Echoes from Northamptonshire
WELCOME TO DAY 10 OF
“Echoes from Northamptonshire”
BRIXWORTH ONLINE MUSIC FESTIVAL
On this final day we invite you to look back at the last 10 days packed full of music, poetry and remarkable stories of exceptional women scientists, engineers and composers. Scroll down for more and don’t forget to check out some of this week’s greatest music at BRIXWORTH MUSIC FESTIVAL on Facebook. Our favourite posting was composer Isabella Leonarda‘s Sonata Duodecima performed by Rachel Podger & Daniele Caminiti
6PM LIVE EVENT ON ZOOM
– live discussion with the Festival Directors and some special guests
– meet this year’s winner of the Women Composers Competition, Florence Anna Maunders
– enjoy some live MUSIC including the live premiere of
“Bats, Moths and Bi-planes″
by Frances M Lynch
Produced by Herbie Clarke at Birnam Studios, London as part of electric voice theatre‘s Minerva Scientifica – Connections 2020 project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Frances M Lynch is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Music Creators.
Practice Singing “Echoes from Northamptonshire” today with Frances so you can join in the singing at 6pm
Echoes from Northants, Echoes from Northants,
Engineers, Doctors, Scientists, Composers
So many lived here, Some very near here,
We could be just like them
We hear their echoes from Northants, We hear their echoes from Northants
Echoes from Northamptonshire!
MEANWHILE
We invite you to scroll back through the calendar (use the tabs on the side or go to the events page)
Here’s a quick reminder of the impressive, creative and determined women we have celebrated from Northamptonshire with direct links to their pages on the Minerva Scientifica Website
- Lilian Bader (1918 – 2015) Aircraft Instrument Engineer – Higham Ferrers
- Delia Derbyshire (1937 – 2001) Composer – Northampton
- Eliza Westbury (1808 – 1828) Lacemaker – Hackleton
- Debbie Samwell Wildlife Conservationist and Senior Countryside Ranger at Brixworth Country Park – Northampton
- Mary, Duchess of Bedford (1865 – 1937) Ornithologist – Sywell
- Dorothy Spicer (1908 -1946) Aircraft Engineer – Sywell
- Women Pilots and Engineers from The World’s First Female Flying Festival at Sywell Aerodrome in 1931
We also heard music from more exciting UK Women Composers
- Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866 -1956) Composer & Singer
- Madeleine Dring (1923 – 1977) Composer, Singer and Actor
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad Composer
- Shena Fraser (1910 – 1993) Composer
- Maria Barthélemon(1749-1799) Composer, Singer and Keyboardist
You will find many more on our Women Composers Page on the Minerva Scientifica Website
Join BRIXWORTH MUSIC FESTIVAL on Facebook
They have been posting some wonderful music throughout the festival
Our favourite posting was composer Isabella Leonarda‘s Sonata Duodecima performed by Rachel Podger & Daniele Caminiti
Minerva Scientifica – Connections 2020
