Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Caitlin Yeo and Alice Chance: successful composers at the forefront of diversifying Australian classical music reflect on the wins and the tasks ahead.
But thanks to the work of women in the field, their allies and advocates, the music we hear and play is slowly getting more diverse.
As a Yorta Yorta and Yuin woman, Cheetham Fraillon has made significant contributions in raising First Nations voices and perspectives in Australian classical music.According to Caitlin Yeo, who has won some of Australia's most prestigious awards for her screen scores, the lack of diversity has also been striking in the film industry.
In 2016, Yeo co-founded the Gender Equity Committee at the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. " there is definitely a larger representation and awareness of female screen composers in the industry," Yeo says.As a younger composer, Alice Chance is aware of how much she has benefited from the increasingly inclusive environment of the classical composition world in the 2010s.
Caitlin Yeo has seen and overseen changes to the recognition of women in the film industry. While progress has been made during her career, she cautions against getting complacent about gender equity.Yeo warns us not to be complacent, pointing out this is not the first time gender equity initiatives have been implemented.
"This way of doing business is exclusionary and it is not sustainable," Cheetham Fraillon states, referencingThe report found that in 2019-2020, music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart were performed more times than the combined works by women composers, andBeing a culturally and linguistically diverse composer, Yeo reflects on the complex challenges of drawing from her Asian heritage while ensuring she isn't siloed by expectations.
As a lesbian and feminist, it's important for Cheetham Fraillon to invest in a world which isn't dominated by one group. "The future needs to be a reflection of society," she says, "as inclusive and diverse as the society we have in Australia."
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