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Classical Minds Concert Online

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwkv7R7wU0 New music by Jeremías García who will be joined by special guests from Solero Flamenco, Irma La Paloma (cante) and Andrés Felix (cajón). First on the programme we will have Artistic Director, Valerie Hartzell perform music by Tarrega, Metallica & Scott Ouellette and then Argentinian guitarist living in Cambridge Daniela Rossi will perform new works by Dusan Bogdanovic and John Duarte.

Concert with Mathew James, Eleanor Kelly, Valérie Hartzell and Daniela Rossi

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Order of performance: Mathew James, Eleanor Kelly, Interval with feature young artist, Youree Delvalle, Valérie Hartzell (Artistic Director) and Daniela Rossi. We have music composed by Vincent Lindsey-Clark, Ernesto Tamayo, Mathew James, Valérie Hartzell, Phyllis Tate, Hirokazu Sato, Cielo Abierto, Miguel Llobet, Giulio Regondi and much, much more.

Hidden Gems: the forgotten works of women composers with Eleanor Kelly

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https://youtu.be/Y3WHM_YKw04 Throughout history, women have often been overlooked and the Western classical tradition is no exception. Often, there is a pause when one is asked to name more than one female composer – even, indeed, by music scholars and professionals. Up until the twentieth century, it was considered immoral for a woman to be making music in public – whether that be performing or composing – and women were confined to domestic music-making. Along with many other factors, such as lack of education, opportunity and autonomy, this is one reason why there is a data gap of female composers in the histories across the Western Classical Tradition, and guitar repertoire is not exempt from this issue. The loss of knowledge and music that the silencing of women composers will have caused is sad and frustrating, but in this lecture/survey I aim to rediscover and highlight the major women composers for guitar and their works across eras and genres.