Gena Branscombe

"The life of Gena Branscombe is an inspiring record of a woman of great ability who carved...a viable musical career…when American composers were just coming into their own in this country." (Laurine Elkins-Marlow, Gena Branscombe: American Composer and Conductor, A Study of Her Life and Works; Doctoral Dissertation - 1980). In today's language, Branscombe was a woman who did and had it all, establishing a career in music before marriage and afterwards successfully balancing work with an active family life. …