Before the first note... There is huge excitement in writing a cappella (unaccompanied) music for a choir of this size. My entire compositional career has been about making work with and around communities, making work that reaches in and out. Over the last few months I have been in conversation [...]
Does sex matter? Let’s start with a game. No musical knowledge or expertise is required – just an open mind, open ears. Please listen to the following seven extracts of music. Can you guess the sex of each composer? It’s not obvious, is it? And I can guarantee [...]
The primary commitment of the Composeher team from the outset has been to ensure that the seven commissions culminate in live performances which reflect the best of available female composer talent within the industry today. To achieve a performance of the highest possible quality, it was essential [...]
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 [...]
The underrepresentation of female performers and composers is a well-documented trend within the music industry – but what can be done about it? Research published Vick Bain (former CEO of the Ivors Academy - formerly the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) in 2019 shows that [...]