Philippa Schuyler (1931-1967) was a pianist, composer, journalist, and author. Hailed as a child prodigy (and genius!), she made her first public performance by the age of 4, and by the age of 16, she had already performed with many of the United State's leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic. She was a prolific composer, completing 200 works by 13 years old, and won several competitions performing her own works. Despite her successful early touring career, S

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Grammaté (1898-1974) is a Russian-born Canadian composer, pianist, and violinist. A largely self-taught composer, she is best known for her works for violin and solo piano - her Caprices and Piano Sonatas are amazing works for the advanced pianist, combining changing compositional trends such as neo-classicism, bitonality, jazz idioms, and serialism with her fascination and mastery of counterpoint. She received her music education at the Conservatoire d