Grainne Mulvey: Finding a voice for Ireland's great women's speeches
Grainne Mulvey, composer of a flagship piece for Finding A voice in Clonmel.
The speeches of influential Irish women over the last hundred years fuel a new work by composer Grainne Mulvey. Her piece, 'Until the Women of Ireland are Free', borrows its title from a speech by Hannah Sheehy Skeffington and will have its premiere at the Finding a Voice Festival in Clonmel.
The raison d’etre of the festival is to give a platform to music by female composers and opens in the scenic riverside town for a sixth year. The Carlow-based composer highlights the voices of such figures as trade unionist Harriet Morison, suffragette Sheehy Skeffington, Magdalene survivor Elizabeth Coppin, and politician Clare Daly.
