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Shirley Thompson is a British composer, conductor, and violinist of Jamaican descent. She has created symphonies, operas, ballets, and music for TV, film, and theatre, and has received several awards and honours for her work.
Shirley Thompson is a visionary artist and cultural activist who has composed and conducted symphonies, film scores, operas and ballets. She is the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony in the last 40 years and has received numerous commissions and awards for her work.
Shirley Thompson is a Professor of Music and a multi-award-winning composer, artistic director, and cultural activist. She has created groundbreaking works such as New Nation Rising, A 21st Century Symphony, and A Psalm to Windrush, and has been named on the Powerlist of the top 100 most influential people of African heritage in the UK.
Learn about Shirley Thompson, a prominent English composer, conductor and violinist who has staged ground-breaking opera productions and composed a symphony for the Queen's Golden Jubilee. She is also a professor, a cultural activist and a changemaker in the Guardian's 2,000 year history poster.
Alumna Professor Shirley J. Thomson OBE (BA Hons Music 1979) is a composer, artistic director, Professor of Music, conductor, film-maker, writer, violinist, and cultural activist.
Music for the contemporary ballet, PUSH, featuring the Shirley Thompson Ensemble. MP3. Summer Notes CD & DVD: Shirley Thompson Ensemble Live in the Purcell Room. Spirit of the Middle Passage CD, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and soloists
May 4, 2023 · Shirley J Thompson has met the King on a number of occasions, including at a reception at Clarence House in March 2022. As part of the preparations for his Coronation in May, the King...
