her ensemble
27 april 2024 / 8pm / cobalt studios, newcastle
100% funded (sold out)
Her Ensemble bring their show ‘Forgotten in History’ to Newcastle, featuring overlooked music written by women spanning the past 2000 years
7pm: doors open
7.30pm: last entry
8pm: her ensemble set
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the venue:
Cobalt Studios was founded in 1999 as an artist workspace in Newcastle's historic Ouseburn area. In 2015, the old workshop was converted into a pop-up venue, programming harder to place music and art, blurring genre boundaries and searching far and wide to bring visitors moments of joy.
Alongside the multi-functional art project space on the ground floor, Cobalt continues to provide high quality studios for artists who cannot afford to pay commercial rents and whose practices benefit the cultural community as well as the wider community.
the music:
Her Ensemble, directed by Ellie Consta, will present their show ‘Forgotten in History’. Merging aspects from classical and pop scenes, the free-form group will perform music written by women spanning the past 2000 years.
Her Ensemble’s programme is a response to the discovery that in 2019, just 3.6% of the classical music pieces performed worldwide were written by women. It's just not true that “there haven’t been that many women composers” - the ensemble will present an eclectic mix of music spanning from Hildegard von Bingen (c1098-1179, abbess, writer, composer, and philosopher) to the brand new folk-inspired Clan from Joanna Borrett.
her ensemble:
Her Ensemble were founded to make a positive impact on the gender gap in the classical music industry. They shine a light on female composers from the past, alongside working with current artists who share their ethos. Deriving from the European Union Youth Orchestra, the free-form group brings together some of the UK's most in-demand musicians.
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Since forming in November 2020, the ensemble have featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio London, Scala Radio, as well as by The Strad and Help Musicians UK. Her Ensemble have also collaborated with artists such as Pixie Lott, Caitlyn Scarlett and LITANY, released their debut single with award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and recorded and produced music for feature films including AVAWAVES, FINITE documentary and Melt The Fly for BBC Scotland.
Her Ensemble believe that all music is for everyone to enjoy, however currently the demographic for classical music skews towards an older white audience, with the majority of concert programmes featuring solely former white male composers. The group hopes to change this by reimagining the context for 'classical' music and doing away with rigid rules and traditions.
Performances have a distinctly relaxed atmosphere with musicians interacting with the audience, adding context and history to each work performed and strict dress codes have been replaced with expectation-defying suits (usually...sometimes we like changing it up too).
Rewards: standing tickets to noisenight104 at 8pm on Saturday 27 April 2024 at Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. First-come, first-served for the best views.
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