Charlotte Rowan (English)

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Tilbage i marts, da landet stadig var lukket meget ned, havde jeg besøg af britiske Charlotte Rowan fra Liverpool, som er dirigent og sidste år som den første kvinde tiltrådte stillingen som korleder for Herning Kirkes Drengekor. Koret er anerkendt for deres høje niveau og rejser hele verden rundt for at optræde med deres smukke stemmer i de største koncertsale. Charlotte dirigerer desuden barbershop-koret WondAros – det første af sin slags for kvinder i Danmark. Hun fortæller om arbejdet med begge kor og om, hvorfor det er vigtigt at have diskussionen om køn inden for korverdenen, der på sangerniveau domineres af kvinder. Derudover kan vi glæde fodboldfolket med, at vi i programmet går i dybden med sangen ”You’ll Never Walk Alone” i en version med drengekoret, som vil røre enhver sand Liverpool-fan.

Back in March, when Denmark was still in lockdown, British Charlotte Rowan from Liverpool visited me in the podcast. Charlotte works as a conductor and last year she, as the first woman, took the job as conductor of Herning Kirkes Drengekor (Herning Church’s Boys’ Choir) which is acknowledged for a high musical standard and travels around the world to perform in famous concert halls. Charlotte also conducts the barbershop choir WondAros – the first of its kind for women in Denmark. She tells us about her work with both choirs and about why it is important to have the discussion about gender within the choir world where there are more female than male singers. Additionally, we dig into the football anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in a version sung by the boys’ choir that will move every true Liverpool fan.