Tina Davidson

Composer Tina Davidson has been active in support of women in music and on behalf of underrepresented urban communities. She has written music in a variety of genres, from choral to chamber to orchestral. In 1992, Davidson wrote a widely publicized article for Ms. magazine exploring the difficulties women faced in the world of classical composition. Davidson issued a group of her early compositions on the album Tina Davidson: I Hear the Mermaids Singing in 1996. She founded the Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum and was its director from 1999 to 2001. Davidson organized a festival, New Music Across America, that mounted events in 18 cities. Davidson contributed a work to Hilary Hahn's In 27 Pieces album. In 2023, three of Davidson's choral compositions appeared on the album Tina Davidson: Hymn of the Universe.