Women Make Music: Female Music Creators and the Gender Gap
24th May, Kings Place, 7pm
Chaired by Miranda Sawyer, top experts discuss gender gap in the music industry.
Only 7% of directors and 12% of screenwriters are female. We are aware that gender imbalance also exists amongst women taking the creative lead in the music industry. Already the leading organisation to celebrate women's achievements in film, Birds Eye View is committed to developing and supporting women across the arts. Journalist and Broadcaster Miranda Sawyer chairs this hot discussion presented by Birds Eye View to explore the gender gap in music.
Come and join the conversation.
With support from PRS for Music Foundation as part of their 10th anniversary.
Alison Goldfrapp
Music Creator
Alison Goldfrapp formed Goldfrapp with Will Gregory in the summer of 1999 and signed to Mute, beginning a very successful co-writing partnership. Goldfrapp have released five albums - 2000's Mercury shortlisted soundtrack for the millennium, Felt Mountain, 2003's Brit nominated Black Cherry, 2005's platinum Supernature, 2008's pastoral and romantic Seventh Tree and 2010’s anthemic Head First - each cementing their reputation as one of Britain's most important contemporary bands
Kate Nash
Music Creator
In August 2007, Kate Nash's debut album, 'Made of Bricks', was released two months ahead of schedule due to public demand, by April she had signed to Fiction Records, two months later 'Foundations' reached number two in the singles chart and by August she was celebrating a number one album. Her second studio album, entitled 'My Best Friend Is You' was released on 19th April 2010. The Q Awards commended Nash with the award for 'Breakthrough Artist' in 2007, she was named 'Best Female Artist' at the 2008 BRIT Awards and she won the award for 'Best Solo Artist' at the NME Awards in 2008.
Speech Debelle
Music Creator
Speech Debelle is the 2009 winner of the Mercury Music Award and has spoken out about the gender imbalance in the music industry. There’s a reason that Speech Debelle’s debut album is called “Speech Therapy” and that’s because she speaks straight from the heart, with complete intimacy, as if only addressing one person. As if she expects the record never to be heard.
Rachel Portman
Film Composer
Rachel Portman is the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score (for Emma in 1996).
Mira Calix
Music Creator
Mira Calix is signed to Warp Records and a winner of 2009 Composer of the Year and Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. She recently wrote and performed an original live score as part of the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010.
Janis Susskind
Director of Composers & Repertoire at Boosey & Hawkes
Holding the largest specialist classical
music collection in the world.
