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Talk: Dame Ethel Smyth (1858–1944): Composer, Writer, Suffragette, and Woking Resident
On International Women’s Day, Dr Christopher Wiley, senior lecturer in music at the University of Surrey, will discuss the life and works of Ethel Smyth, one of Woking’s most famous former residents. Smyth entered the music profession at a time when women composers were under-represented internationally, becoming one of the foremost British composers of her generation. A strong female role model on those grounds alone, in 1910 she met Emmeline Pankhurst and pledged a period of service to the suf
Time: 1pm
Price: £6 Adults / £4 Friends
The Lightbox gallery & museum
Chobham Road
Woking
Surrey GU21 4AA
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Website:
thelightbox.org.uk
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