The event will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing women in the music industry and will be moderated by Sophie Heawood, VICE columnist and writer for The Times, The Guardian, The Independent and NME.
She will be joined by leading names in broadcast, PR and the wider music industry, including Katrina Larkin (co-founder, The Big Chill), Laura Martin (director, Real Life PR) and Gemma Cairney (presenter, BBC Radio 1). A full list of attendees is available below.
The event will take place at Red Bull Studios, London, on 19 June, and M readers are encouraged to tweet in questions for the panel to @M_magazinePRS, making sure they include the #WomenInMusic handle in their message.
Women have dominated the music charts over recent years but PRS for Music’s membership of over 95,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers is only 13 percent female.
The latest statistics from Creative & Cultural Skills also show that the divide across all music industry related jobs is 67.8 percent male to 32.2 percent female.
Paulette Long, PRS for Music Foundation Vice Chair, commented: ‘I know as a music publisher how much the industry is evolving but there is still an inequality which doesn’t quite add up.
‘So many women are developing big talent or writing enormous worldwide hits but PRS for Music research still shows a vast divide. We can work together to help women into the industry and this event is a perfect place to start, especially given the collective wisdom and experience of those involved.’
Last year, M magazine hosted a roundtable to discuss some of the issues facing women in the industry. Find out more here.
Full list of attendees confirmed for the PRS for Music roundtable:
She will be joined by leading names in broadcast, PR and the wider music industry, including Katrina Larkin (co-founder, The Big Chill), Laura Martin (director, Real Life PR) and Gemma Cairney (presenter, BBC Radio 1). A full list of attendees is available below.
The event will take place at Red Bull Studios, London, on 19 June, and M readers are encouraged to tweet in questions for the panel to @M_magazinePRS, making sure they include the #WomenInMusic handle in their message.
Women have dominated the music charts over recent years but PRS for Music’s membership of over 95,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers is only 13 percent female.
The latest statistics from Creative & Cultural Skills also show that the divide across all music industry related jobs is 67.8 percent male to 32.2 percent female.
Paulette Long, PRS for Music Foundation Vice Chair, commented: ‘I know as a music publisher how much the industry is evolving but there is still an inequality which doesn’t quite add up.
‘So many women are developing big talent or writing enormous worldwide hits but PRS for Music research still shows a vast divide. We can work together to help women into the industry and this event is a perfect place to start, especially given the collective wisdom and experience of those involved.’
Last year, M magazine hosted a roundtable to discuss some of the issues facing women in the industry. Find out more here.
Full list of attendees confirmed for the PRS for Music roundtable:
- Sophie Heawood, VICE
- Gemma Cairney (presenter, BBC Radio 1)
- Mira Calix (composer, Warp Records)
- Deborah Coughlin (composer and director, Gaggle Choir)
- Elizabeth Sankey (singer/songwriter Summer Camp)
- Kate Hutchinson (music writer for Guardian Guide, Q, Time Out and Mixmag)
- Laura Martin (director, Real Life PR, ex Anorak Director)
- Emily Cooper (director Everything Counts PR, ex-Anorak director)
- Kate Riding (co-founder Bang On PR)
- Angie Somerside (general manager, Red Bull Records)
- Katrina Larkin (co-founder The Big Chill)
- Claire Southwick (producer and artist manager, director, Transgressive Producers)
- Rhiannon Price (booking and artist liaison, Blissfields Festival)
