Motherhood, Maestras and Making Space with Composer Georgia Stitt

What does it take to build a life big enough for Motherhood, artistic ambition, and advocacy?In this episode of Motherhood Advantage, Dr. Laura Marie Rivera talks with composer, music director, and Maestra founder Georgia Stitt about creating space—for women in theater, for caregiving in professional life, and for the constant recalibration Motherhood requires.Georgia shares how noticing the absence of women in theater music departments led her to build Maestra, an organization now helping women and gender-expansive musicians become more visible, connected, and hired. She also speaks candidly about the less visible work of Motherhood: the executive function, emotional labor, logistics, and mental load required to keep a family moving while sustaining a creative career.Together, Laura Marie and Georgia explore why leadership is often less about controlling the outcome than finding deeper ways to trust and collaborate, through listening, respecting, and recalibrating when others share information. They discuss breastfeeding and caregiving in creative workplaces, sharing responsibility at home, the persistent tendency to define women’s accomplishments through the men around them, and what happens when we stop pretending that caregiving exists separately from professional life.Georgia also reflects on raising two daughters finding their own artistic paths and shares her latest creative work, including her album Bell Tower and its newly published sheet music. A conversation about visibility, collaboration, creativity—and building a life where Motherhood doesn’t have to exist in the margins.Learn more about Georgia Stitt at georgiastitt.comListen to the full songs mentioned in this episode at https://georgiastitt.com/music-library/get-show-ocean/https://georgiastitt.com/music-library/kites-children/Connect with women, gender expansive and under-represented musical theater artists at maestramusic.orgCredits:“I Get To Show You The Ocean” from THIS ORDINARY THURSDAYfeaturing Faith Princefor MCB on her first birthday Music and Lyrics by Georgia Stitt© 2006 Geocate Music (ASCAP)All Rights Administered by Concord Music PublishingAbout Motherhood AdvantageAt The Motherhood Advantage, we explore the research, stories, and leadership lessons that emerge when we recognize Motherhood not as a detour from leadership—but as one of its greatest teachers. If you'd like to learn more about the research or recommend a Mother, please visit us at MotherhoodAdvantage.com @MotherhoodAdvantage with Dr. Laura Marie Rivera