Choir Posters

Discover the great women composers throughout history that are now getting the attention they deserve. Use these as individual posters or as a chalkboard liner. These master composers and performers have

Melanie Helene Bonis, 1858-1937, Paris, France. Mel Bonis was a prolific French post romantic composer. She wrote more than 300 pieces, including works for piano solo and four hands, organ pieces, chamber

Ethel Smyth, 1858-1944, Sidcup, Kent, England. An English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral

Dora Pejačević 1885-1923, Budapest, Kingdom of Hungry.
Dora Pejačević is considered a major Croatian composer. She left behind a considerable catalogue of 58 opuses (106

Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 Paris, France. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, 1867-1944, Henniker, New Hampshire was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony,

Great American Composer: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Sousa, "The March King," performed over 14,000 concerts, had three hit Broadway musicals running simultaneously, and composed 136 marches and 17

Charley Patton (died April 28, 1934), also known as Charlie Patton, was an American Delta blues musician. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American

"Ma" Rainey (born Gertrude Pridgett, September 1882 or April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest African-American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues

Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised (1619–1677) was an Italian singer and composer. Her Baroque compositions were published in her lifetime.
Barbara was said to be "the most

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a French composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the daughter of Jacques-Edme Dumont, a successful sculptor, and sister to Auguste

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and