Joy Bounds brings famous composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth to life in an inspiring fictionalised account.
It is the late nineteenth century and Queen Victoria is on the throne. Upper-class girls are expected to get married and be content with entertaining, embroidery and elementary music-making. But, from an early age, Ethel has other ideas. She dreams of becoming a composer and having her music performed.
Joy explains: “I became interested in Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), the composer, when I came across her ‘March of the Women’ whilst researching the campaign for Votes for Women for a local history book. This song was the anthem of the suffrage organisation headed by Mrs Pankhurst, and I was interested to find out more about its composer.”
Interviewer Rachel Sloane
Event includes refreshments.
