Music Works

Did you grow up hearing only dead white male composers? How much has that changed? What do you know about the music of Cécile Chaminade, William Grant Still, Chen Yi, Florence Price, Tania León, Mari Iijima, Galina Ustvolskaya, Ruth Gipps, Maria Szymanowska, Karen Tanaka or Anna Thorvaldsdottir? Elizabeth de Brito of The Daffodil Perspective talks about her radio show, tokenism and the wealth of female, black, Asian, and ethnically diverse composers who otherwise go overlooked and almost unheard, and why we need to radically rethink programming if we want classical music to become truly representative. https://www.mixcloud.com/TheDaffodilPerspective/ www.thedaffodilperspective.com If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

"It’s like rewriting in my own head all these assumptions that I made…finding my own place, as a woman and as a performer. To share my experience with a new kind generation of other people and singers who are interested in contemporary classical music.” Soprano, Rebecca Hardwick, talks to Music Works about her interest in contemporary music and how, when Covid shut down live music, her explorations of Kurtag’s Kafka Fragments led her to take up a DMus in contemporary performance at The Guildhall. Here are links to some of the resources that are mentioned in the episode: www.rebeccahardwick.com https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/research/doctoral_research/ https://www.vocalconstructivists.com/ If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

"We need to recognise the true value of music, and the work that goes into its creation and performance, whether that's to a live audience or online." In this episode, the first of the new season, we're off to a great start with Harriet Wybor of PRS for Music. We know the ins and outs of performing rights can seem a bit of a mystery. So if you're a composer, if music royalties matter to you, or if you're simply curious about how publishing and mechanical rights work, listen in as we walk you through everything you need to know about music royalties but never dared to ask. Here are links to some of the resources that are covered in the episode: www.prsformusic.com www.prsfoundation.com wwwprsmembersfund.com If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts.   Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

Naomi Pohl, Deputy General Secretary of the Musicians' Union, and Julia Rowan, Policy Coordinator at The Ivors Academy, look into the complexities of the royalties artists receive from the streaming of their music, and discuss why the current spotlight being shone on this thorny topic before a parliamentary select committee could make a crucial difference in achieving a fair share for musicians in the "streaming economy." 
 If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

Composer Ella Jarman-Pinto and Katie tackle head on what it means to be female from periods to working with a nursing infant, and why the very thing that so often makes life difficult for women can and should be embraced as giving us unique skills and strategies. If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls