Conway Hall Partnership Highlights

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Conway Hall Partnership Highlights

Extracts from our sell out performance of
Flowers of the Seasons
Politics, Power & Poverty
the first concert of her music in 200 years
and the first ever at Conway Hall
where her legacy lives on

In 2023 we began a very special partnership with
Conway Hall Ethical Society
after finding they held an archive of music
by
Eliza Flower (1803–1846).

During the 2023/24 season we’ve been excited to begin our public events at their historic venue in London and look forward to seeing you at some of the events in the upcoming season.

Scroll down for videos, photos and music from our Young Singers Programme, Workshops and Performances.

Conway Hall Rehearsal

Laurence Panter, Frances M Lynch and Lauren Lister signing and singing "Nearer My God to Thee"

Protesting for Anna Appleby

"Anti Corn Law League" Banner

Laurence & Frances in full flow!

Discussing "THAT MAN!"

PERFORMANCES

Wonderful event – richly informative and brilliant.
Amazing opportunity to hear Flower’s music in this historic place.

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Flowers of the Seasons
Politics, Power & Poverty

Full Performance
Recorded live on Friday 27th October 2023
CONWAY HALL LIBRARY, London

‘I loved it!’
‘Gorgeous performances of the songs, wonderful new commissions, informative and moving lectures’

4 women standing together holding flowers with the library shelves and fireplace behind them

THE FLOWER COMPOSERS
Amanda Johnson, Anna Appleby, Frances M Lynch, Lilly Vadaneaux

Pictured at Conway Hall after the premiere of their joint work
“Seasons of Change”

MUSIC

Eliza Flower (1803 – 1846)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 – 1847)
Franz Schubert (1797 -1828)

The Flower Composers
Frances M Lynch
Lilly Vadaneaux,
Amanda Johnson
Anna Appleby

ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE TEAM

Frances M Lynch – Artistic Director, Soprano, Composer Laurence Panter – Pianist, Tenor
Oskar Jensen – Historian, Singer
Lauren Lister – BSL Interpreter
Herbie Clarke – Production & Marketing Manager
Mahogany Allen – Company Stage Manager
Elizabeth Dawson – Costume Design
Miranda Melville – Costume Adviser

Great new compositions; elements of fun
Wonderful & inspirational – a revelation!    
Fantastic performance – loved the positivity and commitment     

“Flowers of the Seasons
Politics, Power & Poverty”

Workshop & Performance extracts
Recorded live
Nov 16th 2023
Holborn Community Association
 Millman Street Community Centre
London

EVT was honoured to be asked to pop round the corner from Conway Hall to one of the Holborn Community Association Day Centre Groups in Millman Street to give a very special performance from our Eliza Flower project.

We made a new version of
“Flowers of the Seasons – Politics, Power & Poverty”
and tested out their voices in a workshop first  –
their energy and enthusiasm was infectious!

A man is shouting into a megaphone and the audience seated around are mesmerised

‘It was brilliant, lots of beautiful melodies, fantastic participatory elements with audience and altogether a really feel-good event!’

‘I absolutely loved the performance. I will definitely follow this event up.’

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WORKSHOPS

YOUNG SINGERS PROGRAMME

After a series on 6 online sessions focusing on vocal ensemble techniques, we got together for a day at Conway Hall to put it all into practice. We invited a small audience to hear the work based on music by Eliza Flower, Frances M Lynch and Anna Appleby. We loved working with this talented group of singers and wish them well in their careers which we hope will include us!

7 people looking delighted in front of a grand piano on a wood lined staged with a bright painting in the background

Young Singers Programme Workshop Team
Alex Pratley, Ruby Caddick Lawrence, Adele Bachmann, Frances M Lynch, Elspeth Manders,Marta Shevchenko, Ana Berkenhoff

‘It really felt that we were creating something special on the day!’

‘Focusing on the moments we sang together and where we diverted created a harmony within each piece that took me by surprise and I found it very moving.’

‘I have found that I am able to embody the beat better than I have before and am seeing results in the music I am learning’

‘I loved the strength I felt when singing “Song of Polish Exiles”…. a truly powerful piece to sing.’

‘… the participants soon felt like friends, the team so considerate and supportive!’

Christopher Hatton Primary School

Composer & Singer Eliza Flower (1803 – 1846) turned (2)21! on the 19th of April 2024 so ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE and Conway Hall Ethical Society cooked up a joyful celebration with Year 6 pupils from Christopher Hatton Primary which is just around the corner!
We had a fabulous morning with this very enthusiastic and interested group, singing music by Eliza, learning about her life, and working with Flower Composers, Frances M Lynch and Lilly Vadaneaux to create their own protest songs – oh and there was cake!

I liked the protest song
I loved learning sign language
I enjoyed the tour of the building
I enjoyed hearing the history of Conway Hall
I learned lots about Eliza and her sister Sarah
I really enjoyed making and performing our own songs

Everyone liked the cupcakes!

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the electric voice theatre logo - just the words on some spikes of colour
 

Flowers to NewcastleHerbie standing in a field surrounded by picnic tables with his arms outstretched, mirroring the Angel of the North statue behind himcolourful pictures of the 4 seasons with 4 women's heads around the picture of Eliza Flower in the centreSeasons of Change