BBC Ten Pieces celebrated its 10th anniversary last week by announcing a new collection of ten works by women composers across eight centuries.

Sally Beamish, Hildegard von Bingen, Margaret Bonds, Lili Boulanger, Reena Esmail, Cassie Kinoshi, Marianna Martines, Laura Shigihara, Errollyn Wallen, Judith Weir

Building on ten years opening up the world of classical music to 7-14 year olds, BBC music education initiative Ten Pieces celebrated its 10th anniversary last week by announcing a new collection of ten works by women composers across eight centuries. 

The selection features a broad range of orchestral, vocal and gaming music by Sally Beamish, Hildegard von Bingen, Margaret Bonds, Lili Boulanger, Reena Esmail (BBC commission), Cassie Kinoshi (a BBC/ABRSM/Music For Youth co-commission), Marianna Martines, Laura Shigihara, Errollyn Wallen, and Master of the King’s Music Judith Weir.

Nine of the ten pieces were featured across the BBC Radio 3 schedule on Friday 8 March as part of its International Women’s Day celebrations, when the station marked the occasion with 24 hours of music only by women composers.

BBC Ten Pieces aims to open up the world of classical music to 7-14 year olds and inspire them to develop their own creative responses to the music. Recordings of the new repertoire and accompanying resources for 7-11 year olds will be released in the Autumn school term. The aim of this latest phase of the project is to increase the quantity of music by women composers studied and performed by children and young people, and to continue supporting teachers in delivering high quality music education.

Full details and further content from the BBC website.