Eleanor Kelly

What an experience I had in London with the amazing Pixaudio team! I cannot thank them enough for their technical and creative brilliance 👏💫They're now working hard mixing, mastering, editing and much more behind the scenes.

I look forward to sharing more updates 🤩

I forget to share on Bluesky, but would like to share a quick update on the Carmen Guzmán Recording Project...
I am so thrilled to share that it has officially been recorded! 🤩

After a weekend recording in London with the incredible Pixaudio team, I'm so excited for you to hear the results: an album of beautiful solo guitar works by Guzmán 🎼

Stay tuned 💫

www.eleanorguitar.com/carmen-guzman

Today marks the centenary of an iconic Argentine musician, Carmen Guzmán, born in this day in 1925 💜🇦🇷🎶

#womencomposers #argentina #CarmenGuzmán

Help raise £4000 to create a landmark recording celebrating the centenary of Carmen Guzmán! – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to create a landmark recording celebrating the centenary of Carmen Guzmán!. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Every share gets Guzmán's music further so please share it around and any support you can offer will be much appreciated! 🙏💚

The album of music by Guzmán and will include some world premieres! 🎉

I'm doing some fundraising to cover it and would so grateful for any help towards it 🙏 £25+ gets you a signed copy of a CD and there are some other tiers to explore too...

I'm 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 to share that I'll be recording my debut album this Autumn with the amazing Pixaudio team! 🤩🎼🎧

I'll be recording a full album of works by the amazing Carmen Guzmán to celebrate her centenary which, excitingly, will feature some 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞 recordings 🤩

More news soon! 💚

'...a highly skilled and engaging performer who is not afriad to explore the drama and emotion of music.' - Hastings Independent Press

So grateful for such a lovely audience in St Leonards at Kino-Teatr ❤️ Thank you once again! 🙏

Had a fabulous time down in St Leonards performing at the awesome Kino-Teatr with Mike Hughes on vibraphone 🎵✨🤩 Thank you so much for having us - can't wait to come back!

I've created a mailing list if you'd like to sign up to receive updates on upcoming performances, projects, and news 😊📩
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My solo recital at Birkenhead Priory (Sunday 6th) will be a centenary celebration of works by Carmen Guzmán, plus music by other iconic women guitarist-composers 🎼✨

I'll also be joined by the amazing Mike Hughes on vibraphone for some French duets celebrating another centenary: Erik Satie 🎹

I do 😭 so much 😭

Next concert: this Sunday 6th July 2pm @ Birkenehad Priory. I'll be celebrating the centenary of one of my favourite composers: Carmen Guzmán 🎶🇦🇷🎼

Thank you Pete - I've only just seen this! My new strings are on and sounding good too, thank you! 😊

Thank you so much ❤️

Eleanor Kelly | Classical guitar | Video/Recordings Classical guitar video/recordings | Eleanor Kelly

As it's International Women's Month, if you like, you can download it for free from my website, warts and all 🤪
www.eleanorguitar.com/video-record...

Here's a live recording of María Luisa Anido's 𝐸𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑜 recorded by Gaz from Silver Disk Sound in Darwen last year 🔊🎧 One of my faves 🥰

#classicalguitar
#womencomposers
#womeninmusic

Yes, love all of their music!! I'm learning some pieces by Presti at the moment 🤩 My research is going to be about non-guitarist composers and the contexts in which they came to write for the instrument. I'll keep you posted 🥰

Thank you so much 🥰 Fingers crossed 🙏

🥳 I have an offer for a PhD in Music! *but* I need some help..No funding or fee-waivers available for me so pls let me know of any external funding that might be relevant? My research will focus on guitar music by women composers in the 20th c.🎼
Thx all🎵🙏😇

#musicology
#womeninmusic
#womencomposers

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 🎶💪💥
Let's play music by women composers today and every day and support creatives always 🎼

(📸: Rachel Clarke Photography✨)

This answer from the "I'm a classical music enthusiast but" series might be a teeny bit relevant today... 💁🏼‍♀️

Women have shaped the history of the guitar for centuries—celebrate their legacy! This International Women’s Day tune in to the Classical Guitar Heroines podcast to discover the stories of remarkable women. #womensupportingwomen #classicalguitarheroines #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday

On the train to Hertfordshire for a concert for AK Classical Guitar Society reading about the strike of the Bryant and May matchwomen 🔥📖
Happy #WomensHistoryMonth 💐💪

I'm looking forward to a couple of performances for AKCGS next weekend in Hertfordshire and Bexhill 🇬🇧😊
I'll be playing music by Carmen Guzmán, Errollyn Wallen, Ida Presti, María Luisa Anido and Chiquinha Gonzaga 🎼

More info here:
www.akclassicalguitarsociety.co.uk/events

Picture of Eleanor, seated, playing the guitar.

Thank you to everyone who came along to my lunchtime recital at Liverpool Cathedral yesterday. It was great to play in the beautiful acoustic of the Lady Chapel again 😊🎵✨

(Thanks to Jack for the pics 📸)

Thanks for your support Pete! 🙏✨

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A recording of mine was featured on BBC Radio 4 😊

Tune in at 16.44 to hear a bit of 'Seascape' by Phyllis Tate & also to hear Steve Toon (my guitar luthier) talk about importing and exporting guitar materials and guitars to and from Europe...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

So looking forward to my first solo recital of the year at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on 31st January. Music by Teresa de Rogatis, Errollyn Wallen, Violeta Parra and more 🎶🎼