2023
Focus on the Viola
Date: 8 December
Time: 7pm
Event address: Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2JD
Book tickets here
5 November, Barbican Centre, Words and Music from Quartet, with Fenella Humphreys & Nicola Eimer
1 October, Blackwell's Oxford, Michael Stimpson: A Life in Music
29 September, Wigtown Book Festival, Quartet
24 September, Hidden Notes Festival, Quartet
20 September, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Women in Music
25 August, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Liner Notes
24 August, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Singing Women's Praises
9 August, Snape Maltings, An Evening of Words and Music from Quartet with Fenella Humphreys and Nicola Eimer
17 July, Buxton International Festival, Introducing Quartet
2 July, Harrogate Music Festival, 'Lost Voices' with Fenella Humphreys & Nicola Eimer
23 June, Bangor Abbey, Quartet concert with the Ulster Orchestra
21 June, Word on the Street Bookshop, Words & Music from Quartet
4 June, Hay Festival, with Alice Farnham & Gavin Plumley
20 May, Seamus Heaney Home Place, Quartet concert with the Ulster Orchestra
18 May, Charleston Literary Festival, Quartet
19 April, Cardiff University, John Bird Lecture Series
31 March, The Drive Methodist Church Sevenoaks, Introducing Quartet, with Samantha Ege
28 March, Topping & Co. Ely, Introducing Quartet
19 March, Fairlight Hall, Songs from Quartet with Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Sholto Kynoch
16 March, Wolfson College, Songs from Quartet with Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Sholto Kynoch
11 March, Blackwell's Oxford, Introducing Quartet with Samantha Ege
9 March, St George's Bloomsbury, Quartet: An Evening of Words and Music with 97 Ensemble
8 March, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Works for Viola, Cello & Piano by Rebecca Clarke with Rosalind Ventris, Laura van der Heijden and Libby Burgess
31 January, Wolfson College Oxford, 'Writing Women'
Date: 8 December
Time: 7pm
Event address: Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, S1 2JD
Book tickets here
5 November, Barbican Centre, Words and Music from Quartet, with Fenella Humphreys & Nicola Eimer
1 October, Blackwell's Oxford, Michael Stimpson: A Life in Music
29 September, Wigtown Book Festival, Quartet
24 September, Hidden Notes Festival, Quartet
20 September, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Women in Music
25 August, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Liner Notes
24 August, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Singing Women's Praises
9 August, Snape Maltings, An Evening of Words and Music from Quartet with Fenella Humphreys and Nicola Eimer
17 July, Buxton International Festival, Introducing Quartet
2 July, Harrogate Music Festival, 'Lost Voices' with Fenella Humphreys & Nicola Eimer
23 June, Bangor Abbey, Quartet concert with the Ulster Orchestra
21 June, Word on the Street Bookshop, Words & Music from Quartet
4 June, Hay Festival, with Alice Farnham & Gavin Plumley
20 May, Seamus Heaney Home Place, Quartet concert with the Ulster Orchestra
18 May, Charleston Literary Festival, Quartet
19 April, Cardiff University, John Bird Lecture Series
31 March, The Drive Methodist Church Sevenoaks, Introducing Quartet, with Samantha Ege
28 March, Topping & Co. Ely, Introducing Quartet
19 March, Fairlight Hall, Songs from Quartet with Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Sholto Kynoch
16 March, Wolfson College, Songs from Quartet with Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Sholto Kynoch
11 March, Blackwell's Oxford, Introducing Quartet with Samantha Ege
9 March, St George's Bloomsbury, Quartet: An Evening of Words and Music with 97 Ensemble
8 March, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Works for Viola, Cello & Piano by Rebecca Clarke with Rosalind Ventris, Laura van der Heijden and Libby Burgess
31 January, Wolfson College Oxford, 'Writing Women'
2022
23 January 2022: BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature, ‘Hidden Women, Silenced Scores‘
5 February 2022: Record Review on BBC Radio 3, ‘Sibelius Symphonies'
19 March 2022: Stowmarket Chorale, ‘Introduction to Ethel Smyth‘
20 March 2022: Oxford Lieder Festival, ‘Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song‘
26 April 2022: London Chamber Orchestra, ‘Mahler Unwrapped‘
11 May 2022: Britten Pears Arts, ‘Discovering Rebecca Clarke‘
21 May 2022: Radio 3 Music Matters, ‘Ethel Smyth’s Wreckers‘
18 June 2022: Trinity Orchestra Harrow, Doreen Carwithen pre-concert talk
30 June 2022-3 July 2022: Doreen Carwithen Festival
24 July 2022: BBC Proms, Interval discussion for Ethel Smyth’s ‘The Wreckers‘
29 July 2022: BBC4 Proms broadcast, discussion about Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams, and Ralph Vaughan Williams
20 August 2022: BBC Proms, Interval discussion for Ethel Smyth’s Mass
9 October 2022: BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature, ‘An Unconventional Teacher‘
21 October 2022: Oxford Lieder Festival, ‘In Conversation with Ian Venables‘
14 November 2022: British Library, ‘Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams’
25 November 2022: Radio 3, Composer of the Week on Doreen Carwithen
10 December 2022: Record Review on BBC Radio 3
5 February 2022: Record Review on BBC Radio 3, ‘Sibelius Symphonies'
19 March 2022: Stowmarket Chorale, ‘Introduction to Ethel Smyth‘
20 March 2022: Oxford Lieder Festival, ‘Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song‘
26 April 2022: London Chamber Orchestra, ‘Mahler Unwrapped‘
11 May 2022: Britten Pears Arts, ‘Discovering Rebecca Clarke‘
21 May 2022: Radio 3 Music Matters, ‘Ethel Smyth’s Wreckers‘
18 June 2022: Trinity Orchestra Harrow, Doreen Carwithen pre-concert talk
30 June 2022-3 July 2022: Doreen Carwithen Festival
24 July 2022: BBC Proms, Interval discussion for Ethel Smyth’s ‘The Wreckers‘
29 July 2022: BBC4 Proms broadcast, discussion about Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams, and Ralph Vaughan Williams
20 August 2022: BBC Proms, Interval discussion for Ethel Smyth’s Mass
9 October 2022: BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature, ‘An Unconventional Teacher‘
21 October 2022: Oxford Lieder Festival, ‘In Conversation with Ian Venables‘
14 November 2022: British Library, ‘Celebrating Ralph Vaughan Williams’
25 November 2022: Radio 3, Composer of the Week on Doreen Carwithen
10 December 2022: Record Review on BBC Radio 3
2021
12 February 2021: History of the Gendered Body ‘Reassessing Rebecca Clarke: Gender and Composition in Early Twentieth-Century Britain‘
10 March 2021: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust ‘The Music of Guy Woolfenden‘
14 May 2021: Northampton Bach Choir ‘Expanding the Canon: Ethel Smyth‘
5 June 2021: Building a Library on BBC Radio 3 Sibelius Violin Concerto
14 June 2021: Diversity and the British String Quartet ‘Case Studies in the British String Quartet‘
17 June 2021: Centre for Gender, Identity and Subjectivity ‘Women and Musical Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain‘
2 September 2021: Third International Conference on Women’s Work in Music ‘“In my heart there’s a dancing spark”: Ethel Smyth’s “The Clown” and (auto)biography‘
16 September 2021: Royal Musical Association Conference ‘Navigating Gendered Spaces and Places: Rebecca Clarke as Performer and Composer‘
10 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival ‘Celebrating Stenhammar‘
20 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival Composer Conversation with Cheryl Frances-Hoad
23 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival Composer Conversation with Tom Coult
12 November 2021: Wilhelm Stenhammar Symposium ‘Stenhammar in the Theatre‘
10 March 2021: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust ‘The Music of Guy Woolfenden‘
14 May 2021: Northampton Bach Choir ‘Expanding the Canon: Ethel Smyth‘
5 June 2021: Building a Library on BBC Radio 3 Sibelius Violin Concerto
14 June 2021: Diversity and the British String Quartet ‘Case Studies in the British String Quartet‘
17 June 2021: Centre for Gender, Identity and Subjectivity ‘Women and Musical Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Britain‘
2 September 2021: Third International Conference on Women’s Work in Music ‘“In my heart there’s a dancing spark”: Ethel Smyth’s “The Clown” and (auto)biography‘
16 September 2021: Royal Musical Association Conference ‘Navigating Gendered Spaces and Places: Rebecca Clarke as Performer and Composer‘
10 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival ‘Celebrating Stenhammar‘
20 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival Composer Conversation with Cheryl Frances-Hoad
23 October 2021: Oxford Lieder Festival Composer Conversation with Tom Coult
12 November 2021: Wilhelm Stenhammar Symposium ‘Stenhammar in the Theatre‘