Joan Tower-4

Joan Tower is one of the most well known American composers living or dead, and is also one of the most successful female composers ever! Many of her compositions have won awards including a Grammy. She is also an accomplished pianist. Joan was born in 1938 in New York. When she was a child her family moved to South America, she returned to the states many years later to go to college and continue her music career. Listen to the following examples:

For The Uncommon Woman

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