B:Music will amplify the powerful stories of emerging female musicians from the West Midlands through this initiative, igniting genres where women’s presence is most underrepresented and unleash a bold, new wave of talent!

She:Music is a 3 year programme that aims to promote bold cross-genre collaborations and break down the barriers that women, especially those from the global majority, working mothers and those from the LGBTQIA+ community, face in creating innovative, genre-defying music. This dynamic initiative doesn’t just focus on composition, it also empowers participants to confidently challenge the status quo; advocating for their voices and needs by pushing boundaries and amplifying their presence in the industry. All while collaborating with male musicians and music industry professionals.

She:Music's Objectives and Aims

• Provide performance platforms for women in Heavy Metal & Rock genres (musical genre with lowest level of female participation in UK) by working with Girl Grind UK to curate & host a celebration of Black Women in Rock Music as part of B:Music’s round table discussions and industry networking events for emerging artists
• Provide performance platforms for women in Jazz music genre by working with Women in Jazz to curate & host 2 takeover days & gigs as part of B:Music’s Free Jazz Fridays programme
• Provide work placement opportunities for women wishing to pursue careers in technical and production
• Provide 6 open workshops for women wishing to pursue careers in the music industry, based on general themes of: self-employment; self-promotion & contracts; events management; how to make venue spaces (performance, recording, practice, etc) as safe as possible – as well as more genre specific workshops, such as scream-vocal training in Heavy Metal & musical improvisation in Jazz.
• To create a network of women who will encourage, inspire & support each other and the She:Music programme to create real change for representation of women in the music industry

Applications to take part in the first year of She:Music will open in April. For more information on how to be involved email she:music@bmusic.co.uk

She:Music x Women In Jazz takeover: Free Jazz Fridays: Piera Onacko

As part of the She:Music project that B:Music are curating for the next few years, we are working with partners from across the industry to share their expertise, collaborate on initiatives, and present performances as part of the overall programme in our venues. For this Free Jazz Friday, we are delighted to be collaborating with Women In Jazz to enable a takeover of the usual Friday evening performance with artists that Women In Jazz have chosen to support across the UK, backed by additional support from B:Music.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some of the best female musicians in the UK Jazz scene coming to the heart of Birmingham.

Project Partners

Girl Grind UK

Girl Grind UK is an organisation that supports and empowers Black and Asian Minority women, girls and gender fluid individuals through a range of arts-based programmes.

Women in Jazz

Women in Jazz is an organisation that celebrates the role that women have played in shaping the history of Jazz, via their music and stories, to inspire young female talent. They produce radio shows, panel discussions, live events and online content

She:Music is a 3 year programme generously supported in its first year by PRS Foundation and the William A Cadbury Trust