Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we’re celebrating the women who taken bold new steps in the music world. And we’re celebrating by listening to Second Inversion’s 24-hour stream featuring over 200 women composers. From Second Inversion:⁣ ⁣ “For much of classical music history, socially-prescribed gender roles excluded women from participating in composition. Women were denied access to musical resources, financial patronage, art and music networks, and performance and publication opportunities.⁣ ⁣ “It had far reaching effects: what we now consider the Western classical music canon solidified around the music of white men, and even in the 21st century concert programs are still overwhelmingly dominated by the music of male composers. According to a survey of 89 American symphony orchestras, women composers accounted for only 1.7 percent of the total pieces performed in the 2015-2016 concert season.”⁣ ⁣ Visit the link in our bio to stream the marathon. And be sure to check out Sec...