Abby Carter, who sings soprano in the GSA Choir, writes about her experience of rehearsing 14 Weeks – composed by Jane Stanley, with lyrics by Judith Bishop. Each of the pieces written for Composeher ask something of us that develops and expands both our abilities as a choir and [...]

On Musical Imagination as part of my working method... I have been thinking a lot about the role that musical imagination plays in my compositional working method. To inform this reflection, I have been immersing myself in literature on the topic, most recently a book chapter by Freya Bailes and [...]

Judith Bishop - whose poem, 14 Weeks, is being set to music by Jane Stanley for Composeher - writes about the power of music in the following essay, A Short Meditation on Music and Meaning... 1 Towheaded is the word that comes to mind to describe him. He had tufty [...]

Building block elements... In this video blog composer, Jane Stanley, explains her initial thoughts on her Composeher work; including some of the musical elements she is incorporating into the piece, her text selection, and the inspiration she has taken from some existing choral works. Listen to the [...]

Composing for Composeher... I have composed, on a number of occasions, for individual voice(s) set within instrumental ensembles, but this will be my first work for large a cappella choir. Key to my working method for writing this piece will be research and repertoire study, as well as workshopping ideas [...]