@moderniststudies.bsky.social how do you register to attend this? I've checked your website but couldn't find more info. Apologies if being dense!

Thank you!!

It can be bought via my Substack: leahbroad.substack.com/p/my-next-bo...

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...when they were working in systems designed to shut them out.

If that sounds like your thing (or the thing of someone you know, it would make a great present...) then please do pop in a pre-order: every purchase makes such a difference! And I look forward to sharing these stories next Feb ❤️

Violinist Alma Rosé
Ballerina Tatiana Vecheslova
Composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor
British pianist Myra Hess
German pianist Elly Ney
Dancer, singer & intelligence agent Josephine Baker
Jazz band the International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Together they show how women wielded power through music, even...

We'll take the music apart and put it back together again in under an hour as you'll hear the insights and perspectives of our musicians, conductor Vasily Petrenko and presenter @leahbroad.bsky.social. [2/2]

⚡ rpo.co.uk/revealed

That's really helpful - thank you!

So absurd. Not once have I been to a performance by a 30-something pianist and thought "they're getting to the point where I will personally find their physical appearance so unattractive that I won't be able to listen to what they're playing." What on earth 😂

Oh thanks for flagging! Will make sure to change for future posts

All the originals with dates are on my Substack: leahbroad.substack.com/p/if-we-revi...

Thanks so much for the ref!

And, indeed, when he performed in the UK, women DID perform his music, including Rebecca Clarke! Hurrah

Yes please! Always love a good reference...

Yeah, it's wild! I think perhaps the idea that women simply didn't write good music is just remarkably persistent, or something?

Yup, they do