man, Biddy Healy

    • Jazz Band: Where are the Girls? Kelly Clingan

    • Jazz, Gender and Iowa's All-Female Jazz Orchestra