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The Indigenous Arts program at The Banff Centre was established in 1993 in partnership with the Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance (AFVAA). The goal of the program was to provide Indigenous artists with access to resources and spaces to develop their skills, technological expertise, and forms of creation within the principles of self-government in the arts. Artists included writers, musicians, dancers and choreographers, visual and new media artists, and others. The program produced collective, multidisciplinary programs using a variety of forms and approaches, in both traditional and contemporary voices. Programs have included: the Indigenous Choreography and Dance Residency program, the Aboriginal Women's Voices program, An Aboriginal Journey with Brecht...A Theatre Workshop, the Creation of New Works Residency program, Writing for Series Television: A Screenwriting Workshop for Aboriginal Storytellers, the Indigenous Writing Program, Diverse As This Land, Hi-Rez Storytelling, and Re(Claim). Other programs included self-directed residencies and work studies in arts management, audio, curatorial, media production and post-production, theatre design and stage management. The Indigenous Arts Program also organizes events and performances for National Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Originally known as the Aboriginal Arts Program, the program underwent a name change as of October 1, 2012. The program became the Indigenous Arts Program to reflect and honour its international impact and connections to Indigenous communities. The name change was initiated five years prior by director Sandra Laronde.

Directors of the Indigenous Arts Program:
1995 to 2003 – Marrie Mumford (Chippewa-Cree)
2003 to 2004 – Lou-Ann Neel (Mamalillikulla, Da’naxda’xw, Mumtagila, and Kwagiulth)
2008 to 2016 – Sandra Laronde (Teme-Augama-Anishinaabe)
2017— Present – Reneltta Arluk (Inuvialuit, Dene, Cree)

The Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) is a triennial event, open to string quartets of all nationalities whose members meet the competition’s age requirements. Participating groups perform works from the string quartet canon, as well as a specially commissioned imposed piece. The competition was initially conceived as a one-time event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Banff Centre in 1983. It was proposed by Kenneth (Ken) Murphy (Manager of Extension Services) to the institution’s Anniversary Committee in November, 1980, and officially approved in 1981. Its proposed advantages were that it was “…closely related to the School’s activities, not something artificially conceived as an anniversary project”, while also bringing international recognition to the School and its anniversary, helping to promote the music program, and fulfilling a general need for more ensemble music competitions. Following the 1983 competition, it was decided to establish it as a recurring event, to take place every three years. In 1984 BISQC was accepted as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

Executive Directors: Ken Murphy (1983 – 1996), Peter Gardner (1996 - 2006), Barry Shiffman (2006 - )

1ST BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
April 24 - 30, 1983

IMPOSED PIECE
Movement for String Quartet by Harry Somers (commissioned by the Canada Council)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Lorand Fenyves
Thomas Rolston
Zoltan Székely

COMPETITION JURY
Ede Banda
Andrew Dawes
Piero Farulli
Raphael Hillyer
Emanuel Hurwitz
Mischa Schneider

QUARTETS
Brodsky Quartet (United Kingdom)
Colorado Quartet (United States)
Da Vinci Quartet (United States)
Eder Quartet (Hungary)
Hagen Quartet (Austria)
Harrington Quartet (United States)
Lydian Quartet (United States)
Manchester Quartet (United States)
Mendelssohn Quartet (United States)
Vermilion Quartet (United States)

WINNERS
Colorado Quartet (1st place)
Hagen Quartet (2nd place)
Lydian Quartet (3rd place and best performance of the imposed piece)
Mendelssohn Quartet (4th place)
Eder Quartet (5th place)

2ND BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
April 13 - 19, 1986

IMPOSED PIECE
Three Archetypes by John Hawkins (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Thomas Rolston
Lorand Fenyves
Zoltan Székely

COMPETITION JURY
Thomas Brandis
Andrew Dawes
Felix Galimir
Sidney Griller
Raphael Hillyer
Bretislav Novotny
Jaap Schröder

QUARTETS
Amati Quartet (Switzerland)
Carmina Quartet (Switzerland)
Cavani Quartet (United States)
Coull Quartet (United Kingdom)
Debut Quartet (Canada)
Franciscan Quartet (United States)
Jagdish Mistry Quartet (United Kingdom)
Lark Quartet (United States)
Quatuor Parisii (France)
Vanbrugh Quartet (United Kingdom)

WINNERS
Franciscan Quartet (1st place)
Carmina Quartet (2nd place)
Lark Quartet (3rd place)
Cavani Quartet (4th place)
Quatuor Parisii (best performance of the imposed piece)

3RD BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
April 2 - 8, 1989

IMPOSED PIECE
Arche II by Allan Bell (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Zdenek Konicek
Eugene Lehner
Gerald Stanick

COMPETITION JURY
Serge Collot
Andrew Dawes
Sandor Devich
Koichiro Harada
Martin Lovett
Scott Nickrenz
Artur Paciorkiewicz

QUARTETS
Augustine Quartet (United States)
Beijing Quartet (China and Belgium)
Brindisi Quartet (United Kingdom)
Cassatt Quartet (United States)
Keller Quartet (Hungary)
Ludwig Quartet (France)
Manfred Quartet (France)
New Zealand Quartet (New Zealand)
Sierra Quartet (United States)
Westbrook Quartet (United States)

WINNERS
Manfred Quartet (1st place)
Cassatt Quartet (2nd place and the best performance of the imposed piece)
Keller Quartet (3rd place)
Brindisi Quartet (4th place)

4th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
April 19 – 25, 1992

IMPOSED PIECE
Lament in the Trampled Garden by Marjan Mozetich (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Lorand Fenyves
Jaroslav Karlovsky
Martha Strongin Katz

COMPETITION JURY
Earl Carlyss
Andrew Dawes
Philip de Groote
Sandor Devich
Jaroslav Karlovsky
Julie Rosenfeld
Milan Skampa

QUARTETS
Amati Quartet (Switzerland)
Amernet Quartet (United States)
Artaria Quartet of Boston (United States)
Quartetto Fonè (Italy) – withdrew from competition
Harrington Quartet (United States)
Quatuor Joachim (France)
Mandelring Quartet (Germany)
Miami Quartet (United States)
St. Lawrence Quartet (Canada)
Ying Quartet (United States)

WINNERS
St. Lawrence Quartet (1st place and best performance of the imposed piece)
Ying Quartet (2nd place)
Amati Quartet (3rd place)
Mandelring Quartet (4th place)

5th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 27 – September 1, 1995

IMPOSED PIECE
Phantoms by Heather Anne Schmidt (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Lorand Fenyves
Sydney Humphreys
Dennis Simons

COMPETITION JURY
Andrew Dawes
Rostislav Dubinsky
Bretislav Novotny
Martha Strongin-Katz
Gábor Takács-Nagy
David Takeno
Georges Zeisel

QUARTETS
Amernet Quartet (United States)
Cracovia Quartet (Poland)
Eleonara Quartet (Russia)
Everest Quartet (United States)
Henschel Quartet (Germany)
Maia Quartet (United States)
Minguet Quartet (Germany)
Montclaire Quartet (United States)
Quartetto Elisa (Italy)
Quartetto Fonè (Italy)

WINNERS
Amernet Quartet (1st place)
Everest Quartet (2nd place)
Henschel Quartet (3rd place and best performance of the imposed piece)
Montclaire Quartet (4th place)

6th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 16 – 22, 1998

IMPOSED PIECE
String Quartet No. 2 by Chan Ka Nin (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Lorand Fenyves
Paul Katz
David Takeno

COMPETITION JURY
Andrew Dawes
Stephanie Gonley
Bonnie Hampton
Geoffrey Nuttall
Christoph Poppen
Dennis Simons
Jean Sulem

QUARTETS
Amar Quartet (Switzerland)
Avalon Quartet (United States)
Belcea Quartet (United Kingdom)
Quatuor Castagneri (France)
Contempo Quartet (Romania)
Quatuor Diotima (France)
Fry Street Quartet (United States)
Quatuor Johannes (France)
Miró Quartet (United States)
Quinten Quartet (Russia)

WINNERS
Miró Quartet (1st place and best performance of the imposed piece)
Castagneri Quartet (2nd place)
Belcea Quartet (3rd place)
Avalon Quartet (4th place)

7th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 28 - September 2, 2001

IMPOSED PIECE
Test Run by John Estacio (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
David Takeno
Wolfgang Laufer
Jean Sulem

COMPETITION JURY
Andrew Dawes
Lorand Fenyves
Keith Harvey
Marina Hoover
Josef Kluson
Katherine Murdock
Donald Weilerstein

QUARTETS
Daedalus Quartet (United States)
Delancey Quartet (United States)
Diabelli Quartet (Canada)
Ensō Quartet (United States)
Herold Quartet (Czech Republic)
Kuss Quartet (Germany)
Penguin Quartet (Czech Republic)
Quartet Excelsior (Japan)
Quatuor Johannes (France)
Quatuor Satie (France)

WINNERS
Daedalus Quartet (1st place, best performance of the imposed piece, and the Székely Prize)
Kuss Quartet (2nd place)
Delancey Quartet (3rd place)
Quatuor Satie (4th place)

8th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 31 – September 5, 2004

IMPOSED PIECE
String Quartet No. 2, “Banff Variations” by Stewart Grant (commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Martin Beaver
Keith Harvey
Jean Sulem

COMPETITION JURY
Andrew Dawes
Levon Chilingirian
Sadao Harada
Doris Lederer
Philippe Muller
Barry Shiffman
Sung-Won Yang

QUARTETS
Alma Quartet (France)
Carmel Quartet (Israel)
Ensō Quartet (United States)
Fry Street Quartet (United States)
Jupiter Quartet (United States)
Matangi Quartet (Holland)
Penguin Quartet (Czech Republic)
Quince Quartet (United Kingdom)
Royal Quartet (Poland)
Tokai Quartet (Canada)

WINNERS
Jupiter Quartet (1st place and the Székely Prize)
Ensō Quartet (2nd place and best performance of the imposed piece)
Royal Quartet (3rd place)
Fry Street Quartet (4th place)

9th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 28 – September 2, 2007

IMPOSED PIECE
Dark Energy by Kelly-Marie Murphy (co-commissioned by the Banff Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Christopher Costanza
Heime M üller
Daniel Phillips

COMPETITION JURY
Henk Guttart
Paul Katz
Lesley Robertson
Gerhard Schulz
Mariana Sirbu
Simon Standage
Jacqueline Thomas

QUARTETS
Afiara Quartet (Canada)
Ariel Quartet (Israel and United States)
Attaca Quartet (United States)
Koryo Quartet (United States)
Rubens Quartet (Netherlands) - withdrew from competition
Rusquartet (Russia)
Talisker Quartet (Denmark)
TinAlley Quartet (Australia)
Tokai Quartet (Canada)
Zemlinsky Quartet (Czech Republic)

WINNERS
TinAlley Quartet (1st place)
Zemlinsky Quartet (2nd place)
Ariel Quartet (3rd place and the Székely Prize)
Tokai Quartet (4th place)
Koryo Quartet (Canadian Commission Prize)

10th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 30 – September 5, 2010

IMPOSED PIECE
Commedia dell’arte by Ana Sokolovic (co-commissioned by the Banff Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Denis Brott
Marka Gustavsson
Ian Swenson

COMPETITION JURY
Terrence Helmer
Eric Höbarth
Louise Hopkins
Hsin-Yun Huang
Joel Krosnick
Tim Vogler
Timothy Ying

QUARTETS
Afiara Quartet (Canada)
Amaryllis Quartet (Germany and Switzerland)
Asasello Quartet (Germany)
Atrium Quartet (Russia)
Cecilia Quartet (Canada)
Hausmann Quartet (United States)
Noga Quartet (France)
Peresson Quartet (United States)
Quatuor Zaïde (France)

WINNERS
Cecilia Quartet (1st place and the Canadian Commission Prize)
Afiara Quartet (2nd place and the Székely Prize)
Quatuor Zaïde (3rd place)

11th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 26 – September 1, 2013

IMPOSED PIECE
String Quartet No. 3 by Vivian Fung (co-commissioned by the Banff Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Norman Fischer
Jerzy Kaplanek
Roger Tapping

COMPETITION JURY
Miguel da Silva
András Fejér
Kikuei Ikeda
Garth Knox
Nicholas Kitchen
Richard Lester
Scott St. John

QUARTETS
Anima Quartet (Russia and China
Attaca Quartet (United States)
Calidore Quartet (United States and Canada)
Dover Quartet (United States)
Gémeaux Quartett (Switzerland)
Linden Quartet (United States and Canada)
Navarra Quartet (United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands)
Noga Quartet (France and Israel)
Quatuor Cavatine (France)
Schumann Quartett (Germany)

WINNERS
Dover Quartet (1st place, the Canadian Commission Prize, Székely Prize, R.S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize, and the Esterházy Foundation Prize)
Quatuor Cavatine (2nd place)
Navarra Quartet (3rd place)

12th BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

DATES
August 29 – September 4, 2016

IMPOSED PIECE
String Quartet No. 1 by Zosha Di Castri (co-commissioned by the Banff Centre, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Americas Society)

PRELIMINARY JURY
Clive Greensmith
Douglas McNabney
Philip Setzer

COMPETITION JURY
Philip Setzer
Vera Beths
Denis Brott
Isabel Charisius
Yoshiko Nakura
Geoffrey Nuttall
Peter Salaff
Alasdair Tait

QUARTETS
Aeolus Quartet (United States)
Argus Quartet (United States)
Castalian Quartet (United Kingdom)
Omer Quartet (United States)
Quartet Arpa (Japan)
Quartet Berlin-Tokyo (Israel and Japan)
Rolston Quartet (Canada)
Tesla Quartet (Russia, South Korea, and the United States)
Ulysses Quartet (Canada, the United States, and Taiwan)
Verona Quartet (Canada, the United States, and Singapore)

WINNERS
Rolston Quartet (1st place, Esterházy Foundation Prize, and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance Prize)
Tesla Quartet (2nd place, the Canadian Commission Prize, and the R.S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize)
Castalian Quartet (3rd place)

The Banff Festival of Mountain Films began in 1976 under the sponsorship of the Centre's School of the Environment and The Alpine Club of Canada. The festival continued as an annual event within the School of Management, presenting a juried selection of international films and awards, as well as seminars and guest speakers. A North American touring program was established in 1986 to show the award-winning films. The Centre for Mountain Culture was established in 1996 to continue the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival and Banff Mountain Book Festival as well as to sponsor research, events, and educational programs on international alpine activities including an annual photography competition. In 1997, the name was shortened to Mountain Culture. Festival directors include John Amatt (1976 – 1987), Bernadette McDonald (1988-2006), Shannon O’Donoghue (2006 – 2008), David Cox (2009), Joni Cooper (2010-2013), Deb Smythe (2014-2018), and Joanna Croston (2019 -).

In 1978, a Canadian team of climbers was granted permission for an autumn 1982 expedition to climb Mt. Everest via the Nepal side of the mountain. The objective was to put a Canadian team on the summit for the first time, via a new route on the mountain’s South Spur. In 1981, the Montreal-based company CanEverEx was formed to facilitate the marketing, promotional, and licensing aspects of the expedition. Montreal-based Programmed Communications Limited was subsequently contracted by CanEverEx and the Canadian Mount Everest Society to further act as an administrator and curator of the photographs and other media produced during the expedition. Air Canada joined as a primary sponsor for the expedition, and extensive press coverage and promotional opportunities were planned. In 1979 The Calgary Herald and Southam News bought the newspaper rights for the expedition coverage and the television rights were acquired by the CBC and ABC. Teleglobe Canada was engaged to provide a satellite configuration that would provide the first-ever live video links between Everest and Canada, and further video and photographic documentation was enabled through sponsorships from Hitachi, Leica and Kodak.

A specially-chartered Air Canada cargo plane delivered expedition supplies to Nepal via India in April 1982, accompanied by a small advance party of climbers and photographers. The full team departed for Nepal in July 1982, under the leadership of expedition leader Bill March. Several months in to the expedition, on August 31, an avalanche hit in the Khumbu Icefall, killing 3 of the expedition’s Sherpa team members, including Ang Chuldim Sherpa (age 18), Pasang Sona Sherpa (age 40), and Dawa Dorje Sherpa (age 40). A second Icefall accident occurred on September 2, killing expedition cameraman Blair Griffiths (age 33). Following this, 6 climbers left the expedition, including Tim Auger, Rusty Baillie, James Blench, Jim Elzinga, Dave McNab, and Don Serl. Team doctor David Jones also left due to health reasons. The planned South Spur route was changed to the South Col route, and on October 5, 1982, Laurie Skreslet became the first Canadian to summit Mount Everest with Sherpa team members Sungdare Sherpa and Lhakpa Dorje. Two days later, on October 7, team member Pat Morrow reached the summit with Lhakpa Tshering and Pema Dorje. Upon their return to Calgary, Programmed Communications Limited greeted the team and members of the press with a welcome home slideshow presentation, using photographs that the team members had taken along the way. The team was subsequently honoured in Ottawa by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

TEAM MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES:

John Amatt, expedition business manager (36 at time of climb, based in Canmore, AB)
Timothy Auger (36 at time of climb, based in Canmore, AB)
Stephen Bezruchka, High altitude physician (38 at time of climb, based in Seattle, WA)
Rusty Baillie, climber (41 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
James Blench, climber (26 at time of climb, based in Canmore, AB)
Alan Burgess, climber (33 at time of climb, based in Kathmandu, Nepal)
Dwayne Congdon, climber (25 at time of climb, based in Invermere, BC)
Jim Elzinga, climber (27 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
Lloyd Gallagher, deputy leader (42 at time of climbed, based in Canmore, AB)
Blair Griffiths, expedition cameraman (33 at time of climb, based in North Vancouver, BC)
David Jones, Base Camp physician (50 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
Bill March, expedition leader (40 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
David McNab, climber (26 at the time of climb, based in Invermere, BC)
Pat Morrow, climber (29 at time of climb, based in Kimberley, BC)
Dave Read, climber (33 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
Don Serl, climber (34 at time of climb, based in Vancouver, BC)
Laurie Skreslet, climber (32 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)
Gordon Smith, climber (36 at time of climb, based in Golden, BC)
Peter Spear, Base Camp manager (age 41 at time of climb, based in Calgary, AB)

Kurt Fuhrich, Base Camp cook (33 at time of climb, based in Banff)

Gyaljen Sherpa and Nawang Karma Sherpa, expedition sirdars
Sungdare Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Nuru Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Tenzing Tashi Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
An Rinzing Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Lhawa Nima Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Pema Dorje Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Sonam Chottar Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Namgyal Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Ang Chuldim Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Pasang Sona Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Ang Chumbi Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Pasang Nuru Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Dawa Dorjee Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Dawa Nuru Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Gyaljen Sherpa (Phortse), high altitude Sherpa
Ang Lhakpa Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa (Phortse), high altitude Sherpa
Ang Nima Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Ang Rita Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Ang Phurba Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Mingma Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Ang Pemba Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Pemba Tshering Sherpa, high altitude cook
Dendu Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Chewang Sherpa, high altitude Sherpa
Phuri Sherpa, kitchen
Palden Chosang Sherpa, Base Camp cook
Lhakpa Sona Sherpa, mail runner
Sona Dendu Sherpa, mail runner
Ang Gyaljen Sherpa, mail runner

Bruce Patterson, expedition press officer
Andy Bako, photographer hired by PCL
Jean Becq, photographer hired by PCL
Bob Warren, photographer hired by PCL

Jim Muir, President, Programmed Communications Limited (PCL) (Montreal)
Brian Smith, Partner at PCL
Lynn Muir, Jim Muir’s daughter, worked at PCL during the summer of 1982
Lynn Huntley, PCL

Nevil Pike, president of CanEverEx
Robin Palin, CanEverEx
Michael Breckon, director of advertising at Air Canada and executive producer of Everest radio serial

Bobby Chettri, Mountain Travel in Nepal

The Walter Phillips Gallery opened on August 3, 1976 with the mandate to commission, exhibit, and collect contemporary Canadian and international art. Gallery directors during the period covered by these records include Barry Morrison (1976-1979); Lorne Falk (1979-1985), Daina Augaitis (1986-1994), Catherine Crowston (1995-1997), Jon Tupper (1998-2001) and Anthony Kiendel (2002-2006). The Walter Phillips Gallery presented some 400 original exhibitions from its opening until 2004, showing works of contemporary art in all media including audio and video art, performance art and conceptual art as well as ceramics, fibre art, sculpture and painting and drawing. The exhibition themes were often chosen to complement the research and interests of artists in thematic residencies at The Banff Centre, and often included aboriginal artists. The gallery organized educational programs for most exhibitions, such as community outreach, artist's presentations and other special events, many of which were recorded on audio or videotape. It also produced catalogues for over half the exhibitions. The fonds includes records of exhibitions held at The Banff Centre prior to the establishment of the Gallery.

In the 1980s, Ina Dennekamp founded a British Columbia wing of the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC). Along with about a dozen BC women composers this organization produced an annual concert series. However, in the early 1990s, Ina decided there was a need to broaden the base of the organization beyond composers, and to represent the interests of all women involved in the music world (musicians, composers, journalists, etc). Furthermore, the members of the BC wing were feeling alienated from a Toronto-based organization, and hoped a local organization would better suit their needs.

With these concerns in mind, the BC wing of the ACWC was formally dissolved in June 1990, and replaced with the Society for Women in Music. The founding members of the organization were: Jeannie Corsi, Ina Dennekamp, Bonnie Ferguson, Sherilyn Fritz, Anita Perry, Sylvia Rickard, and Anita Sleeman.

The new group was established to be “a resource and education organization that aims to increase the contribution and recognition of women in all aspects of music”. To that end, the Society created a bursary fund, produced (or co-produced) several public musical events which promoted the work of women composers and musicians, hosted workshops and conferences, produced a newsletter and established a resource centre.