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American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
- upright piano, piano, voice, guitar
- tenor
- pop music, indie pop
- United States of America, Canada
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2024-02-23 09:30:04
The singer-songwriter explores the mountains and music of her hometown
2024-02-21 08:00:00
Revealing a remarkable talent: Solomon's Knot explore the Sacred Songs and Anthems of 17th century composer George Jeffreys
[…] entirely for the personal delectation and devotions of the Hatton family at Kirby, and clearly Jeffreys had the freedom to experiment in terms of style.Being as the Hattons maintained a Steward who has also a composer, it is reasonable to assume that their establishment included a selection of singing men (and women?) who doubled as musicians and servants, thus providing the wherewithal to perform this music when all religious establishments were closed down. As Jonathan Wainwright explains in his booklet note, "Although there was no chapel, there was an organ at Kirby Hall: Jeffreys’ small-scale concertato music (most of which – by the 1650s – avoided the treble voice) would have been most suitable for performance with only a handful of voices and a chamber organ."The first disc features Jeffreys' sequence of five-voice anthems which cycle over the Church year. These are mostly early compositions, with largely anonymous poetical texts (though […]
2023-11-21 09:06:00
Fifth edition of ORA Singers' Young Composers' Scheme and new Graduate Composers' Showcase
[…] workshop, where they will have their sketches sung and receive feedback from ORA and a guest composer. The scheme ends on 2nd August 2024 with the Final Concert, where ORA Singers will perform and record the 10 new works in front of a live audience and a panel of adjudicators at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. A further 40 Apprentices will receive a series of free, online workshops in choral composition, led by composer Rory Wainwright Johnston. The Apprentice strand introduces key elements of choral composition and its techniques, and gives an insight into the world of professional composition with opportunities to meet with leading industry figures.With the success of the Young Composers and Commissioning programmes, ORA Singers recognised a major gap in support between the young students and professional composers, and has introduced their Graduate Composers' Showcase For this, ORA Singers is looking for five graduates who are seeking […]
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