Première of Better is Wisdom at Newnham College, Cambridge

For the Centenary celebration of the Newnham College Roll, Janet composed Better is Wisdom. She co-wrote the text with fellow Newnham College alumna Deborah Chancellor, basing it around the text of the magnificent embroidered banner which was carried during many suffrage marches during years of campaigning for the vote. The piece for SSAA choir and piano was premièred very successfully by a choir of Newnham Alumnae conducted by Janet and accompanied by Janet’s daughter Sarah Cattley –…

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“I Sing and Ever Shall” at Saffron Hall – March 24th 2018

Saffron Walden Choral Society, Saturday 24th March,7.30 Janet will conduct the second performance of this choral and orchestral work (Baritone soloist: Timothy Nelson) which was commissioned in 2016 by David Gibson and Southampton Philharmonic Society. Mozart’s Great C Minor Mass and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik complete the programme. Click here for details:  

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