Leah Broad

“But there’s no market for women composers…” Let’s retire this tired idea please.

**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.

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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…” Let’s retire this tired idea please.

“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)

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“But there’s no market for women composers…” Let’s retire this tired idea please.

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.
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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!!

Ah thank you for listening!! Sympathy on the cold front, I also got struck down by whatever miserable plague is doing the rounds...

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_

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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!

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Thank you so much!

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

The five new classical albums to hear this week – featuring Víkingur Ólafsson and Nicola Benedetti This week sees new recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas, Schubert's piano duets, and orchestral music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor

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...

Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...

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.

Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works

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...

Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...

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
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