Ewa Trębacz awarded Listen UP! Music by Women
2018 Artist Grant from Allied Arts Foundation in Seattle
Listen UP! Music by Women: a cross-genre competition for new works by women composers and songwriters, was the first opportunity of its kind in Washington State. Ewa Trębacz was awarded the 2018 grant to support the premiere of her new work Inanna Descending. The piece was premiered on February 28, 2019 at Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Gerlich Theater in Seattle.
Women have been historically and systemically disadvantaged in the fields of music composition and songwriting, often receiving far fewer opportunities and resources to create new musical work than their male peers. Listen UP! Music by Women presented an opportunity for community dialogue, expression and support for the significant female talent in Washington.