NEW SEASON COMING SOON
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At Leodis Consort, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community where everyone is welcome. Music is for everyone, and we welcome and celebrate individuals from all backgrounds, races, genders, and sexual orientations. We believe that by embracing diversity, we can create a richer, more vibrant musical community that reflects the world we live in.
We are particularly passionate about promoting diversity within the classical music scene, this includes those of all gender identities. This is a trans and non-binary inclusive space and we encourage any singers who identify as such to join us. We also recognise the importance of elevating the voices of talented singers from minority ethnic backgrounds and are dedicated to creating opportunities for more singers from these communities to showcase their talents.
Leodis Consort is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion in our music group and we also want to reflect this in our programme choices. We aim to highlight works by composers that have been historically underrepresented and overlooked such as women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds. We want to celebrate the diversity of the music community across all groups of people and give a platform to those who are routinely not given one.
Leodis Consort Honorary President
She presents BBC Radio 3's Record Review Extra, The Early Music Show, Breakfast, and live Concerts including regular lunchtime recitals from Wigmore Hall and LSO St Luke's.
She also appears as a commentator and presenter of the BBC Proms on BBC2 and BBC4. Her recent book, Sir Henry Wood Champion of J.S. Bach (Boydell Press, 2019) has been described as ‘utterly absorbing’, and ‘a fascinating contribution to the emerging history of the early music revival.’
In addition to presenting concerts either live or live-streamed, she has given pre-concert events for a variety of festivals and concert venues including The Oxford Lieder Festival, Bach Unwrapped at Kings Place, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto, and the Folkestone Literary Festival. She has written for BBC Music Magazine and served on the jury for its Annual Awards, and more recently been on jury panels for REMA and the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Hannah graduated from Birmingham University before studying baroque flute at the Royal Academy of Music and completing her PhD at the University of Leeds. For 12 years she was a Lecturer and Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music, during which time she also served as External Examiner and Advisor at the University of Chichester; and whilst living for a spell in Canada, taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
Hannah was a founder trustee of Continuo Foundation – a grant awarding body for period instrument ensembles recovering from the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic - and she now serves on the Advisory Board for Haringey Young Musicians in London.
We are grateful for the generous support received by the following organisations