Women's History Month 2026It's that time once again for me to focus on the women who have come before and inspire me to be my authentic and best self! View my 2026 feature and check out the information I gathered on the amazing women who inspire me
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Women's History Month 2025View my 2025 feature and check out the information I gathered on the amazing percussionists who inspire me
at this link! |
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Women's History Month 2024View my 2024 feature and check out the information I gathered on the amazing percussionists who inspire me
at this link! |
Women's History Month24 by McKenzie Squires
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Women's History Month 2023View my 2023 feature and check out the information I gathered on the amazing percussionists who inspire me
at this link! |
Copy of Women's History Month by McKenzie Squires
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Women's History Month 2022Remembering all the times I’ve been told no and been judged by simply walking into a room; all the times my gender expression has caused someone to tell me I can’t be a percussionist. So In honor of not taking no as an answer and showing people how powerful women in music are I’m going to (attempt to) post every day of Women’s History Month a woman in music who inspires me to do anything and everything I set my mind to.
Visit this link to learn about the amazing women that I showcased throughout March 2022. |
Design by McKenzie Squires
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International Alliance for Women in MusicClick here to read my first published article. This story was published in February of 2022. It features a short article detailing my time as a percussionist with a focus on the discrimination that I have faced being a woman in a 'man's industry'.
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Everybody HitsEverybody hits project was a commission started by Dr. Adam Groh while I was in undergrad at Western Carolina University. This project was meant to showcase that underrepresented composers who are not percussionists can write amazing percussion pieces when funded and encouraged!
https://adamgroh.com/everybodyhits/ |
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PAA Representation Project
Inspired by conversations with fellow artists about how powerful visuals of other performers are, I decided that womxn and minorities did not have the representation our diverse community has. A performer can walk into any practice room and find at least one poster of a white, usually male, artist. That image is not representative of the community that we are all a part of. In response to this I, as President of WCU's Percussive Arts Association, have been communicating with percussion companies and brands to collect images of performers. These images will be printed on posters and distributed throughout WCU’s, as well as local institution’s, practice rooms; in the hopes of a womxn or minority will see someone like them, who is successful, and be inspired to create their own path.
Read more at this link.
Read more at this link.