forgotten voices
rediscovering women composers of the past with voices of the future.
In March 2021, SWAP'ra (Supporting Women And Parents in Opera) presented 'Forgotten Voices', an online festival of song by women composers, in association with Hera.
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It launched with a live-streamed concert from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama celebrating Welsh composers past and present. Every day for the following week new videos were released, recorded in lockdown by students from other top UK conservatoires.
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The festival featured under-performed music by over 30 composers including some rare, unpublished and new editions of songs by Margaret Bonds, Avril Coleridge-Taylor and Rebecca Clarke.
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Toria and Simone worked with SWAP'ra to programme the festival. If you'd like to ask us about any of the repertoire - or if you'd like our help diversifying your programming or putting an event together - please get in touch.
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You can read Toria's blog about programming the festival here.
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You can find out more about SWAP'ra and their work on women composers with Oxford Lieder here.
The Composers
Amy Elise Horrocks
Elaine Hugh-Jones
Betty Jackson King
Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden
Claire Lidell
Laura Netzel
Johanna Müller-Hermann
Marguerite Olagnier
Morfydd Owen
Poldowski (Régine Wieniawski)
Betty Roe
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
Undine Smith Moore
Pauline Viardot
Maude Valérie White
Grace Williams
Amy Woodforde-Finden
Agathe Backer-Grøndhal
Amy Beach
Adolpha le Beau
Margaret Bonds
Ingleborg Bronsart von Schellendorf
Hedwige Chrétien
Rebecca Clarke
Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Maud Cuney-Hare
Eva Dell'Acqua
Pauline Duchambge
Gabrielle Ferrari
Eugenie-Emilie Juliette Folville
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Clemance de Grandval
Guy d'Hardelot (Helen Rhodes)
Augusta Holmès
