Welcome back to Declassify Season 2! I am so pleased to welcome you all back to this new season, and most importantly, to begin this following season with a host of international guests and conversations. I am so pleased, not only to have returned, but to welcome Declassify’s third guest for the season, pioneering percussionist Claire Edwardes. Claire is a leading percussionist working as a soloist, recording performer and chamber musician and is the current Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring. She is a forefront figure for the commissioning and performance of contemporary Australian music having premiered works by composers such as Harrison Birtwistle and Elena Kats-Chernin. Claire remains the only Australian to have won the ‘APRA Art Music Award for Excellence’ by an individual three times. Across this episode, Victoria and Claire unpack the myth of meritocracy, new programming, educational models and the need to break the cycles of sonic conditioning.
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RESOURCES
Claire’s Website: https://www.claireedwardes.com/
Limelight Claire’s article: https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/ensemble-offspring-embracing-the-new-and-unknown/?fbclid=IwAR1DJ91HVCmDLPb5TS0suIDUeBjbamt4wxRW4FCgYJOb01QpJvSScbU12FQ
Claire’s Resources for Composers: https://www.claireedwardes.com/resourcesforcomposers
Claire’s Female Composition List: https://www.claireedwardes.com/femalecompositionlist
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/
Keychange EU: https://www.keychange.eu/