Posted by Bart Collins on September 04, 2003 at 09:31:29:
I was sitting in my usual place in the tuba section of our 
band at an outdoor concert this week and got to pondering 
the question
"Why are there no Female composers/arrangers of 
concert band music? Tuba-Euphonium music? Brass Quintet Music?" 
I cannot name even one and I've been 
playing in community bands for well over 35 years and Brass 
Quintets and tuba ensembles for the last 15 years.
Any thoughts on this subject??