Boulanger Initiative Database
Explore Gender-Marginalized Composers and Their Works
Welcome to Boulanger Initiative’s premier open-access resource, Boulanger Initiative Database (BID).
Designed for everyone – musicians, performers, conductors, students, researchers, educators, artistic administrators, and anyone with a curious mind – this database provides access to thousands of works by women and gender-marginalized composers. By sharing knowledge and resources, BID increases access to works by underrepresented composers, empowering all who wish to diversify classical music programming.
Explore over 20,000 works by more than 2,000 composers with ease, available to you for free.
"According to a recent study, during the 2023-2024 concert season, the top orchestras in the U.S. dedicated under three percent of their programming to the works of non-living women composers."
This underrepresentation perpetuates a damaging myth that women have historically created little of artistic merit.
There is, in fact, a wealth of high-quality music written by women dating hundreds of years in the past and forward, but most people are unaware of it.
SPECIAL THANKS is due to our supporters, contributors, & everyone who makes our work possible
Shepherd Moon is honored by and grateful for this opportunity to collaborate with Boulanger Initiative and develop the BID. We hope our combined effort furthers Boulanger Initiative’s mission to bring more attention to gender-marginalized composers and their works. Looking forward, we welcome additional development and consulting engagements with Boulanger Initiative and other partners to realize shared goals.
