jeudi 11 octobre 2018 —— La rédaction.

International Women and/in Musical Leadership Conference

7-8 March 2019, London
International Women’s Day 2019
Institute of Musical Research, London
Proposal Submission Deadline: 30 November 2018

Conference website: Please see this site for the full conference call and details of bursaries.

Keynote Speaker: Jenni Roditi

Musical leadership remains ones of the most male-dominated musical areas. As late as 2013, female conductors achieved a significant first, when Marin Alsop became the first woman to direct the Last Night of the Proms. Although female composers, songwriters, and performers have attracted significant scholarly attention, the issue of women’s musical leadership remains intriguingly under researched. This conference – timed to coincide with International Women’s Day 2019 – seeks both to redress this by focusing upon the participation of women in musical leadership (understood in the broadest possible sense) and to promote academic-practitioner dialogue.

In addition to a keynote address by leading practitioner Jenni Roditi, the conference will also feature a roundtable debate, and two evening performances at London’s Club Inégales. Club Inégales have, since 2011, presented some 100 gigs with artists from around world music-traditions collaborating with resident band Notes Inégales, who draw players from across genre. The first evening will be hosted by club director and composer Peter Wiegold, who usually uses a mixture of score, conduction and improvisation. This evening, along with working with new scores by female composers, former Academy Inégales female graduates will be invited to lead the band. The second evening performance will be from Tic, Roditi’s professional improvisers’ choir, led by Roditi.

The Programme Committee acknowledge generous support from the IMR and the Open University.