Her Ensemble is the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra, shining a light on female composers from the past, whilst working with current artists today who share their ethos. Deriving from the European Union Youth Orchestra, the free-form group brings together some of the UK's most in-demand musicians.
Since forming in November 2020, the ensemble have featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio London, Scala Radio, as well as by The Strad and Help Musicians UK. Her Ensemble have also collaborated with artists such as Pixie Lott, Caitlyn Scarlett and LITANY, released their debut single with award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and recorded and produced music for feature films including AVAWAVES, FINITE documentary and Melt The Fly for BBC Scotland.
Her Ensemble believe that all music is for everyone to enjoy, however currently the demographic for classical music skews towards an older white audience, with the majority of concert programmes featuring solely former white male composers. The group hopes to change this by reimagining the context for 'classical' music and doing away with rigid rules and traditions.
Performances have a distinctly relaxed atmosphere with musicians interacting with the audience, adding context and history to each work performed and strict dress codes have been replaced with expectation-defying suits (usually...sometimes we like changing it up too).
Her Ensemble is the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra, shining a light on female composers from the past, whilst working with current artists today who share their ethos. Deriving from the European Union Youth Orchestra, the free-form group brings together some of the UK's most in-demand musicians.
Since forming in November 2020, the ensemble have featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio London, Scala Radio, as well as by The Strad and Help Musicians UK. Her Ensemble have also collaborated with artists such as Pixie Lott, Caitlyn Scarlett and LITANY, released their debut single with award-winning film composer Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, and recorded and produced music for feature films including AVAWAVES, FINITE documentary and Melt The Fly for BBC Scotland.
Her Ensemble believe that all music is for everyone to enjoy, however currently the demographic for classical music skews towards an older white audience, with the majority of concert programmes featuring solely former white male composers. The group hopes to change this by reimagining the context for 'classical' music and doing away with rigid rules and traditions.
Performances have a distinctly relaxed atmosphere with musicians interacting with the audience, adding context and history to each work performed and strict dress codes have been replaced with expectation-defying suits (usually...sometimes we like changing it up too).