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Women in trombone (2023)

Laura Guillén Alcaraz
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Women have been playing the trombone since the beginning of the instrument; however, their lives and achievements were less documented than those of their male colleagues, resulting in a lack of visibility throughout history. In this research, I explore the still-existing gender issues in a male-dominated space as are the brass sections. Through two interviews with professional female trombone players and a survey conducted amongst 121 trombone players, I have discovered how important gender-specific role models are to the field as are a source of inspiration and normalisation for future generations. I have also learned that the challenges that female trombone players have to face are far from being over, and a very high percentage of them feel that their gender has had a negative impact on their career. Additionally, I have also explored whether trombone players engage with repertoire by female composers. Although half of the respondents had played pieces by female composers, most of them had only played one, which indicates that there is still not a good gender-balance in the programming of repertoire. This part of the research has also led me to the discovery of many repertoire myself. Finally, I have explored some of the initiatives that are being done to deal with these issues in order to gather knowledge and inspiration for a continued work towards gender balance in the field of trombone.
typeresearch exposition
date22/02/2023
published19/07/2023
last modified19/07/2023
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightLaura Guillén Alcaraz
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1759017/1817333
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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