Sounding the Feminists and the Next Generation of Irish Female Irish Composers

GoldenPlec.com

Éanna Cunnane

9th April 2021

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NATIONAL CONCERT HALL & SOUNDING THE FEMINISTS ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF FEMALE COMMISSIONING SCHEME 

National Concert Hall

11th February 2021

FIVE MINUTES WITH YEOMAN YOUNG ARTIST COMPOSER AMELIA CLARKSON

by Suzy Willmott.

6th September 2019.

QUICKBITE | Michele Deiana, Amelia Clarkson, and more talk about influential composers and producers

Prxludes

24th March 2021

PRXLUDES:
AMELIA CLARKSON

Prxludes.

9th September 2020

A BEACON OF HOPE

Planet Hugill
23rd January 2019. 

Female Composers Reap the Rewards for Original Music

The Business Post

Dick O'Riordan

28th February 2021

NEW WOODS COLLECTIVE: DEBUT ALBUM 'BRANCHES'

New Woods Collective

17th August 2020

WISSAM BOUSTANY: PRO YOUTH PHILHARMONIA:
JANUARY TOUR 2019

Pro Youth Philharmonia
2nd April 2019. 

Finola Mericale, Wyvern Lingo, Ena Brennan and Amelia Clarkson announced as the winners of Female Commissioning Scheme

Journal of Music

12th February 2021.

THE IMPECCABLE TIMING OF AMELIA CLARKSON

Herne Hill Magazine

Colin Wright
18th December 2019

27 March 2021

PERFORMANCE

DEAR FRANCES STREAMING ONLINE

The 2019 performance of ballet, Dear Frances will be streaming on Sat 27th March 2021 in Theatre at the Mill's Cultural Lounge.

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Watch the trailer here

November 2020

WORKSHOP

FIDELIO TRIO:

PROJECT PRELUDE

Darragh Morgan of the Fidelio Trio workshopped a new solo violin work 'Strajk' for Project Prelude in collaboration with CMC Ireland and Glasdrum.

25th August 2020

PREMIERE

THROUGH HIS GAZE

3 songs for tenor and harp

2020 Presteigne festival

Wed 25th August 4pm.

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This performance will be a digital performance due to Covid-19.

6th June 2019

PREMIERE

DEAR FRANCES: A NEW ONE ACT BALLET

New ballet for chamber orchestra based on the life of Frances Shea (chor. Ruaidhri Maguire) was premiered at Blackheath Halls in a performance conducted by Jonathan Mann.

Photograph: Juliette Koch

February 2021

AWARD

PHILIP BATES TRUST
COMPOSITION PRIZE

Song-set Through His Gaze placed 2nd in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Prize in the 2020 Philip Bates Composition Prize.

October 2020

FUNDING AWARD

ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND

Amelia was grateful to receive a Support for the Individual Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

December 2019

ACADEMIC

MASTERS OF MUSIC

Amelia graduated as a Master of Music in Composition with distinction from Trinity Laban.

11th November 2019

AWARD

WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS

Amelia was honoured to receive the 2018 silver medal for Trinity Laban.

Photograph: Peter Holland

February 2021

COMMISSIONING AWARD

NATIONAL CONCERT HALL & SOUNDING THE FEMINISTS

Amelia received the National Concert Hall of Ireland's Sounding the Feminists Mid-Career/Emerging Commission Award, for which they have commissioned her to write I AM LEDA for small ensemble. 

Autumn / Winter 2020

RECORDING

LIGETI QUARTET: WORKOUT

The Ligeti Quartet will record 'Butterflies' from ballet, Dear Frances, as part of their Workout scheme. 

Their mission is to record 100 pieces by 100 composers to celebrate their tenth anniversary. 

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Read more here

6th September 2019

INTERVIEW 

FIVE MINUTES WITH YEOMAN YOUNG ARTIST COMPOSER AMELIA CLARKSON

by Suzy Willmott.