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Chloe Flower Blends Classical and Pop to Spotlight Female Composers

1/1/2026

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Story summary

Chloe Flower, American pianist, aims to attract young audiences to classical music by blending classical with rap and pop in her project Popsical.
Her Christmas album, She Composed: The Holidays, collects works by female composers from the ninth century, including Kassiani and Florence Price.
She notes that only 5% of current orchestral pieces are composed by women.
Flower seeks to change this narrative by increasing recognition of women's contributions.

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Story summary

Chloe Flower, American pianist, aims to attract young audiences to classical music by blending classical with rap and pop in her project Popsical.
Her Christmas album, She Composed: The Holidays, collects works by female composers from the ninth century, including Kassiani and Florence Price.
She notes that only 5% of current orchestral pieces are composed by women.
Flower seeks to change this narrative by increasing recognition of women's contributions.