EMPOWER 2026: Let The Music Lead!
An inspiring evening of live music and conversation celebrating women who are shaping the future of music, at EMPOWER’S inaugural Glasgow event. EMPOWER: Women Changing Music brings together powerful chamber performances and thought-provoking discussion, spotlighting creativity, leadership, and representation across the industry.
EMPOWER is dedicated to advancing fairness and gender equality in the music world by spotlighting female composers and performers and expanding opportunities for emerging artists. Through vibrant live music and insightful dialogue, the initiative champions the transformative impact women are making creatively and professionally, while fostering connection, collaboration, and positive change.
Rooted in EMPOWER’s four core pillars: performance, commissioning, advocacy, and support network; the evening places visible role models at its heart, sharing experiences and insights from across the music profession and inspiring the next generation of artists and leaders.
Highlights include premieres of original work, as well as a performance of the OpusHER commission by Ezo Sarici, an award created to support emerging female composers and expand contemporary repertoire.
Experience music that matters. Be inspired, challenged, and moved by an event that celebrates voices shaping the future of music.
Hosts: Sinéad Walsh and Hannah Seymour
Panellists:
Lucy Drever - Presenter, workshop leader & narrator
Catriona Price - Violinist, composer, singer & artistic director
Lucy Allan - Lecturer in ‘Piano for Dance’ at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Piano Accompanist for Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Performers to include:
Lumas Winds - Sinéad Walsh (flute), Chris Vettraino (oboe), Rennie Sutherland (clarinet), Benjamin Hartnell-Booth (horn), Florence Plane (bassoon)
Bluebells & Heather - Angelique Celine (vocals & guitar), Isla Hallewell (harp), Sandra Castro (violin)
EMPOWER Collective (gratefully supported by ABRSM) - Sinéad Walsh (flute), Hannah Seymour (oboe), Emily Harrison (violin), Eugenia Garcia Cuesta (viola), Hoda Jahanpour (cello)