Revolting Women

This June explore the music of North and South America. Poets like Emily Dickinson and Ofelia Sussel-Marie, both of whom were women working as creatives in a world completely dominated by men. Dickinson’s work was championed and celebrated by Aaron Copland catapulting her into the mainstream. However Sussel-Marie’s beautiful poetry was put to music by the brilliant Irma Urteaga, a female composer in a similar situation to her own, taking longer for the world to appreciate their artistry.

Matilda Dawes is a young local soprano and choral conductor. Since graduating with a first from Trinity Laban Conservatoire Matilda has founded the Verdier Trio – for voice, flute and piano, and Cantwara – a harp and voice duo. Both have recently performed at festivals and churches in Kent and will be giving their first London performances later on in this concert series at the Space. Alongside a busy performing career, Matilda also conducts Greenwich Carers Voices and works with the London Youth Choir Cambiata Boys as an assistant leader. Matilda is taught by Patricia Rozario OBE and Anna Boucher. As the new resident musician at the Space she is looking forward to producing and performing her first concert series – Revolting Women!

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Felix Ottaway O’Mahony is studying for an undergraduate degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire with Elena Riu as his teacher. Felix has performed in masterclasses with renowned artists including Dr Min Kwon, Pascal Roge, Enrico Elisi, Andrew West, Lei Weng, Niklas Pokki, Christine Croshaw and Susan Chan. He has performed in a variety of venues across the United Kingdom including Wigmore Hall, The Barbican, Lucy Sanderson Hall, Blackheath Halls, Waltham Abbey, and The Old Royal Naval College Chapel. He enjoys performing a wide repertoire, with a love for both the established canon, as well as music that is underperformed and newly composted. A committed chamber musician, he enjoys working and performing in a variety of group settings. In this capacity he regularly receives coaching from musicians including Dr. Ji Liu, Andrew Sherwood, and members of the Carducci quartet.