Interview

IN CONVERSATION WITH ELAINE MITCHENER AND JULIET FRASER

Sophie Emilie Beha

“They are among the most versatile and go-getting singers of our time. Elaine Mitchener deepened her love of singing as a teenager, through gospel music and jazz, and later through classical training at the conservatory. Juliet Fraser did not begin singing seriously until she was 20 years old – until then she wanted to be an oboist. For both, singing was a need, a form of artistic expression, a fulfillment.”

Three artists on Dance

‘I approach dance with a musician’s sensibility,’ says vocalist, composer and movement artist Elaine Mitchener, whose work appears in ‘British Art Show 9’, a major group exhibition that takes the temperature of contemporary art every five years (touring nationally until 23 Dec 2022).

‘Come on this journey with me’: Elaine Mitchener, Britain’s boldest vocalist

Jennifer Lucy Allan

“Classically trained with a three-octave range, the genre-exploding performer dissolves her voice into astonishing gasps and stutters to confront the horror of colonial history.”

We’re in the business of the new.

DevilishlyGrand

“Elaine Mitchener creates in order to challenge – others and herself. She’s not looking for the comfort zone. We talked about necessary questions and uncomfortable answers.”

20 artists for 20 years

20 Artists for 20 Years brings you exclusive insights into the extraordinary artists in Sound UK’s life.

A column by

Bill Shoemaker

Diving into Elaine Mitchener’s career.

The voice of the revolution

Hannah Schmidt

On the way to a really new kind of music: The British singer and composer Elaine Mitchener

Composing in the Golden 20s

“I think we should be activists. We should work to change society.”