An evening of improvised solos, duets, trios and full ensemble performed by leading players.

Hutch Demouilpied – Trumpet
Catherine Pluygers – Oboe and Cor Anglais
Susanna Ferrar – Violin
Sylvia Halle – Bowed Bicycle Wheel and Electronics
Julia Doyle – Double Bass
Livia Garcia – Sound Artist (video)

Friday, 8th March
8pm (doors 7.30pm)
Hundred Years Gallery,
13 Pearson Street, London E2 8JD

Tickets £8 (£5) on the door

Further information:

http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-women-improvisers-make-music-for-international-womens-day-friday-8th-march-1930/
catherinepluygers@hotmail.com
info@hundredyearsgallery.com

The concert is taking place on Fri 8th March 7:30pm at the Old Church, Stoke Newington and will feature clarinet quintets and more by Maconchy, Desportes, Clyne and Florence Price.

Programme:

Elizabeth Maconchy – String Quartet no 13 (8’) 

Yvonne Desportes – La Naissance d’un Papillon (4’) 

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Clarinet Quintet (18’) 

Florence Price – Adoration for quintet (4’) 

Anna Clyne – Strange Loops (17’)

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/coreliaproject/1030502

Often overshadowed by her male peers – including her brother Chico Buarque, and husband João Gilberto, Brazilian Bossa Nova singer Miúcha’s own role in the developing movement has been neglected. Set to the soundtrack of her music, Miúcha: The Voice of Bossa Nova tells the story of how she became a symbol of female resilience and a musical legend.

Directed by: Liliane Mutti, Daniel Zarvos

Runtime: 1h 38min 

Certificate: TBC

Screening times and booking
https://dochouse.org/event/miucha-the-voice-of-bossa-nova/

Women in Music are delighted to hear of this award for Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music, awarded for services to music. As well as a brilliant and prolific composer, Judith is a champion of amateur music making, community music, and music education. https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/1689/Judith-Weir/

For full details, requirements and how to submit, please visit jamconcert.org

New London Wind Festival have sent us a great new playlist, ‘Music for Solo Wind Instrument and Piano by Contemporary Women Composers’. Do listen to these lovely performances of this wonderful music.

Gabriella Di Laccio and Richard Leach will be celebrating the work of Madeleine Dring, along with music by Anna Appleby, Amy Beach, Elizabeth Maconchy, Florence Price and Pauline Viardot.

Pre-concert discussion will be led by discussion Professor Anne Laure Humbert, the Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice at Oxford Brookes and the panel will include Gabriella Di Laccio and composers Anna Appleby and Dominique Le Gendre.

Friday, 17 November 2023 – 6:30pm

£20 regular / £5 students

Gabriella Di Laccio, Soprano
Richard Leach, Piano

18:30-19:15 panel discussion
19:30-20:30 concert (no interval)

https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/women-composers-song

Join Frances M Lynch and Electric Voice Theatre, with Oskar Jensen, BBC New Generation Thinker and music historian for an informal evening of songs, poetry and story-telling at Conway Hall’s historic Library, celebrating the music of Eliza Flower (1803–1846). This is a unique opportunity to be among the first people to hear her work performed for at least 100 years. The performance will be accompanied by a display of rarely seen archival materials from Conway Hall.

This event will be BSL interpreted. A touch tour is available prior to the event to compliment the Integrated Audio Description.

Friday 27th October 2023 · 7:00pm

CONWAY HALL

25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL

Tickets:  £10 / Concession £7

Book Now electricvoicetheatre.co.uk

26th London New Wind Festival

Presents:
Birthday Composers and Friends

Friday, 20th October 2023 — 7.30pm
Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT

Tickets £15 (£8 concessions)
available on the door (cash or cheque only)

or in advance via

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-new-wind-festival/e-lgqmjz

WiM would like to remind composers about JAM’s 2023 call for music.

JAM write ‘The Call is open to all composers across the UK to submit scores for choir, brass and organ or any combination of these forces for performance in London on 20^th March 2024.  As well as driving their profile and networking with musicians, promoters and media, JAM will record the performance for the composers to use their piece for self-promotion.  On our website are inspirational bite-size tutorials, including by VOCES8, Onyx Brass and Francesca Massey on different aspects of composing for choir, brass and organ.  To date these have had 23,000 views.  Composers need to click on www.jamconcert.org for full info, to submit and watch the videos.’

Submissions should reach JAM by Friday, 27 October 2023, 5pm.