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Flowers of the Seasons – Politics, Power & Poverty is going to Newcastle, 5 May 2024, 4pm

Electric Voice Theatre are bringing the wonderful music of Eliza Flower to Newcastle


4pm Sunday 5th May 2024
(Touch tour for visually impaired at 3.30pm)
Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Queen Victoria Road, NE1 7RU


in a collaboration with
Newcastle University
BBC New Generation Thinker &
 NUAcT Fellow:
Arts and Humanities
Dr Oskar Jensen

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Flowers of the Seasons – Politics, Power & Poverty

Electric Voice Theatre with BBC New Generation Thinker and NUAcT Fellow: Arts and Humanities, Dr Oskar Jensen, present an historic afternoon of BSL interpreted singing, poetry and storytelling celebrating the life and music of Eliza Flower (1803–1846).

Featuring performances of new works by The Flower Composers – Frances M Lynch, Lilly Vadaneaux, Amanda Johnson and Newcastle’s own Flower ComposerAnna Appleby, with guest appearances by Newcastle Flower Singers (a student group specially formed for the occasion) and the voices of Young Singers from Newcastle schools.

Women Improvisors Make Music – 8 March, Hundred Years Gallery, London, 8 pm


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

Corelia Project: International Women’s Day Concert – Friday 8th March 2024, 7:30pm – Stoke Newington

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

Miúcha: The Voice of Bossa Nova – Bertha DocHouse – London from 26 January

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 Composers & Song – St Hilda’s College, Oxford, 17 November 6.30 pm

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

Flowers of the Seasons: Politics, Power & Poverty – 27 October, 7pm, Conway Hall, London

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

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