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Tom Kirby, oboe | Erin Black, piano
Though women as virtuoso performers have been an established part of Western musical culture since the 19th century, in the 21st century female composers struggle to penetrate the hegemony of their male counterparts. In his crusade to play more diverse repertoire, Tom was interested to discover that the vast majority of high-profile music for oboe composed by women had been written by professional women oboists themselves. What does it mean for a composer to write for her own instrument - in this case, the oboe? This recital analyses the ways these issues are understood through the traditionally female realm of performance in a way that might amplify the woman composer's authentic voice.