June 2026
Updates to the database continue, reflecting a flourishing of newly composed and published works by women.
What's new
News and Performances
June 2023
A first curated list of suggestions of anthems by women composers for the three-year lectionary is completed.
Fall September - November 2021
A Great Host partners with Amplify Female Composers presenting weekly choral music sung by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street from New York City on Fall Female Composer Fridays in September, October and November 2021. All the choral anthems have been chosen from the Women Composers Database to match the Sunday RCL lectionary readings. Visit www.amplifyfemalecomposers.org for more details.
July 2021
A Great Host of Composers gratefully acknowledges the receipt of a 2021-22 grant from the Association of Anglican Musicians in support of both the website and women composers database.
June 2021
A Great Host website launches with the Women Composer Liturgical Listings for RCL Year B.
October 2020
A Great Host of Composers publishes a seasonal selection of choral and organ music by women composers as a liturgical resource in the Journal of the Anglican Association of Musicians (AAM). The first listing covers Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany in Year B.
