WQXR names Gemma New a top woman conductor on the rise

WQXR writes that “male conductors still vastly outnumber women. However, maestros including Marin Alsop, Susanna Mälkki, Jane Glover and Emmanuelle Haïm are breaking down gender barriers, through which a generation of younger women is crossing.”

The article names NJSO Assistant Conductor Gemma New one of the top five women conductors on the rise:

The other semi-finalist at the [2012 Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competitions] was Gemma New, an associate conductor at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Originally from New Zealand, New got her Master’s degree at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where she is the director of the Lunar Ensemble, which commissions and performs contemporary music. After appearing at Carnegie Hall last season, New will continue to work with Jacques Lacombe this fall, as well as the New Amsterdam Symphony in New York and the Hamilton Orchestra in Canada. Not yet 30, she is the youngest member of this group.

Read the full feature at www.wqxr.org.

Read an NJSO: Backstage interview with New.