RESULTS OF THE 2022 NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS SEED MONEY GRANTS

Presenting the winners of our 2021 Seed Money Grants!
We have awarded seven grants, two foreign (Belgium and Argentina) and five domestic (one of these is actually both, a concert in New York to be repeated in Tokyo, Japan). One grant is in a disseminated format, and the rest are focused grants.
One concert will initially be streamed online, with subsequent performances being planned. Additionally, some of the other concerts will be either streamed or available later on YouTube and Instagram or other such platforms. All the projects will include open calls for some or all the NYWC composers to be represented.
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* Local press
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* I am happy to announce

June 16th, 2022: Concert performance

16/06/2022: Concert performance "A Journey Into The Universe".
A musical journey through space with video and live music.
Artists: Pascal Coppé and Françoise Vanhecke.
Genre: symphonic electro with live vocals.

OC DE VONCKE - Lagaeplein 24 - Heule 8501.

April 30th, 2022 - Antennafestival

Looking forward and honoured to do a guest performance with Carl Deseyn at this special event.
Saturday 30/04/2022 Start 17 hr free entrance
Zaal den hannekensnest
Burggravenlaan 7 Evergem-Langerbrugge
View on Facebook.

April 23rd, 2022: De Singel, Antwerp

I am part of it.
23/04/2022
Frauenliebe und - Leben, opus 42
Robert Schumann

regie & concept: Lulu Obermayer
commission & co-production: DE SINGEL co-production Forecast - Skills e.V with support by Stad München

The arrival of Lulu Obermayer is a breath of fresh air in the world of opera and classical music. With her radical interpretations, the young German director challenges the genre’s normative approach. Obermayer knows what she is talking about: she grew up in a context in which opera is ubiquitous. Her name is even derived from the eponymous opera by Alban Berg. For her latest performance, Frauenliebe und -Leben, she takes Robert Schumann’s eponymous song cycle as her starting point. For Obermayer, the stereotypical image of the devoted, faithful 19th-century woman who dedicates her life to the man of the house is the perfect starting point for focusing on a number of issues. The cycle is extended by Obermayer to eight hours, the length of a working day, and the solo voice is obliged to give way to eight female voices. In a musical installation there is reflection on the complexity of being a woman, female love and mothership.

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March 13th., 2022: solo program "More than a Voice” in the Belgian Embassy of Cairo.

 

March 1st., 2022: release of digital album / compact disc "Stordeur Tribe".

Stordeur was born in Haine-Saint-Paul. His musical career started in 1977 with a tape composition for the soundtrack to a film on Gordon Matta-Clark titled "Office Baroque", by Eric Convents and Roger Steylaerts. 

Later in the 1970s, he participated in the avantgarde music ensemble "Studio voor Experimentele Muziek", founded in Antwerp, Flanders, by Joris De Laet in 1973. S.E.M.'s associate composers in the 1970s included: Dirk Veulemans, Paul Adriaenssens, Karel Goeyvaerts, Lucien Goethals and Serge Verstockt. 

Stordeur founded his own electronic music studio "Studio Synthèse" in 1973 in Brussels.

In 2020, the Antenna Fest paid tribute to this forerunner in Belgian and international electronic music. The result of this tribute has now been released in the form of a CD and a digital download. 

Artists who once worked with the man have put him in the flowers. as there are Willy Van Buggenhout and Françoise Vanhecke Soprano, Guy Drieghe D.  

You can hear the result at the Bandcamp of AntennA.

Released: March 1, 2022.

More on Françoises Inhaling Singing technique: Francoise Vanhecke at TEDxGhent

October 30, 2021 - November 7th., 2021: World Choir Games.

October 30 - November 7, 2021, Flanders, Belgium.

Dr. Françoise Vanhecke will be part of the International Jury for the 11th. World Choir Games 2021 -  Flanders, Belgium.

More information: World Choir Games.

October 31, 2021: musical ode to the trees and the soundtrack to the book 'De Ommeloze'.

"The Ancient Tree" is a musical ode to the trees and the soundtrack to the book "De Ommeloze" about a hollow, single maple tree. 

On Sunday 31 October 2021, we will play the closing act of the project "A tree is more than it says" at 6 pm in the atmospheric flower studio De Egelantier - Otegem.  

Register : 0475 / 92 34 64

Entrance is free, with free contribution, bring a mouth mask.

Composer Carl Deseyn with Dimitri Tsiroyannis, Graciela Zaera, Andy Declerck, Esther Coorevits and soprano Françoise Vanhecke.

November 1st., 2021: memorial moment at the cemetery "Hoog Kortrijk"

On November 1, "Radio Reveil" organizes a memorial moment at the "Onument" at the cemetery of Hoog Kortrijk. 

At 17 o'clock the Alphabet Choir welcomes the visitors. Then the men of Blokbusters interview witnesses from different cultural backgrounds about their experiences with saying goodbye. The interviews are interspersed with music and poetry. 

The soprano Dr. Françoise Vanhecke closes this nice initiative. Everything can also be followed via livestream.

September 18th., 2021 - November 13th., 2021: lecture series "Nouvelle Fiari"

The International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art presents: lecture series "Nouvelle Fiari".

The impact of ISFV, inhaling singing, a new extended technique by dr. Françoise Vanhecke.

Watch the video: Fiari

Watch the video: Fiari 

23 oktober 2021 - SÉRIE DE CONFÉRENCES NOUVELLE FIARI

 https://fiari.art

http://fiari.art/the-impact-of-isfv-inhaling-singing-a-new-extended-technique-by-dr-francoise-vanhecke/

The impact of ISFV® Inhaling Singing, a new extended technique by dr. Françoise Vanhecke

La soprano et chercheuse parlera de l'impact de l'ISFV®, Inhaling Singing dans le répertoire vocal et de son rôle d'expressivité dans le contexte large du paysage musical.

October 21st., 2021: Robotango: Flemish dance organs and Argentinian tango music.

 21 October 2021: "Robotango": Flemish dance organs and Argentinian tango music.

Where? Kelderzaal, De Centrale, Kraankinderstraat 2, 9000 Ghent.

Voice: Françoise Vanhecke

Dance: Pol Van Assche & Isolde Audooren

Robots: Logos Foundation

In collaboration with vzw Polariteit

Supported by: the Flemish Government & the city of Ghent

In this tango salon, Logos Foundation unites the Flemish tradition of the dance organs with the tradition of the Argentinian tango salons. Enjoy an evening full of rousing rhythms and sultry melodies! 11 robots and soprano Françoise Vanhecke perform tangos by Weill, Sassone, Gardel, Castillo, Piazzolla and Matos Rodríguez and make you dream of Buenos Aires. The quick steps and passionate movements of the dancers of vzw Polariteit take you to warmer places. If the corona measures allow this, a tango workshop will take place before the performance.

Youka / Kurt Weill

October 15th., 2021: a journey into the universe.

15 October 2021, church in Bissegem: a musical journey into the universe.

Composer: Pascal Coppé

Vocals: Françoise Vanhecke

Composer: Pascal Coppé

Vocal artist: Françoise Vanhecke 

A Journey Into The Universe (Trailer) from Pascal Coppé on Vimeo.

JAZZMADD “LIEFDE VAN LATER” & ALICE TOEN- FRANÇOISE VANHECKE - JEAN VAN DER SCHUEREN

Op zaterdag 9/10 oktober brengt Jean Van der Schueren, bezieler vz.van vzw Duende, 

JazzMadd opnieuw naar oa.Denderleeuw in de sfeervolle en gezellige parketzaal van ’t Kasteeltje,

naar het “theaterPact” in Aalst en naar “buurthuis De Liberale Kring” Ninove

"Muziek en poëzie voor man en vrouw… anders bekeken”. Dat is het motto van de avond.

Alice Toen, Françoise Vanhecke en Jean Van der Schueren brengen een concertant boeket van poëzie,

gitaar en zang met muziek en teksten over de liefde, passie, vrolijkheid en vele andere thema’s van het leven.

Ze presenteren muziek van zowel mannelijke als vrouwelijke componisten. 

za.09/10/’21- 20u

‘t Kasteeltje

Stationstraat 7

Denderleeuw 

zo.10/10/‘21 -11u 

Theater Pact - 

Erembodegemstraat 30

9300 Aalst 

zo.10/10/‘21 - 19u

De Liberale Kring 

Dreefstraat 16

9400 Ninove 

Zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 - RESONARE 26

"een experimenteel en/of spontaan muziekgebeuren "deuren 19u00 - concert 20u30

>> een onuitgegeven duo <<

Françoise VANHECKE  stem

Mike GOYVAERTS slagwerk, divers geluid

in l'Estampille

Pavia straat 75  (rue de Pavie)  te 1000 Brussel

vrije bijdrage

September 11th., 2021 & September 12th., 2021: microfestival at Dordrecht.

Saturday 11  & Sunday 12 September 7 am

Microfestival at Dordrecht 

More information: puppet theatre Damiet van Dalsum

Boarding: Potato market.

Adults: € 20 

Limited number of places!

While you enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and a salmon sandwich, singer Françoise Vanhecke from Belgium will perform beautiful ̋"fish" songs on the Dordrecht waters. Pure romance.

Singer: Françoise Vanhecke

Skipper: Jaap Bouwman

Contact:

info@poppentheaterdamiet.nl

Damiet van Dalsum puppet theatre

Potato market 9

3311 BA Dordrecht

The Netherlands

SOLD OUT *07:00 am

Salmon boat & Sing on

Francoise Vanhecke Ticket: 20,--

*07:00 Salmon boat & Sing on

Francoise Vanhecke Ticket: 20,--

August 28 at 8 pm: Musica@Parola in the Church of Sint-Martens-Bodegem.

August 28 at 8 pm: Musica@Parola in the Church of Sint-Martens-Bodegem.

"Music and poetry for man and woman… viewed differently”. That's the motto this evening. Alice, Françoise and Jean bring a concert summer bouquet of poetry, guitar, song and piano with music and lyrics about love, passion, cheerfulness and many other themes in life. They present music by both male and female composers, including Maria Malibran, Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor, Irma Bilbao, Violeta Dinescu, Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz, Fanny Tran, Johan Sebastian Bach, Jacques Brel/Herman Van Veen, Jules De Corte… and even more.

Françoise Vanhecke: vocals & piano.

Jean Van der Schueren: guitar.

Alice Toen: actress.

Info & tickets:

Musica@Parola.

Press release:

Concert series Musica@Parola settles down in Sint-Martinuskerk for three months.

August 19th., 2021: live concert at Aalst.

19 August 2021 at 19 PM: live concert with Françoise Vanhecke and Jean Van Der Schueren at Bloom Zomerbar (city of Aalst).

Place to be: Affligemdreef 164, 9300 Aalst

Facebook: BLOOM Zomerbar

GOOD NEWS! The previously cancelled Basta Diva show will be streamed on Friday April 2nd., 2021. Online performance. Watch at your home.

The previously cancelled performance of " BASTA DIVA " continues on Friday 2 April - now in an online stream (to be viewed at your home).

The show cannot take place in the theatre (due to corona).  As a compensation, ticket holders will receive a surprise 'goodie bag', containing a link or QR code that gives them access to the show.  

Haven't got a ticket yet and want to enjoy this offer?  You can buy your ticket until Wednesday 31 March (before 17:00 o'clock) on the website of CC De Schakel.

The show can be watched at your own pace.  Specific info about the validity of the link or QR code will be available in the goodie bag.

Your goodie bag will be delivered at your door step on Friday 2 April 2021. Not at home?  We will get in touch with you.

More info: CC De Schakel 

Go to program then to stage and then to April 2nd.

Or: TAKEAWAY #15 // Basta Diva

Thursday Januari 21st., 2021: New Year streaming concert on facebook.

Thursday January 21st., 2021 New Year streaming concert on facebook.

"Logos Stroomt", with Françoise Vanhecke and Moniek Darge.