Our Mission, Vision, & Values

Celebrating, Performing, and Supporting Music Composed by Women

Mission

Boulanger Initiative advocates for women and all gender marginalized composers. We foster inclusivity and representation to expand and enrich the collective understanding of what music is, has been, and can be. We promote music composed by women through performance, education, research, consulting, and commissions.

Vision

We envision a future in which Boulanger Initiative becomes obsolete when women and gender-marginalized composers no longer need our advocacy.

Values

We believe in bringing communities together with respect. We focus on women and gender-marginalized composers not to create division but to build equity.

Through active intersectional inclusivity, we work to end discrimination against composers, whether based on gender, race, ethnicity, age, or ability, by creating an artistic space where everyone is welcome, supported, and heard.

We prioritize those with the least institutional power in all of our advocacy.