La educacion musical de la mujer en Bogota se desarrollo de dos formas: Informalmente, pagando a un profesor que iba a domicilio a ensenar, y formalmente, cuando la Academia Nacional de Musica abrio una seccion para senoritas en 1887. Asi nacio una nueva profesion para la mujer. La educacion musical fue discriminatoria, ya que solo las senoritas de clase social alta tuvieron acceso a la Academia. Las mujeres negras e indias no tuvieron acceso a ningun tipo de educacion formal. WOMAN ’ S MUSICAL EDUCATION IN BOGOT A , FROM 1880 TO 1920 It was developed in two ways: Informally, girls and ladies took music lessons at home, paying a teacher. Formally, as the National Music Academy opened a women ’ section in 1887. Then, a new woman profession was born. Music education was discriminative, since only women belonging to high social class could enter the Academy. Black and Indian women could not have access to any type of formal instruction.