{"id":10682,"date":"2021-06-23T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=10682"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:04:43","slug":"awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to alumna and former Music Scholar, <strong>Steph Richardson<\/strong>, who joined me in the virtual studio this week for a live webchat about new fashion brand, Awkward Tiger.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2237 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/Jazz_5_-_November_2010_028.jpg\" alt=\"Steph Richardson\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/Jazz_5_-_November_2010_028.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2010\/11\/Jazz_5_-_November_2010_028-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steph Richardson performing during &#8216;Jazz @ 5&#8217; in 2012. Photo: Mick Norman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since graduating in 2014 having read Drama &amp; Theatre Studies (many readers might remember her singing with the University Big Band and the Chamber Choir), Steph has recently been working at Farnham Maltings in Surrey, and over the past eighteen months decided to launch her own fashion brand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10683\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2021\/06\/awktiger01.jpg\" alt=\"Headbands made by Awkward Tiger\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2250\" \/>In the webchat, Steph talks about the inspiration for the company, the ethical values embedded in it, her love for British Sewing Bee, and her imminent move to work at the National Theatre. Watch it here if you missed it&#8230;<\/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\/UyGdjSwv24c?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\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/&amp;t=Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/' 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\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/' 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\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/&amp;title=Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson' 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\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/&amp;title=Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson, who joined me in the virtual studio this week for a live webchat about new fashion brand, Awkward Tiger. Since graduating in 2014 having read Drama &amp; Theatre Studies (many readers might remember her singing with the University Big Band and the Chamber Choir), Steph &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2021\/06\/23\/awkward-tiger-webchat-with-alumna-and-former-music-scholar-steph-richardson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Awkward Tiger: webchat with alumna and former Music Scholar, Steph Richardson<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":10683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[909],"tags":[807,248038,151811],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682"}],"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=10682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10685,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682\/revisions\/10685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}