INTERVIEW – RAMpage

16th Jun 202316th Jun 2023

RAMpage Spotlight: Ally London

by Kennedy Blair Miller Photo credits: Ben Reason I’ve always felt an affinity with Ally. We’re both from Southern USA (Ally’s from Nashville, Tennessee, just one state over from my home state of North Carolina); we both studied music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and now, we’re both graduate singers at…

11th May 2023

Five Period Songs – an interview with Mia Serracino-Inglott

by Jonty Watt One of the more exciting projects to come out of RAM recently was Mia Serracino-Inglott’s performance of her own composition at the Southbank Centre, titled Five Period Songs. Mia is a mezzo-soprano who regularly performs and creates new music, and who is challenging conventions of what it means to be a classical…

2nd Mar 2023

RAMpage Spotlights: Josie Campbell

By Kennedy Blair Miller Josie and I step out of a pub on Marylebone High Street and let out a unified sigh at the pelter of rain and the sharp touch of wind. “Did you know it’s already like 70 degrees back home?” I ask Josie, relieved to be talking to a friend who understands…

1st Feb 2023

RAMpage Spotlights: Will Gardner, composer

By Ellen Wilkinson Will’s desire to compose started early on, as he recalls strumming chords and writing basic songs on the guitar at age four. His affinity with vocal music also emerged young, and after singing in the internationally renowned Trinity Boys Choir he had a range of professional opportunities, including performing the role of…

5th Apr 20225th Apr 2022

An Interview with Alina Pogostkina: founder of Mindful Music Making

By Emma Baird Violinist Alina Pogostkina has already had an international solo career spanning over three decades. A child prodigy who began to perform on stage from the age of five, Alina subsequently won first prize at the 1997 International Louis Spohr Competition and the 2005 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, establishing herself at the…