1991 Reuter at the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR

1992 Mander at Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ

1998 Glatter Götz at United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA

1992 Fisk at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

2003 Dobson at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA

Women Work

…in anticipation of Women's Equality Day, a program to showcase women composers and organists.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of August 19, 2013

Music played in the program

Hour 1

BARBARA HARBACH: A Celebration of Hymns (Azmon; In Babilone; Holy Manna; Chester) (1965 Aeolian-Skinner/Christ Church Cathedral, Saint Louis, MO) MSR Classics 1254

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Aria and Scherzo for Flute and Organ –Sue Lowcock Harris, flute; Joan DeVee Dixon (1991 Reuter/University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBW Records 015

AMY CHENY BEACH: Prelude on an Old Folk Tune –Miriam Zach (1992 Mander/Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ) Minerva Productions 131926

MARY BETH BENNETT: Variations on a Theme of Friedrich Ludwig Diehn (Outburst of Spring Triumphant) –Alan Morrison (1963 Casavant-Letourneau/Christ and St. Luke's Church, Norfolk, VA) Pipedreams Archive (r. 7/8/2009)

MARGARET MEIER: Romantic Passacaglia on a 12-tone Theme –Frances Nobert (1998 Glatter Götz/United Church of Christ, Claremont, CA) Raven 550

EMMA LOU DIEMER: Psalm 121 (I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills) for Organ, Brass and Percussion –Emmanuel Brass; Emma Lou Diemer (1992 Reuger/University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR) RBW 013

Hour 2

PAMELA DECKER: Flutes for San Francisco, fr Home Suite Home –Margaret Martin Kvamme (1889 Felgemaker-1988 Goodwin/Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, CA) Albany 940

JOSEPH DOPPELBAUER: Partita in C –Mary Preston (1992 Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Gothic 49094

ANONYMOUS: Veni Creator Verses –Kimberly Marshall (1987 Rosales/Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR) Loft 1021

FLORENCE PRICE: First Sonata for Organ –Calvert Johnson (1972 Harrison/Christ Church, Savannah, GA) Calcante 014

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in e –Cherry Rhodes (2003 Dobson/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA) Delos 3346

A bill to grant suffrage to women of the United States, first introduced to the Senate in 1872, finally was passed as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on August 26, 1920, and Women's Equality Day celebrates the anniversary of that occasion.

These additional programs focus on the contributions of women composers and performers:

And Then She Wrote (#9934)
Cherchez les Femmes(#0210)
Women's Work (#0309)
She's Done It (#0730)
Emma Lou! (#1004)
Ladies First (#1009)
Women at Work (#1301)