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Oxford on Woman's Hour
Jennifer Pike (LMH, pictured left)) made an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour on Monday to mark her success at being one of three young musicians to be awarded the first ever London Music Masters Awards
for 2009–12.
To launch her three-year tenure, Jennifer will
perform an individual afternoon recital at London's premiere chamber
music venue, Wigmore Hall this Thursday 22 October. Following the recitals, one of the LMM Artists will also have
the opportunity to perform a concerto with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra under the baton of Osmo Vanska at the Royal Festival Hall in Autumn 2010.
In addition, Jennifer will be a part of the the Bridge Project, an educational initiative that identifies and
nurtures young children who might not otherwise have the opportunity to
engage in classical music. Targeting socio-economically challenged
inner-city boroughs, the Project encourages children, their families
and their communities to develop a life-long appreciation for classical
music in all its varied forms. In particular, this project aims to help
increase the ethnic and socio-economic diversity within professional
music ensembles by reaching out to broader communities from a young age
and preparing them to participate and succeed in the classical world (picture, right, of one young musician involved in the Project). Jennifer talks about her crucial ambassadorial role in the Woman's Hour interview, which you can hear on the BBC i-Player for 7 days (feature starts at 32'50"). You can also hear Jennifer playing live on the programme.
Last week, Dr Suzanne Aspden (Jesus College) capped her year of media celebrations of Handel's 250th anniversary with an appearance on Woman's Hour, where she discussed the role of women in Handel's operas. Dr Aspden's commentary arises from her current work on a book on the so-called 'rival singers', Faustina and Cuzzoni, which you can hear on Saturday's Woman's Hour on the BBC i-Player for 7 days (feature starting at 45'30").