Music Mavens 15 Women of Note in the Industry

by Walker, Ashley; Charles, Maureen

• ISBN13: 9798890680082
• ISBN10: 8890680083
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-09-17
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Nothing moves us like music. 
Music Mavens transports readers around the world (and beyond)—to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship Enterprise, to name a few. Along the way, it spotlights artists whose work spans musical genres and industry roles, including composing and songwriting, performing and conducting, audio engineering, producing, and rock photography.
In Music Mavens, 15 extraordinary women reveal how they turned their passions into platforms and how they use their power to uplift others. 
Their musical resumes will inspire, but the way each artist lives her life is the real story.

Author Biography

Ashley Walker is an author, educator, and amateur musician. She holds degrees in mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence, and she recently graduated from the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she was a three-time award winner. She lives in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit Ashley’s website: www.ashleywalkerbooks.com. Maureen Charles also has an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has worked for many years as a writer, editor, and writing coach. She sings, plays guitar and ukulele, and was married to an arranger, orchestrator, and composer of TV and film music. She lives in Pasadena, California. For more information, visit Maureen’s website at www.maureencharles.com.

Table of Contents

Prelude

Part I: Power to Innovate

1.     Macy Schmidt: Orchestrating Equity

2.     Lia Mice: Innovating Inclusion

3.     Katarina Benzova: Shooting Stars

Part II: Power to Perform

4.     Janet Dacal: Hitting Broadway Heights

5.     Valérie Sainte-Agathe: Stronger Together

6.     Kaoly Asano: Hearing the Inner Drummer

Part III: Power to Compose

7.     Nami Melumad: Cinematic Scoring

8.     Joanne Shenandoah: Standing in Power

9.     Kate Schutt: Presence Not Perfection

Part IV: Power to Improvise

10.  Kaila Mullady: Beatboxing Brilliance

11.  Vân-Ánh Võ: Tradition and Improvisation

12.  Regina Carter: Call and Response

Part V: Power to Produce

13.  Nova Wav: Songwriting and Producing Duo

14.  Maria Elisa Ayerbe: Engineering Latin Sound

15.  Sylvia Massy: Adventure Recording

Tribute to Sophie Xeon

Coda

Ovation

Playlist

Resources