Women Composers Festival of Hartford is a highly valued resource for the dissemination and performance of music by women composers, as well as the inspiration for new works and collaborations. The Festival attracts scholars, composers, audiences, and supporters from around the world.

Each Festival features a Composer-in-Residence and Ensemble-in-Residence. WCFH commissions the Composer-in-Residence to create a new work. The Ensemble-in-Residence premieres this piece in a concert that also features the winning compositions selected from the International Score Call.

The Festival includes:

• Scholarly Symposium – presentations about women composers and their works

• International Score Call – a competition for new compositions scored for the instrumentation of the Ensemble-in-Residence

• Music Marathon – a full day of performances of works by women composers

• Emerging Composers Workshop – composers at the beginning of their careers are mentored by a professional composer as they compose a work for the Ensemble-in-Residence, culminating in a public reading