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Broadcasts and Podcasts

 

Tak Edition Podcast

Hannah Kendall and Elaine Mitchener

 

Let’s Talk Off The Podium

Listen to this podcast interview with Elaine Mitchener.

 

Nothing Concrete – A Barbican Centre’s podcast

Sound artist, composer, researcher Rebekah Alero speaks to vocal and movement artist, Elaine Mitchener about improvisation and using your voice as a vessel for storytelling.

www.barbican.org.uk

 

Sound an Music Podcast – Episode 1: Time

In this episode, we invite composers Jem Finer, Elaine Mitchener, and Chaya Czernowin to share their music and thoughts exploring the theme of Time.
We listen to a piece of music lasting 1,000 years, explore the politics of history and time past, and get a flavour for what non-linear music sounds like. Join our CEO Susanna Eastburn MBE and composer Des Oliver for a unique insight into composing.
www.soundandmusic.org

 

From the Producer’s Office – James Clutton in conversation with Elaine Mitchener

On this episode of From the Producer’s Office, James Clutton is joined by Elaine Mitchener. They discuss Elaine’s genre-busting work, facing rejection in the industry, and the work they’ve been doing during lockdown.
From the Producer’s Office is a series of informal podcasts with Opera Holland Park’s Director of Opera, James Clutton. In conversation with creatives and collaborators across the industry, they explore the process of putting opera on stage, and how the artists involved approach their craft.
www.operahollandpark.com

 

George Lewis at Borealis

Kate Molleson presents more of the best in new music performance, including recordings from Aberdeen Sound and Huddersfield Contemporary Music festivals, new releases from Toupaye and Kristine Tjogersen, and a focus on composer George Lewis from Borealis – a festival for experimental music in Bergen.
George Lewis is a senior figure in American music, he was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in Chicago and an electronic computer music pioneer, and he is currently Professor of American Music at Columbia University. You can hear “Memorial” interpreted by Elaine Mitchener at 1:04:45′
www.bbc.co.uk

 

Race, equality and classical music

Kate Molleson hosts an online panel discussion on issues relating to race and equality within the classical music industry with contributions from performers, composers, artistic leaders and programmers. The panel considers past histories and looks to the future through the lenses of education, economics and programming and deliberates on the current impact Covid-19 is having on diversity within the arts. Kate Molleson is joined by Founder, Artistic and Executive Director of the Chineke! Foundation, Chi-chi Nwanoku; experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer, Elaine Mitchener; composer and Professor of American Music at Columbia University, George E. Lewis; Chair of UK Music Diversity Taskforce, Ammo Talwar; and Head of Music at Manchester International Festival, Jane Beese; with contributions from writer, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason; Founder and Artistic Director of plainsightSOUND, Uchenna Ngwe and composer, Adolphus Hailstork.
www.bbc.co.uk

4 July 2020

British Art Show 9

Elaine Mitchener is invited to present some of her work as part of British...
9 September 2020

Ruhrtriennale – Archive of Lost Events

The Ruhrtriennale 2020 canceled due to COVID-19 invites artists to an ′Archive of Lost...