Vulva Voce (Georgina MacDonell Finlayson, Nadia Eskandari, Julia Sandros-Alper, Lucy McLuckie) : Women Make Music
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Over the past two years, Vulva Voce’s innovative approach has gained them publicity on the GRAMMYS website, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Manchester, The Strad and Slipped Disc. They have performed across UK, Europe and the USA and have collaborated with artists such as Ringdown (Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee), Ash, The Beatbox Collective, Esther Swift and more. In March 2024, they attended SXSW in Austin Texas as well as releasing their second single, ‘Weaver’s Key’. Most recently Vulva Voce have performed at Glastonbury Festival 2024, Beyond the Music and at the opening night of Womex at the Bridgewater Hall.
Vulva Voce’s debut EP ‘Maddalena’, pairing madrigals with contemporary compositions
Women Make Music will help to fund the recording, release, promotion and launch of Vulva Voce’s debut 4-track EP, ‘Maddalena’, centred around the music of Maddalena Casulana. The project – a celebration of women making music past and present, combines two of Casulana’s 1500’s madrigals with two contemporary companion pieces, written by Vulva Voce. The two madrigals, ‘Ahi Possanza D’Amor’ and ‘Morte! Che voi?’ are originally written for voice and have never before been recorded for string quartet. In contrast, the two new pieces are strikingly different in style, combining techno grooves, pop, jazz and Renaissance madrigal which all merge together to create a fresh, energetic fusion. Following the release of the EP, a launch gig will be held in Manchester in March 2025, Women’s History Month. Vulva Voce will also launch an open call competition to female-identifying and non-binary artists to remix the tracks from the EP.