a series of natural, cultural, and historical worldviews, holding them in tension and contradiction." McClary also argued that "Vandervelde's use of a rhythmically insistent but harmonically ambiguous academic minimalism [expresses] female embodiment and pleasure." McClary's feminist readings of Vandervelde's work, along with her readings of other composers, ignited a debate in musical criticism and scholarship. Genesis II (premiered and recorded by the Mirecourt Trio) is discussed at length in Take Note, an undergraduate music-appreciation textbook by musicologist Robin Wallace, published in 2014 by Oxford University Press; the work is part of the book's "core repertory." Awards Vandervelde has won numerous awards for her work as a composer, including multiple Bush Artist Fellowships and McKnight Foundation Composer Fellowships. She is also a recipient of the Lili Boulanger Award from The Women's Philharmonic of San Francisco. References External links janikavandervelde.com, official website Kelly, Jennifer, "Janika Vandervelde" (interview), In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the United States (University of Illinois Press, 2013). Pendle, Karin, "Janika Vandervelde," Grove Music Online (subscription required) 1955 births 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers American music educators American women music educators American women classical composers American classical composers Living people Singers from Minnesota American opera composers University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni People from Ripon, Wisconsin People from Green Lake, Wisconsin Singers from Wisconsin 21st-century American composers Women opera composers 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American composers 21st-century American women musicians Classical musicians from Minnesota Classical musicians from Wisconsin 20th-century women composers 21st-century women composers 20th-century American singers