3rd Annual F-List Research Hub Conference: Music for Social Change

Welcome to the 3rd Annual F-List Research Hub Conference!

is organising its Third Annual Research Conference, to be held between Wednesday, 22 May 2024 and Thursday, 23 May 2024. This research conference will be a two-day event, held in person at the University of Wolverhampton, hosted by The F-List and the Law Research Centre. There will be a possibility of joining the day online (a hybrid event). The Research Hub has been founded to increase knowledge by conducting research into gender inequality in music. In its approach, the Research Hub aims to implement an inclusive definition of research.

The theme of the conference will be: Music for Social Change

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2024 and Thursday, 23 May 2024

Location: Springfield Campus, University of Wolverhampton, WV10 0JR

For more information about The F-List Gender in Music Research Hub please visit:
The F-List Research Hub - The F-List Directory of UK Female+ Musicians (thef-listmusic.uk)

For more information about The Independent Society of Musicians please visit:

The Independent Society of Musicians (ism.org)

08:15-09:00 Registration and welcome (with Coffee)

09:00-09:15 Welcome Address: tbc (WLV and F-List)

09:15-10:15 IN FOCUS (60 minutes)

MISOGYNY IN MUSIC ROUNDTABLE

Challenge-led Research or Research Informed Activism: What’s Next?

Conversation with Deborah Annetts (online), Vick Bain, and Metka Potocnik.

10:15-10:30 Comfort Break

10:30-11:30 Workshop I (60 minutes)

Resilience for Musicians and Researchers

Led by Katherine Williams

11:30-11:45 Comfort Break

11:45-13:00 Research Papers I (75 minutes): Community, Knowledge, and Music for Change.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Jaime Diaz: Towards a Sociogenic Methodological Research Framework: Composing in/through/with the Latina/o/x Diaspora.

Lulu Le Vay: Not just a woman’s work: Can incorporating a feminist pedagogy in supervision enhances the student-supervisor experience?

Nadia (Nedia) Buyse: Cultural Activism, Abolition and ‘Riot Grrls’ in Georgia.

13:00-13:45 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)

13:45-15:15 Practice Research I (90 minutes) Autonomy, Power, and Identity.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Lucy Barka: Narrative Transformation as Rape Recovery through Autobiographical Songwriting: a presentation and performance.

Rosie Middleton: Opera; How does an Industry so Obsessed with the Voice leave its Performers without One? Performance with Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser

Lucy James: Musical Theatre Songwriting and Self-Transformation.

15:15-15:30 Comfort Break

15:30-17:30 Workshop II (30 + 90 minutes):

My Why ……………..

Led by Brenda Rattray

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Why do We Write Songs? Creativity, Originality and Authorship.

Led by Sophie Daniels and Metka Potocnik

17:30-17:45 Comfort Break

17:45-19:15 Practice Research II (90 minutes) Creating Excellence Outside Boxes.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Esther Lenda Bokuma: Where Sound and Technology Converge as Tools for Empowerment and Active Participation (title tbc).

Jemma Roberts: Girl vs Ableton.

Lauren Alex Hooper: #ActuallyAutistic: Songs for an Underserved Audience.

19:15-20:45 F-List Networking, with Music (or tbc)

(Music coordinated by Dr Maren Hancock)

08:15-09:45 Sunrise Workshop III (90 minutes)

BLU WAV Wellbeing Workshop: Relaxing Crystal Sound Bath.

Led by Esther Lenda Bokuma

Sponsored by Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)

09:15-10:00 Registration (with Coffee)

10:00-11:15 Research Papers II (75 minutes) Music, Business, Law, and Control.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Vick Bain and Samantha Parsley: title to be confirmed…

Benjamin Bierman: Social Justice Within Academia Through Copyright.

Metka Potocnik: Misogyny in Music: Feminism, Power, and Intellectual Property.

11:15-11:30 Comfort Break

11:30-13:00 Research Papers III (90 minutes): Voices, Representation and Music.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Lucinda Allen: Voice and Consent.

Elizabeth Hardman: Tokenism, positive discrimination, and visibility: visibility and women composers in classical concert programming.

Shauna Stapleton: Techno, turntables, and tokenism: A mixed-methods exploration of the lived experiences of female DJs in EDM.

Saskhia Menendez: Barriers for Transgender Musicians in the UK.

13:00-13:45 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)

13:45-15:15 Workshop IV (90 minutes)

Re-Writing Sexual Violence Survival

Led by Lucy Barka

15:15-15:30 Break

15:30-16:45 Research Papers IV (75 minutes): Building Power, Solidarity and Safe Spaces in Music.

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Laura Hamer and Helen Julia Minors: Observations and Proposals from the Women’s Musical Leadership Online Network.

Jenn Clempner: Generational Discourse, The Queen Bee Phenomenon and Women in Music.

Jemma Roberts: The ADHD Music Producer: 1 Year Later.

16:45-17:00 Break

17:00-18:15 Research Papers V (75 minutes): Music and the Future – Reasons for Hope?

Moderated by tbc (affiliation)

Nina Himmelreich: Gender Inequality in the German Music Industry – an Analysis of the German Charts, Festival Stages, and Record Company Rosters.

Kemi Sulola: Soul Music to AI: An R&B Girl’s Perspective.

Jessica Blissitt and Isla McRobbie: Exploring Female Representation within lineups at UK Music Festivals.

18:15-20:00 Closing, F-List Networking, with Music

Host or Publisher University of Wolverhampton