“This album makes a persuasive case in favour of the music… and the Piano Concerto in particular is a fine piece, and takes its place alongside other Resonus issues celebrating neglected 20th century female British composers.” #AvrilColeridgeTaylor #SmanthaEge @leahbroad.bsky.social

Lovely mention in The @telegraph.co.uk for our concert on 15 March at he RNCM with Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata, introduced by @leahbroad.bsky.social

**NEW POST** This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it. leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...

We're ALBUM OF THE WEEK on Essential Classics. Tune in to Radio 3 every morning this week around 10.30am GMT for a track from the album. Today it was the "Comet Prelude' - literally composed in mid-air during AC-T's flight to South Africa. @leahbroad.bsky.social

“But there’s no market for women composers…” (I bought this album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music on CD on the day of release, and I absolutely love it. It’s all new to me, and I’m sorry I’ve had to wait so long) via @leahbroad.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

Highly recommend former FLA guest @leahbroad.bsky.social's blog posts. This one's about composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-98), and an excellent new disc of recordings, notably her piano concerto. Lots of links to music, essays and broadcasts. leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...

AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR IS IN THE CLASSICAL CHARTS 😎😍

And we're in the Charts! The succulent filling in a John Wilson sandwich.... @leahbroad.bsky.social

My favourite picture of the evening…

What an incredible week it has been for Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, or downloaded the album, & who came to launch it with us. If you would like info about programming her music, please do contact me!!

Finally some time* to sit and listen to this several times properly. To think that this music could so easily have been forgotten. Amazing work by Leah Broad and everyone involved! (*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)

Listening to this now. Some wonderful music here - strongly recommended. 🎶

Really enjoying the Piano Concerto 👍

#AlbumTherapy Avril Coleridge-Taylor, _Piano Concertos & Orchestral Works_ music.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg90...

Having been lucky enough to do the preparatory rehearsal conducting @rcmlondon.bsky.social for ‘To April’, can vouch for the excellence of this under-appreciated music. Chapeau to @leahbroad.bsky.social and @tomedney.bsky.social 👏👏👏

It’s finally here!

Wonderful composer! I'm so glad this album of music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor has finally been released. It's beautiful! 😍

I am so excited for this album to arrive! I mentioned it in, and interviewed Dr. Ege and Dr. Broad for, this NPR piece on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's 150th anniversary back in August Congratulations to @jkaconductor.bsky.social, @leahbroad.bsky.social, and Samantha Ege! www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

Performing a viola & piano programme of all British 🇬🇧 women composers: Minna Keal, Freda Swain & Rebecca Clarke (of course). With violist Jenny Lewisohn in Harlow, Essex. Tomorrow Friday 21st Nov, 1pm

Avril Coleridge-Taylor is one of Gramophone's five recommended albums for this week!! Right up there alongside Vikingur Olafsson & Nicola Benedetti, she would have LOVED that @jkaconductor.bsky.social @resonus.bsky.social www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-mu...

Why does Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserve to be heard? Samantha Ege writes about her experience playing the Piano Concerto, out today on @resonus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

So excited to hear this at last! A very special composer who carried a complex, startling story.

Delighted to see this out there. When @leahbroad.bsky.social was on my textcast #FirstLastAnything in the summer, we touched on the work of Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Link here: firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/08/24/f...

Not one, but TWO Coleridge-Taylor discs released today! One featuring the orchestral works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; the other, nearly all premiere recordings of Avril Coleridge-Taylor's orchestral works. Check them out! You won't be disappointed.

IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...

Fabulous article by Dr Samantha Ege ahead of tomorrow’s release. @leahbroad.bsky.social

Counting down to Friday's Avril Coleridge-Taylor Release! Sadly, we couldn't use this artwork (by the firstborn) officially, as the original photograph that inspired it is still in copyright, but I think you can still enjoy it.... @leahbroad.bsky.social

If you're in the UK, tune in to @BBC Radio 3's #InTune programme today to hear pianist Samantha Ege talk about her forthcoming release of Avril Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Concerto. @leahbroad.bsky.social Pre-order the CD now👉https://bit.ly/4oQIvSa Pre-save the album👉https://orcd.co/brx5gxg

New York folks, I'll be in NYC in January. I'd love to get coffee with music/writing/performance folks, especially if you'd be interested in collaborating! Please drop me a note if you'd like to say hi 🙂

This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail. Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening. leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...

ps @leahbroad.bsky.social’s newsletter this week about how creative women/women composers should be given the space to fail resonated deeply.

This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail. Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening. leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...

The new single from the album of Orchestral Works by Avril Coleridge-Taylor is featured on @applemusic #applemusicclassical 'Relaxing Classics' playlist. Listen now👉 music.apple.com/us/playlist/... Samantha Ege, piano @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social

This was such a wonderful project to be part of!

First listen to our new Avril Coleridge-Taylor album! This is the second movement of her Piano Concerto, dedicated to Edward Elgar, played by @jkaconductor.bsky.social, Samantha Ege & BBC Philharmonic. I hope you like it 🥹🥹🥹 open.spotify.com/track/7sBFQ5...

*NEW POST* November's going to be a big month for composer Rebecca Clarke. All her works will be published, her songs recorded, and a focus day on her music at the Wigmore Hall. In this week's post I'm writing about why Clarke deserves to be celebrated leahbroad.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

We’re hiring 💡 We’re looking for a Project Manager (Families) to develop and manage events for families at Wigmore Hall ✨ Find out more and apply here: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/jobs/project-manager-families Deadline: 9.00am on Tuesday 21 October

Saw most of this (not the Beamish, obviously) last week in Skipton and it was a superb evening.

Dorothy Howell's at the Wigmore Hall! Coming up on the 16th - violinist Fenella Humphreys gives the world premiere of 'Tracing' by Sally Beamish, and tonnes of goodies from Prokofiev and Stravinsky to Mendelssohn www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

If you were following the last run of #FirstLastAnything, we had @leahbroad.bsky.social as a guest, and she mentioned an upcoming Avril Coleridge-Taylor disc, with the first ever recordings of several works. Leah's excellent blog has a new post on this. leahbroad.substack.com/p/avril-cole...

It's finally here!! Avril Coleridge-Taylor is getting the first album ever dedicated entirely to her works. My post this week is about why Avril, her music, and the album matter "Her compositions tell both one woman’s story, and a whole social history too." leahbroad.substack.com/p/avril-cole...

Happy release day to Dobrinka Tabakova! I cannot recommend this beautiful album enough - it is every bit the perfect successor to her wonderful 'String Paths'. Give yourself a Friday treat and take an hour to listen to this ❤️ open.spotify.com/album/7azNPv...

What should we do with recordings by artists whose views we disagree with? And does it change how we hear Beethoven's music, knowing that it was used to bolster the Nazi regime? On pianists Myra Hess and Elly Ney, and Beethoven on both sides of #WWII open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

Fascinating read about a real badass (which is a good thing in case it wasn't obvious) who also wrote some amazing music. Before listening to the new CPO disc I had only heard her 2nd symphony. Now I'm thirsty for more. <3

NEW POST This week I'm thinking about the role of music in political conflict. Meet French Resistance composer Elsa Barraine, whose compositions responded to the rise of fascism in Europe "Music would become Barraine's mode of resistance" open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

Would anyone be interested in a kind of music appreciation club via my Substack? Maybe once a fortnight I'd pick a piece of classical music & provide a listening guide, info about the piece/composer, qs for discussion & further listening/reading. Yes/no?

NEW POST about pianists Myra Hess & Elly Ney, and how they used Beethoven during #WWII. "Myra and Elly’s stories show just how mercurial musical meaning can be, and how much the stories we tell about music matter." open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

I recommend this fabulous, perfect Sunday reading and listening, and look forward to delving into the fascinating playlist some more.

Thank you x a million @whenisbirths.bsky.social and @leahbroad.bsky.social Best FLA yet?? Possibly! So good And so much here I'm banking to listen to later (just got to get to tomorrow - just the tiny matter of Elijah tonight in the way) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐