This annual addition to CSUF’s Women’s Month celebration from the
university’s Department of Music is the brainchild of faculty member/composer
Pamela Madsen, who states: "I feel that it’s important to give these amazingly
creative women composers and performers from around the world an
opportunity to join in a special event such as this. Meanwhile, it provides our
students, campus community and all of Orange County a place to speak about
women in new music and electro-acoustic music with others."
In response to last year’s offerings Jennifer Logan, editor of Spectrum
Press and Festival of New Music wrote, "This event brought a greater
awareness of the magnitude of success women are having with musical
professions. To be present and to meet some of these women who welcomed
each other with such a degree of enthusiasm and grace, without pretension or
competition–I had the sense that we are all links in an all-important global
community of women in the arts."

This annual addition to CSUF’s Women’s Month celebration from the
university’s Department of Music is the brainchild of faculty member/composer
Pamela Madsen, who states: "I feel that it’s important to give these amazingly
creative women composers and performers from around the world an
opportunity to join in a special event such as this. Meanwhile, it provides our
students, campus community and all of Orange County a place to speak about
women in new music and electro-acoustic music with others."
In response to last year’s offerings Jennifer Logan, editor of Spectrum
Press and Festival of New Music wrote, "This event brought a greater
awareness of the magnitude of success women are having with musical
professions. To be present and to meet some of these women who welcomed
each other with such a degree of enthusiasm and grace, without pretension or
competition–I had the sense that we are all links in an all-important global
community of women in the arts."

Considered one of Britain's most important post-minimalist composers,
Gavin Bryars mixes classical,jazz and modern influences in music that is
both intellectually engaging and emotionally touching. He has remained a
provocative yet accessible composer in a variety of musical settings since
his first major piece, The Sinking of the Titanic, was performed in 1969.
Bryars currently works with the human voice and, in particular, with
soloists who can cross over from classical to contemporary music.

The fifth edition of Arte Sonoro, Mexico's pre-eminent international sound
art festival, travels to REDCAT. Dedicated to the presentation of the
sonic arts in all its manifestations (especially when cross-ing disciplines
and genres between the visual arts and back into contemporary culture
through alter-native pop and electronica) the curators of Arte Sonoro bring
a wide variety of innovative sound artists to Mexico City every two years.
The last festival attracted an audience of more than 10,000.

The fifth edition of Arte Sonoro, Mexico's pre-eminent international sound
art festival, travels to REDCAT. Dedicated to the presentation of the
sonic arts in all its manifestations (especially when cross-ing disciplines
and genres between the visual arts and back into contemporary culture
through alter-native pop and electronica) the curators of Arte Sonoro bring
a wide variety of innovative sound artists to Mexico City every two years.
The last festival attracted an audience of more than 10,000.