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SUMMARY:New horizons for piano: historic women composers who wrote for the
  keyboard and how to reintroduce their work into piano education  - Colin 
 J Hazel\, director of music at St Augustine's Church\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20191030T163000Z
DTEND:20191030T180000Z
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:\nThis presentation explores the history of women composers wh
 o wrote for the keyboard from the late 17th to the early 20th century and 
 features extracts from some of their major solo works. Much has been writt
 en on the legacy of Nadia Boulanger\, perhaps the most famous composition 
 teacher of any era\, but what is less well known is that the Paris Conserv
 atoire\, where she studied and taught before 1914\, has a history of influ
 ential female pedagogues going back to the earliest days of its foundation
  during the French Revolution. I will focus on four of them: piano profess
 ors\, Hélène de Montgeroult and Louise Farrenc and prize-winning alumni\
 , Marie Jaëll and Mel Bonis\, each a renowned composer and performer in t
 heir own right\, who left us with hundreds of works both for the concert h
 all and for didactic purposes. I’ll also be drawing on the legacy of com
 posers Marianna Martines\, Anna Bon\, Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre\, Eli
 sabetta de Gambarini\, Maria Szymanowska and Fanny Hensel. Music which cou
 ld greatly enrich modern day recitals and teaching anthologies.\n\nColin H
 azel is a pianist\, singer\, MD\, composer\, arranger and teacher with a m
 usic degree (BA Hons) from the University of Nottingham. He has worked as 
 a solo performer and accompanist in a variety of theatre\, jazz and classi
 cal groups\, including The Barefoot Doctors and Giffords Circus. He has pu
 blished New Horizons For Piano: Grades 2-3\, and is working on a Grades 4-
 6 collection. Colin's interest in the history of women composers addresses
  the need for raising awareness and widening access to diverse piano reper
 toire in music education.\n\n\n
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, room 2S5
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