Heroines Throughout Music History

Nicole Lacroix
Last year I visited Oakcrest school in Vienna, Virginia to chat with members of a high school class that had upset a major election. Music teacher Alix Baldwin led her class in a musical putsch that dethroned Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 as the perennial winner of WETA Classical’s annual Classical Countdown, awarding first place to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The young women in Ms. Baldwin’s class learned a lot in that exercise about civic engagement, and how, with dedication and hard work, you can make a difference in your community.

Inspired by the girls’ commitment, I decided to base my talk on four women who, in my opinion, had found success in the music world through sheer talent and determination: my musical heroines.  

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