Women in Music Blog Posts 2023 Archive

SONIA BOYCE WITH ERROLLYN WALLEN in The Outerglobe on Resonance FM re Feeling Her Way

Women in Music Chair Debbie Golt FRSA is an award winning broadcaster with a weekly show The Outerglobe on Resonance FM amongst other platforms and does interviews as well as playing music in her programme. The Outerglobe is on Resonance 104.4FM /DAB Londonwide and www.resonancefm.com Worldwide Thursday July 27th 2023 6.30pm UK |Time The Outerglobe Debbie Golt takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week, closing the current series, Debbie meets distinguished and bold creatives – visual mixed-media artist Sonia Boyce OBE RA and composer Errollyn Wallen MBE. They talk about Feeling Her Way, Boyce’s music-led exhibition that won the Golden Lion award at the 2022 Venice Biennale and is now at Leeds Art Museum. New music from Juwon Ogungbe, Magic Number, Lady Nade and Samantha Lindo also features. For more details visit outerglobe.co.uk and tweet @outerglobe [Repeats Sunday 4pm] https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/events/leeds-art-gallery/sonia-boyce-feeling-her-way/ Errollyn Wallen is a long time member of Women in Music and has won many accolades including an Ivor Novello Award for her outstanding compositions. She is one of Britain’s most acclaimed and widely performed contemporary composers. and her music has huge range of influences from Bach to avant garde composers, jazz and funk. www.errollynwallen.com Sonia Boyce is a leading artist and last year represented Britain at the Venice Biennale with her music led mixed media (film, sound and visual art) exhibition Feeling Her Way which involves Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajua, Tanita Tikaram and Sofia Jerden alongside inspirational support from Errollyn Wallen in a wonderful mixed media presentation. It is the live embodiment of her 20 year project Devotion Project which is a collection of recordings by Black women musicians and part of this features in the exhibition. Sonia Boyce was awarded the Golden Lion for the best contribution to the Biennale. www.soniaboyce.com On October 5th Sonia Boyce is in conversation with Jacqui Dankworth before a concert featuring Jacqui Dankworth and the Carducci String Quartet https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/boyce-dankworth/

[July 27, 2023]

Making Waves: A Celebration of British and American Women Composers: Stoke Newington 6 July 7 pm

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£15 General Admission / £11 Under 35s / £8 Students

The Corelia Project is thrilled to present their debut concert, featuring an exciting array of chamber music composed by inspiring women from both sides of the pond. From the kaleidoscopic soundworld of Jennifer Higdon, to the blazing, powerful music of Elizabeth Maconchy, and Valerie Coleman’s show-stopping Tzigane, ‘Making Waves’ will be the perfect opportunity to discover something new, and to fall in love with composers that you won’t believe you’d never heard of!

Programme:

Jennifer Higdon | Autumn Music

Susan Spain-Dunk | Phantasy Quartet in D minor

Rebecca Clarke | Introduction, Allegro and Pastorale

Elizabeth Maconchy | Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Valerie Coleman | Tzigane

Set in the beautifully intimate and relaxed space of The Old Church, Stoke Newington and performed by the next generation of up-and-coming musicians, including the Morassi Quartet and recent graduates of the Royal College of Music, London (RCM).

Event page: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/coreliaproject/919797

This concert is generously supported by the RCM Accelerate Scheme.

https://www.rcm.ac.uk/upbeat/articles/featurercmaccelerate.aspx

About the Corelia Project

Launched in March 2023 by Magdalenna Krstevska and Sophie Glenny, the Corelia Project addresses the major gender imbalance prevalent in classical music programming by elevating women’s voices in classical music. The Corelia Project website features a brand NEW database of repertoire by women from all over the world, making it easier for instrumentalists worldwide to diversify their own repertoire and discover something new.

https://www.coreliaproject.org

Australian clarinettist and educator Magdalenna Krstevska has performed as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral clarinettist in renowned music halls across the UK, Australia, Europe, and China. British clarinettist Sophie Glenny has performed across the UK as a chamber, orchestral and solo musician. She is currently the Concerts Administrator at St Martin-in-the-Fields.

For more information contact Magdalenna Krstevska at coreliaproject@gmail.com or call +447388865860

[June 18, 2023]

Flowers of Spring – Politics, Power & Poverty – Electric Voice Theatre – 4 April 7 pm online

Online Concert: Tue, 4th April 2023 19:00 – 20:00 Tickets

An online dramatic concert exploring the music of Eliza Flower (1803-1846), a composer lauded by many writers and musicians including Mendelssohn, Robert Browning and John Stuart Mill. She formed a protest song partnership with Harriet Martineau, and wrote a range of works with her sister, Sarah Flower Adams, including “Nearer My God To Thee” which will be performed by ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE singers and our VIRTUAL CHOIR.

Expect beautiful music, stirring anthems, powerful protest songs and a heart breaking story of love and scandal which may have led to this popular composer being forgotten – until now.

The music and story were developed from the generous access granted by Conway Hall to their archive in the library where the images of the 2 Flower sisters below now hang, and from the research shared by music historian, Oskar Jensen – NUAcT Fellow in Music at Newcastle University and BBC New Generation Thinker for 2022

[April 2, 2023]

Midivent presents Lois Levin, Natasha Boon and Sifa – International Women’s Day event – Camden, London 15 March 8 pm