All posts with the 'London City Orchestra' tag

Film concert: dinosaurs with light sabers

27th June 2024

Why is the toy dinosaur holding a light saber? It’s to promote the upcoming London City Orchestra concert of film music at Cadogan Hall on 14 July. I take care of social media for the orchestra and wanted to find a different way to share the news. One of the cellists in the orchestra, Anna […]

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Celebrating Ethel Smyth: composer and Suffragette

11th February 2023

When you look at photos of composer Ethel Smyth from the early 20th century, she cuts a distinctive figure. Iconoclastic, queer and a Suffragette, she had to fight to have her compositions heard at a time when female composers were relegated to musical footnotes. Conducting with a toothbrush My favourite story about her is the […]

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