Some of this fall’s most recommended classical music shows feature music inspired by stories and voices lost to or neglected by history – including, but not limited to, women. Fortunately, the genre is no longer all about dead men – many concerts prominently feature music written by women who are very much alive and performing and composing, including the youngest ever Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, who lives right here in Portland and whose innovative, emotionally engaging music graces several of this fall’s concerts.

Grammy-winning operatic soprano Karen Slack will perform a concert featuring music by contemporary composers Sept. 13-14 at Beaverton’s Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack: ‘African Queens’ – Presented by Portland Opera

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