Leah Broad
@leahbroad.bsky.social
Writer | Presenter | Historian
I write about music, women's history & cultural history.
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I write about music, women's history & cultural history.
QUARTET out now at https://linktr.ee/leahbroadwriter
Substack: http://leahbroad.substack.com
Website: http://leahbroad.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/leahbroad
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Leah Broad
@leahbroad.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Having a can't-quite-believe-it's-real moment, but my next book has got a Whiting Grant @whitingfoundation.bsky.social 🥹 It's about how women exert agency in the most difficult circumstances, feminism & fascism, & why/how music is political. There's an extract here: www.whiting.org/content/leah...
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Brilliant talk from @leahbroad.bsky.social all about Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Women's music-making in WWII, and issues in biography. All hosted by the Boulanger Initiative!
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Brilliant talk from @leahbroad.bsky.social all about Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Women's music-making in WWII, and issues in biography. All hosted by the Boulanger Initiative!
I'm talking about Avril Coleridge-Taylor online at 9pm this evening! Please come along and ask me lots of questions about women's compositions in World War II - this is the first outing for ideas from my next book so would love thoughts :D www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-even...
Women in Wartime with Dr. Leah Broad | Boulanger Initiative
When Avril Coleridge-Taylor tried to make sense of the events unfolding around her during World War II, she responded in the only way that made sense to her — through composing. By the war’s end she h...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I'm talking about Avril Coleridge-Taylor online at 9pm this evening! Please come along and ask me lots of questions about women's compositions in World War II - this is the first outing for ideas from my next book so would love thoughts :D www.boulangerinitiative.org/virtual-even...
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🥳🥳🥳 4.5 stars for Avril Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Concerto and Orchestral Works
@jkaconductor.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
🥳🥳🥳 4.5 stars for Avril Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Concerto and Orchestral Works
@jkaconductor.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social
@jkaconductor.bsky.social @leahbroad.bsky.social
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Returning to @jkaconductor.bsky.social, the BBC Orchestra, and pianist Samantha Ege's outstanding Avril Coleridge-Taylor album from 2025
It's a terrific recording highlighting an unheralded composer - congrats to John, Samantha, and @leahbroad.bsky.social (who did critical work behind the scenes!)
It's a terrific recording highlighting an unheralded composer - congrats to John, Samantha, and @leahbroad.bsky.social (who did critical work behind the scenes!)
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Returning to @jkaconductor.bsky.social, the BBC Orchestra, and pianist Samantha Ege's outstanding Avril Coleridge-Taylor album from 2025
It's a terrific recording highlighting an unheralded composer - congrats to John, Samantha, and @leahbroad.bsky.social (who did critical work behind the scenes!)
It's a terrific recording highlighting an unheralded composer - congrats to John, Samantha, and @leahbroad.bsky.social (who did critical work behind the scenes!)
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"Hearing all her orchestral works on one sweep is an enjoyable experience...The BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews are on excellent form and the whole project has been brought together with great care by Ege, Andrews and @leahbroad.bsky.social. A Valuable Achievement" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (BBC Music Magazine)
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 AM
"Hearing all her orchestral works on one sweep is an enjoyable experience...The BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews are on excellent form and the whole project has been brought together with great care by Ege, Andrews and @leahbroad.bsky.social. A Valuable Achievement" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (BBC Music Magazine)
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“This recording demonstrates that she should indeed have been considered one of Britain’s important composers during the mid 20th century.” @leahbroad.bsky.social
A New Coleridge-Taylor Discovered, Composer Worthy Of Her Father | Classical Voice North America
DIGITAL REVIEW – Pianist Samantha Ege's recording with the BBC Philharmonic dedicated to the impressive music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) isn't so much a resurrection as it is the revealing ...
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January 24, 2026 at 10:31 AM
“This recording demonstrates that she should indeed have been considered one of Britain’s important composers during the mid 20th century.” @leahbroad.bsky.social
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Now online, my new programme for BBC Radio 3 explores how Ibsen's Peer Gynt and the incidental music by Edvard Grieg have stood the test of time. Fronted by the brilliant @leahbroad.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sunday Feature - Reeking of Cowpats - Peer Gynt - BBC Sounds
150 years on, how have Ibsen’s play and Grieg’s incidental music stood the test of time?
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January 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Now online, my new programme for BBC Radio 3 explores how Ibsen's Peer Gynt and the incidental music by Edvard Grieg have stood the test of time. Fronted by the brilliant @leahbroad.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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“This album makes a persuasive case in favour of the music… and the Piano Concerto in particular is a fine piece, and takes its place alongside other Resonus issues celebrating neglected 20th century female British composers.” #AvrilColeridgeTaylor #SmanthaEge @leahbroad.bsky.social
Our final regular Classical CD column of the year, starring Avril Coleridge-Taylor and a big stack of Shostakovich: www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social @jkaconductor.bsky.social @londonsymphony.bsky.social #avrilcoleridgetaylor #shostakovich #bbcphilharmonic #classicalcds
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“This album makes a persuasive case in favour of the music… and the Piano Concerto in particular is a fine piece, and takes its place alongside other Resonus issues celebrating neglected 20th century female British composers.” #AvrilColeridgeTaylor #SmanthaEge @leahbroad.bsky.social
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Lovely mention in The @telegraph.co.uk for our concert on 15 March at he RNCM with Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata, introduced by @leahbroad.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Lovely mention in The @telegraph.co.uk for our concert on 15 March at he RNCM with Alexandra Dariescu and the Manchester Camerata, introduced by @leahbroad.bsky.social
**NEW POST**
This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
“But there’s no market for women composers…”
Let’s retire this tired idea please.
leahbroad.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
**NEW POST**
This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
This week on women composers and "marketability", and why the idea that there's no market for women composers is nonsense. If somebody says this, what they actually mean is THEY don't know enough about the music to know how to market it.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
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We're ALBUM OF THE WEEK on Essential Classics. Tune in to Radio 3 every morning this week around 10.30am GMT for a track from the album. Today it was the "Comet Prelude' - literally composed in mid-air during AC-T's flight to South Africa. @leahbroad.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We're ALBUM OF THE WEEK on Essential Classics. Tune in to Radio 3 every morning this week around 10.30am GMT for a track from the album. Today it was the "Comet Prelude' - literally composed in mid-air during AC-T's flight to South Africa. @leahbroad.bsky.social
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“But there’s no market for women composers…”
(I bought this album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music on CD on the day of release, and I absolutely love it. It’s all new to me, and I’m sorry I’ve had to wait so long)
via @leahbroad.bsky.social
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(I bought this album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music on CD on the day of release, and I absolutely love it. It’s all new to me, and I’m sorry I’ve had to wait so long)
via @leahbroad.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
“But there’s no market for women composers…”
Let’s retire this tired idea please.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“But there’s no market for women composers…”
(I bought this album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music on CD on the day of release, and I absolutely love it. It’s all new to me, and I’m sorry I’ve had to wait so long)
via @leahbroad.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
(I bought this album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s music on CD on the day of release, and I absolutely love it. It’s all new to me, and I’m sorry I’ve had to wait so long)
via @leahbroad.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
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Highly recommend former FLA guest @leahbroad.bsky.social's blog posts. This one's about composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-98), and an excellent new disc of recordings, notably her piano concerto. Lots of links to music, essays and broadcasts.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
“But there’s no market for women composers…”
Let’s retire this tired idea please.
leahbroad.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Highly recommend former FLA guest @leahbroad.bsky.social's blog posts. This one's about composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-98), and an excellent new disc of recordings, notably her piano concerto. Lots of links to music, essays and broadcasts.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
leahbroad.substack.com/p/but-theres...
AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR IS IN THE CLASSICAL CHARTS 😎😍
And we're in the Charts! The succulent filling in a John Wilson sandwich.... @leahbroad.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR IS IN THE CLASSICAL CHARTS 😎😍
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And we're in the Charts! The succulent filling in a John Wilson sandwich.... @leahbroad.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And we're in the Charts! The succulent filling in a John Wilson sandwich.... @leahbroad.bsky.social
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My favourite picture of the evening…
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My favourite picture of the evening…
What an incredible week it has been for Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, or downloaded the album, & who came to launch it with us. If you would like info about programming her music, please do contact me!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What an incredible week it has been for Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, or downloaded the album, & who came to launch it with us. If you would like info about programming her music, please do contact me!!
Ah thank you for listening!! Sympathy on the cold front, I also got struck down by whatever miserable plague is doing the rounds...
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ah thank you for listening!! Sympathy on the cold front, I also got struck down by whatever miserable plague is doing the rounds...
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Finally some time* to sit and listen to this several times properly. To think that this music could so easily have been forgotten. Amazing work by Leah Broad and everyone involved!
(*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)
(*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Finally some time* to sit and listen to this several times properly. To think that this music could so easily have been forgotten. Amazing work by Leah Broad and everyone involved!
(*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)
(*The first cold virus of the winter seems to be a bit of a thug)
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Listening to this now. Some wonderful music here - strongly recommended. 🎶
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Listening to this now. Some wonderful music here - strongly recommended. 🎶
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Really enjoying the Piano Concerto 👍
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Really enjoying the Piano Concerto 👍
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#AlbumTherapy Avril Coleridge-Taylor, _Piano Concertos & Orchestral Works_
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November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#AlbumTherapy Avril Coleridge-Taylor, _Piano Concertos & Orchestral Works_
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Having been lucky enough to do the preparatory rehearsal conducting @rcmlondon.bsky.social for ‘To April’, can vouch for the excellence of this under-appreciated music. Chapeau to @leahbroad.bsky.social and @tomedney.bsky.social 👏👏👏
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Having been lucky enough to do the preparatory rehearsal conducting @rcmlondon.bsky.social for ‘To April’, can vouch for the excellence of this under-appreciated music. Chapeau to @leahbroad.bsky.social and @tomedney.bsky.social 👏👏👏
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It’s finally here!
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s finally here!
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Wonderful composer! I'm so glad this album of music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor has finally been released. It's beautiful! 😍
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wonderful composer! I'm so glad this album of music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor has finally been released. It's beautiful! 😍