concert series and symposiums in Italy and abroad and she also worked closely as an expert in cultural policy with governments and universities in Europe, USA and Asia. She was a member of the Italian Commission in favour of Equal Opportunities when in March 1988, with an invitation from the Director General of UNESCO, she presented her own proposals in favour of women in the Intergovernmental World Conference for Cultural Policy in favour of Development (The World Intergovernmental Conference for Cultural Policies for Development). She was President of the international Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica. In 2012, she supervised the collection of materials for the Conservatory in L'Aquila after the earthquake there. Selected bibliography 'Donne in musica' Patricia Adkins Chiti. EAN: 2560007355544, 1982 'Almanacco delle virtuose, primedonne, compositrici e musiciste d'Italia dall' A.D. 177 ai giorni nostri.' ('...looks at women musicians through the ages from approx. 1500 up until the present') Chiti, Patricia Adkins. / , 1991 'Una voce poco fa. Le musiche delle prime donne rossiniane' Adkins Chiti, Patricia, / , 1992 Italian Art Songs of the Romantic Era (songs by Rossini, Donizetti and others, from the private collection of the editor) Chiti, Patricia Adkins (editor)/ Paton, John Glenn (con) / , 1994 'Donne in musica (Donne del terzo millennio)' (Italian Edition) Patricia Adkins Chiti / , 1996 Songs and Duets of Garcia, Malibran and Viardot: Rediscovered Songs by Legendary Singers: Low (Alfred Vocal Masterworks Series) Patricia Adkins Chiti (Editor), John Glenn Paton (Contributor) / , 1997 Selected recordings The Music of the Primadonnas Patricia Adkins Chiti, Gianpaolo Chiti, 2011 • 14 songs • Kicco Music Desolation and Despair (Italian Drawing Room Music of the Romantic Era) Patricia Adkins Chiti, Hiroko Sato, 2011 • 13 songs • Kicco Music See also Women in classical music References Year of birth missing 1940s births 2018 deaths 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers English emigrants to Italy Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama English mezzo-sopranos English musicologists Italian mezzo-sopranos Italian musicologists