Flower of the Month – November
“Come to thy home, beloved!” was written by the Flower Sisters in 1834 – a beautiful song from a truly great writing partnership…
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A Huge Boost to our Eliza Flower Project
We are delighted to announce that ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE has received a huge boost to our Eliza Flower Project from the Heritage National Lottery Fund
The Flower Composers
We are delighted to announce that ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE is commissioning a new set of “Songs of the Seasons” inspired by the music of Eliza Flower (1803-1846)
Flower of the Month – October
Is this really a song about autumn or a more personal message to the friends who deserted the Flower sisters in 1834 in the wake of a scandal?……
Flower of the Month – September
Yes it’s true I’m afraid “Summer has departed” but thankfully we have this “gorgeous Autumn” song from Eliza Flower and poet Mary Howitt
Flower of the Month – August
The words of this song, “The Harvests of Time” are by Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) who formed a powerful protest song writing partnership with Eliza Flower….
Flower of the Month – July
A beautiful and practical lullaby dedicated to all mothers who find it hard to get their babies to sleep in scorching summer weather – not an issue this July!
Flower of the Month – June
There is a joy and freshness about this gorgeous acapella song by Eliza Flower which sounds like friends enjoying the open air together……
Re-connecting with Essex!
We’ve been spending some joyful and exciting time re-connecting with people and places featured in our Echoes from Essex project during lockdowns in 2020… we made some delightful discoveries……..
The Flower Singers June Workshop
We began the month of June workshopping Eliza Flower’s delightful song for June with a quartet of very talented young singers…The Flower Singers