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As part of our #afemalecomposerday campaign marking International Women's Day, we highlight the life and work of composer Leslie Deere.

As part of our #afemalecomposerday campaign marking International Women's Day, we highlight the life and work of composer Alice Mary Smith.

As part of our #afemalecomposerday campaign marking International Women's Day, we highlight the life and work of composer Emma Kate Matthews.

As part of our #afemalecomposerday campaign marking International Women's Day, we highlight the life and work of composer Elizabeth Parker.

"...my music is both an expression and a representation, containing as it does both my environment and my response to it!"

Creative Project Leader Harry Cooper introduces the Collection’s International Women’s Day activities.

"Through our installation we invited visitors to listen to five pieces, while sitting at our musical dining table."

"There are always times – in conversation as well as in improvisation – when the best response is silence..."

A playlist celebrating the diversity of sounds created by women in the Collection for International Women's Day 2016

Find out more about the British Music Collection and the women within it on Friday 11th March 4-6pm at Lerryn's Cafe, Peckham