{"id":10426,"date":"2021-01-27T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=10426"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:37:04","slug":"new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/","title":{"rendered":"New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Music Department is delighted to announce the launch next week of its new <strong><em>Zoom For Thought<\/em>: <em>Music Department<\/em> <em>In Conversation<\/em> <\/strong>series, which begins on <strong>Weds 3 February<\/strong> at 7.30pm with soprano <strong>Rachel Nicholls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10427\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10427\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2021\/01\/RachelNicholls20185194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"322\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: David Shoukry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The series of Wednesday night sessions features luminaries from the world of music in conversation with Head of Music Performance, Dan Harding. The series will be livestreamed on the Music Department\u2019s YouTube channel, and will be free to watch \u2013 viewers will also be able to submit questions live during the event.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an exciting opportunity to bring musical luminaries from the sector to a small screen near you, and to hear from artists working in the creative industry about their working lives and the challenges the current situation has brought.<\/p>\n<p>Later sessions include <strong>Kate Romano<\/strong>, clarinettist, writer, presenter on BBC Radio 3 and CEO of the Stapleford Granary in Cambridge, and pianist and Artistic Director of the New Paths Festival, <strong>Libby Burgess<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The series gets underway with soprano <strong>Rachel Nicholls<\/strong>, one of the most exciting dramatic sopranos of her generation whose performing career has taken her across opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, in productions ranging from Mozart and Tchaikovksy to the role of Br\u00fcnnhilde in complete <em>Ring<\/em> cycles for Longborough Festival Opera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qzPivam1CY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Rachel will be <em>In Conversation<\/em> on <strong>Weds 3 Feb at 7.30pm<\/strong> \u2013 everyone is welcome to watch what promises to be a fascinating insight into the working life of one of the country\u2019s foremost sopranos.<\/p>\n<p>Watch live <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_nJioxYzOuQ\"><strong>online here<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_nJioxYzOuQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/&amp;t=New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/&amp;title=New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/&amp;title=New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Music Department is delighted to announce the launch next week of its new Zoom For Thought: Music Department In Conversation series, which begins on Weds 3 February at 7.30pm with soprano Rachel Nicholls. The series of Wednesday night sessions features luminaries from the world of music in conversation with Head of Music Performance, Dan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/01\/27\/new-online-in-conversation-series-launches-with-soprano-rachel-nicholls-weds-3-february-at-7-30pm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New online In Conversation series launches with soprano Rachel Nicholls: Weds 3 February at 7.30pm<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":10427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110],"tags":[72963,227874,227866],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10430,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10426\/revisions\/10430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}