Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Conductor, Artistic Director Women Conductors @ Royal Philharmonic Society. BBC Woman’s Hour Power lister 2018. You Magazine 21 Extraordinary Women of 2021

alicefarnham.comJoined August 2011

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Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Feb 4

I went to this last night. It was brilliant! Get there while you still can.

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ifoundmyhorn

@ifoundmyhorn

Feb 2

Reviews for I Found My Horn ★★★★★ “Superb script & wonderful performance” Last Minute Theatre Tickets ★★★★ “This solo stage show is a real winner... a triumph – warm, wonderfully funny & touching” @TheStage ★★★★ “Exhilarating” @LondonTheatre1

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 29

A special thrill to see my book actually in a shop window! And

@BlackwellsMusic

in Oxford of all places. Who’d have thought 30 years as I approached my last few undergraduate months

@OxMusicFaculty

, I get to see that.

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Brava

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Two amazing days at @Sage_Gateshead with the fantastic @RNSinfonia, fellow conductors and mentor & programme creator @BatonAlice on the @RoyalPhilSoc Society WoCo programme. Exquisite playing and generosity. Cherished time. Inspiration, progress, connections.Thank you!

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Morley College London

In an article in The

talks about her experience setting up a series of workshops w/ Andrea Brown, then Director of Music at Morley, giving women a chance to try their hand at conducting. ow.ly/7blg50Mw5st

I write about how things have changed for #womenconductors over the last 3 decades.

@FaberBooks

theguardian.com

Thank you, Cate Blanchett, for taking up the baton for female conductors

I’ve been trying to get more women on the podium for years. The actor’s star turn in her new film Tár is a huge help

Thank you

for such a thoughtful article about my book In Good Hands - The Making of a Modern Conductor

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 16

So thrilled to have #CateBlanchett and #ToddField come my book launch of In Good Hands - The Making of a Modern Conductor.

@FaberBooks

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Helen Harrison Conductor

@HHconductor

Jan 12

Congratulations to amazing

@batonalice

launching 'In Good Hands'

@FaberBooks

. Alice has quite simply changed the face of conducting - what a contribution to our world. I am honoured to appear in the book. Kate Blanchett popped in too!

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Nov 21, 2022

I always love teaching alongside Sian Edwards

@RoyalAcadMusic

#GloverEdwards Conducting Programme #WomenConductors.

@FMarshallPhoto

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Olivia Clarke

@oliviafclarke

Nov 9, 2022

We really need more signatures on this - please sign and share if you haven’t already 🙏 Petition · Reinstate the English National Opera's ACE Funding immediately · Change.org

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Reinstate the English National Opera's ACE Funding immediately

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Nov 7, 2022

Finally teaching in person over 30 women

@PerthSymphony

after years of remote waving and buffering. Inspiring to see women I first met in 2019 developing into serious conductors, and also to meet promising new talent. Thanks to

This has been a long time in the making, but very excited to be conducting Shostakovich #CherryTown

@WNOtweet

, seeing it take shape on stage

@theCentre

is very exciting. Just two performances on Sunday 9th October.

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Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Sep 23, 2022

An honour to return to

@CalgaryOpera

to share the podium with Maestro Jonathan Brandani, to conduct the wonderful

@CalgaryPhil

and some of Canada’s finest singers. It’s an evening I won’t forget.

calgaryopera.com

50th Anniversary Concert | Calgary Opera — Calgary Opera

Celebrate with us the first 50 years of community, artistry, and innovation that have made Calgary Opera what it is today. Enjoy a night of arias, duets, and choral numbers featuring the Calgary...

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In this piece for

investigates the future of female #conductors in the UK and speaks to

and James Murphy at

about how to draw more women into the profession. #ClassicalMusic

inews.co.uk

‘The idea of the crazy-haired maestro is over’: How women are finally breaking into conducting

On the eve of Dalia Stasevska’s second stint as Last Night of the Proms conductor, Kat Lister meets those trying to change attitudes and draw more women to the profession

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Aug 20, 2022

2 weeks of that special magic that could only happen

@DartingtonFest

I conducted a unique Brahms’ Requiem with a klezmer twist

@ZRImusic

and taught 6 truly talented conductors culminating in a brilliant concert with the DFO strings. The spirit of Imo Holst was palpable.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Aug 9, 2022

Such a pleasure to have worked with these young composers.

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BBC Concert Orchestra

@BBCCO

Aug 9, 2022

Listen back to the BBC Young Composer Prom on @BBCSounds. @BatonAlice conducted us at @battersea_arts performing new music by some of today's brightest talents bbc.in/3SAD61D

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Welsh National Opera

@WNOtweet

Aug 2, 2022

A special episode of #WNOpodcast is out now Join director

@Greatevans

conductor

@BatonAlice

and WNO General Director

@aidanlangopera

and delve behind the scenes of #WNOyouthopera’s production of Cherry Town, Moscow by Shostakovich Listen at wno.org.uk/podcast #WNOcherrytown

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BBC Concert Orchestra

@BBCCO

Jul 29, 2022

Being part of the BBC Young Composer scheme means we’re lucky enough to hear and perform new works by some of the brightest new talents. And tomorrow we’re joining conductor

@BatonAlice

to share them with audiences at

as part of

🎶 We can’t wait!

Final night of Die Fledermaus

@RWCMD

there are some challenges to having the orchestra onstage, but at least I get to wear a magic white glove.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

May 20, 2022

Continue to delight in working with these talented #WomenConductors and generous and supportive orchestra.

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Royal Philharmonic Society

@RoyalPhilSoc

May 20, 2022

It’s a real pleasure to be back at @Sage_Gateshead working with the @RNSinfonia on the latest RPS Women Conductors course, led by the inspirational @BatonAlice. This time, the conductors joining us are @tesskjackson @HHconductor @ccorderoy @Rita_CBlanco

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Jess Streeting

@JessStreeting

May 13, 2022

Wandering Words - National Centre for Writing. Thrilled to be part of this Norwich Venture with my poem Fine City😊 ⁦

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Wandering Words

Discover Norwich of the past, present and future through newly commissioned poems from five brilliant writers with ties to the city.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Apr 26, 2022

So thrilled to fulfil a childhood ambition and see my name in this famous booklet.

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Excited to be part of this project.

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Robert Hugill

@RobertHugill

Apr 19, 2022

BBC Young Composer Prom: six composers from 2021 competition, mentored by @Dobrinka_T & @gavhiggins are writing new works for @BBCCO & @BatonAlice at @bbcproms. My article: planethugill.com/2022/04/bbc-yo

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Apr 11, 2022

A pleasure to conduct these talented young musicians - their first concert since summer 2019! Thank you audience too.

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NYOS

@NYOScotland

Apr 10, 2022

Another triumph! Our chamber-sized, teenage ensemble with conductor @batonalice sounding sumptuous here with the final movement of Beethoven’s 8th @GChalls tonight. Bravo one and all!

#NYOS2022 #Seniors #WeAreBack

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Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Mar 21, 2022

Something very unusual. The whole orchestra follow me onto the stage - perhaps a little shyly and with less athletic elegance than the dancers, but the audience love it, and I for one think this should become the norm.

@operaderouen

with Ballet Preljocaj. #PitOrchestras

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Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Mar 8, 2022

Always love the first sunny day of the year when I can use my back garden as an office. Note the themed mug #IWD2022

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Royal Philharmonic Society

@RoyalPhilSoc

Mar 8, 2022

Today on Twitter we'll tell you about 7 talents worth hearing and hiring, each taking part in our new advanced RPS Women Conductors course led by the inspirational

@BatonAlice

and involving the complete

@RNSinfonia

- note their names and follow their progress... #IWD2022

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NYOS

@NYOScotland

Mar 8, 2022

This International Women’s Day we celebrate our collaborations with inspirational women in 2022! We can’t wait to work with conductors

and

, soloists

and

, and to perform music by Florence Price. #IWD2022 #BreakTheBias

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Feb 27, 2022

This weekend from my London studio, I’ve been teaching Australian conductors from 6-10am. 2 years ago I was there in person. Despite looking a bit tired, it’s less exhausting than jet lag. The best to have

@jessica_gethin

teaching in person. #womenonthepodium

@PerthSymphony

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NYOS

@NYOScotland

Feb 25, 2022

We are Back and we are thrilled to bring to you our first full Season Brochure in over two years as it marks the long-awaited return of Scotland’s most talented young musicians to the concert platform. #WeAreBack #NYOS2022 ow.ly/sToB50I37YX

Natalia Luis-Bassa and 9 others

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Feb 17, 2022

Congratulations all!

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CBSO

@TheCBSO

Feb 16, 2022

Meet the new CBSO Assistant Conductors!

@BertieBaigent, @ofclarke31, @OtisLineham, Jack Lovell-Huckle, Charlotte Politi and Konstantinos Terzakis will each be carrying out four weeks of work with the #Orchestra from March 22 - June 23. Find out more: bit.ly/3sNhpzt

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Feb 10, 2022

So immensely proud of this.

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National Concert Hall

@NCH_Music

Feb 10, 2022

As the second iteration of the NCH Female Conductor Programme supported by @GrantThorntonIE came to a close last week, we captured the participants in their final workshop with @BatonAlice and their orchestral conducting debuts with @NSOrchestraIRL

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Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Feb 3, 2022

So proud to run two days of Masterclasses as the Finale to our Female Conductors Programme

@NCH_Music

. What a privilege to work with the wonderfully responsive and warmly supportive

@NSOrchestraIRL

! An end of a chapter, but not the end of book.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 28, 2022

What a privilege to guide these talented conductors in the first stage of our #WomenConductors

@RoyalPhilSoc

unique partnership with

@RNSinfonia

. Brilliant futures for

Hannah von Whieler & Constança Simas.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 25, 2022

Really looking forward to working with these fine women in our exciting new phase.

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Royal Philharmonic Society

@RoyalPhilSoc

Jan 25, 2022

Tomorrow marks a new chapter of our Women Conductors programme in partnership with @Sage_Gateshead and @RNSinfonia! Our '22-23 conductors are (clockwise): @ladavalesova @tesskjackson @ccorderoy @Hhconductor Hannah von Wiehler Constança Simas @Rita_CBlanco royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/wom

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Royal Philharmonic Society

@RoyalPhilSoc

Jan 15, 2022

In tribute to Bernard Haitink, such a positive insightful conversation about conducting on today's

@BBCRadio3

Music Matters, featuring our own

@BatonAlice

bbc.co.uk

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Conducting today, Takacs Quartet, voice loss

How conductors work their magic today, and voice loss.

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 13, 2022

So looking forward to this.

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National Concert Hall

@NCH_Music

Jan 13, 2022

On Mon 31st Jan, a number of participants of our Female Conductor Programme, supported by @GrantThornton, will take to the podium, led by the programme’s Artistic Director & renowned conductor @BatonAlice & featuring the @RTE_NSO Tickets on sale now! bit.ly/FCPFinale22

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Jan 9, 2022

This was fun and interesting to do. Hope you enjoy listening.

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amiconthepodium

@amiconthepodium

Jan 9, 2022

In tonight's episode, @BatonAlice & I had quite a few things in common & I really enjoyed chatting with her. She had many fond memories of the great Ilya Musin, we had a fascinating chat about teaching young women, and I discovered what her multi-instrumental "party trick" was!

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Patrick Barkham

@patrick_barkham

Dec 10, 2021

This is the most beautiful, powerful, transcendental, unexpected jewel of a book. Didn't think you needed to read a memoir about a father who has a vision to become a Norfolk vicar in the 70s? A book about loss, time, remembering and spiritual awakening? In verse? Well you do!

Alice Farnham

@BatonAlice

Nov 24, 2021

So proud of this. Book your tickets - tonight, Thursday and Friday.

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Classic FM

@ClassicFM

Nov 24, 2021

Soprano Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada sings Puccini’s heart-stoppingly beautiful ‘O mio babbino caro’, from his opera Gianni Schicchi. See this masterpiece performed this week at @RoyalAcadMusic, with conductor Alice Farnham & director Stephen Barlow. Tickets

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