Society for New Music received $15,000 to commission two original musical compositions about the life and philosophies of Matilda Joslyn Gage and produce an opera about Eleanor Roosevelt, celebrating the grand opening of the newly renovated and expanded Matilda Joslyn Gage Center. In addition, presentations will be held at four Syracuse City high schools during Women’s History Month in March to educate on the social justice work of Matilda Joslyn Gage.