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…
Read MoreInspiring composer: Margaret Bonds
By Kennedy Blair Miller For a long time, I struggled to believe my identities as a classical musician and an activist were compatible. The history of classical music is filled with misogyny, racism, and homophobia, so I sought out an alternate history – one where musicians used their art as a vessel for progress. Margaret…
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Concert Spotlight: The Dias Ensemble presents “Time Travellers”
By Jonty Watt On the 8th of July, the Dias Ensemble will give a concert in the Academy’s Duke’s Hall that promises to be an exciting evening. Five student composers present their unique perspectives in this polystylistic spectacular. Over the course of the programme, listeners will be taken through the twentieth century, with each composer…
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