Claire Bradley, who sings soprano in the GSA Choir, writes about her experience of rehearsing Margaret’s Moon – composed by Ailie Robertson, with lyrics by Scots Makar, Jackie Kay – the first new work rehearsed by the ensemble for Composeher. Having been in one or two short-term, temporary choirs [...]

Melanie Sparrow, who sings alto in the GSA Choir, writes about her experience of rehearsing Margaret’s Moon – composed by Ailie Robertson, with lyrics by Scots Makar, Jackie Kay – the first new work rehearsed by the ensemble for Composeher. There’s something about music, and about poetry, that can reach [...]

The personal and the universal... It is an unusual luxury to receive a vocal commission where the choice of text is left open to the composer, so this presented an exciting opportunity to spend time immersed in researching texts. I knew from the start, particularly given the nature of the [...]