{"id":4774,"date":"2023-12-14T12:51:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:51:04","slug":"concert-and-qa-with-french-pop-artist-la-feline-23-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/2023\/12\/14\/concert-and-qa-with-french-pop-artist-la-feline-23-november-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert and Q&A with French pop artist La F\u00e9line, 23 November 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Adriana Srsnova\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading time: 2 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama has a long-standing Thursday Lunchtime music series. On 23 November, the Music and French Studies departments collaborated for an experimental cross-subject live concert featuring French indie pop singer La F\u00e9line.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Thursday Lunchtime music series is well-established in the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. However, the live concert given on 23 November by French indie pop singer La F\u00e9line was unusual in being an experimental cross-subject collaboration between the Music and French Studies departments. It turns out we should do this more often: it was a tremendous success! Over 250 people attended the concert, including final-year French Studies students on Barbara Lebrun\u2019s final-year course Protest Music in France, staff and students from Music and other SALC subjects, members of the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Manchester, and members of the general public.<\/p>\n

\"La<\/p>\n

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On bass guitar and lead vocals, accompanied by drummer Fran\u00e7ois Virot, La F\u00e9line mainly performed songs from her latest album, Tarbes, released in 2022. She also invited a small choir of student volunteers to join her on stage: Adriana Srsnova, Samantha Riley and Steffan Eldridge. Thanks to enthusiastic rehearsals that very morning, the choir\u2019s participation enhanced La F\u00e9line\u2019s crisp delivery and atmospheric Music, giving an epic feel to the whole performance.<\/p>\n

The concert was followed by a Q&A introduced by local music legend Dave Haslam, a La F\u00e9line fan. Among other topics, students asked La F\u00e9line about her musical influences (Sonic Youth and Brigitte Fontaine, it turns out!), her Spanish heritage, the limitations and rewards of being a \u2018smalltown girl\u2019, her reconciliation of emotions and intellectualism (when she\u2019s not singing as La F\u00e9line, Agn\u00e8s Gayraud is a philosopher and specialist of Theodor Adorno). The recording of the Q&A is now being used in Dr Lebrun\u2019s class for students to base their essays on.<\/p>\n

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The last word is for the choir members:<\/p>\n

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\u201c When we were presented with the exciting opportunity to support the concert, me, Sam and Steffan immediately signed up despite the fact that neither of us is a professional singer. However, together we practised, learnt how to read sheet music and built each other\u2019s confidence up. We even got to sing in a completely new and rare language, Occitan, for the song \u2018Fum\u2019! During the rehearsals and the concert, we were all a bit nervous but thanks to how friendly and welcoming La F\u00e9line was to us, we all really enjoyed the experience, and the concert was a huge success.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overall, the way passion for Music brings people together created a very special atmosphere at La F\u00e9line\u2019s concert. We are all very grateful to La F\u00e9line and all the organizers for this opportunity, as it not only helped us improve our musical skills, but mainly it was an unforgettable experience which we will cherish for a long time\u201d \u2013 Adriana Srsnova, BA (Hons) Politics & French.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Initiated by Dr Alexander Gagatsis (Music), the event was supported technically by Guillaume Dujat, and generously funded by the Music department and by SALC\u2019s Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (TLSE).<\/p>\n

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Written by\u00a0Adriana Srsnova\u00a0 Reading time: 2 minutes   The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama has a long-standing Thursday Lunchtime music series. On 23 November, the Music and French Studies departments collaborated for an experimental cross-subject live concert featuring French indie pop singer La F\u00e9line. The Thursday Lunchtime music series is well-established in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5805,"featured_media":4775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"

Written by\u00a0Adriana Srsnova\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

Reading time: 2 minutes<\/strong><\/p>

\"Agnes<\/p>

The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama has a long-standing Thursday Lunchtime music series. On 23 November, the Music and French Studies departments collaborated for an experimental cross-subject live concert featuring French indie pop singer La F\u00e9line.<\/em><\/p>

\u00a0<\/p>

Concert and Q&A with French pop artist La F\u00e9line, 23 November 2023<\/strong><\/h3>

The Thursday Lunchtime music series is well-established in the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. However, the live concert given on 23 November by French indie pop singer La F\u00e9line was unusual in being an experimental cross-subject collaboration between the Music and French Studies departments. It turns out we should do this more often: it was a tremendous success! Over 250 people attended the concert, including final-year French Studies students on Barbara Lebrun\u2019s final-year course Protest Music in France, staff and students from Music and other SALC subjects, members of the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Manchester, and members of the general public.<\/p>

\"La<\/p>

On bass guitar and lead vocals, accompanied by drummer Fran\u00e7ois Virot, La F\u00e9line mainly performed songs from her latest album, Tarbes, released in 2022. She also invited a small choir of student volunteers to join her on stage: Adriana Srsnova, Samantha Riley and Steffan Eldridge. Thanks to enthusiastic rehearsals that very morning, the choir\u2019s participation enhanced La F\u00e9line\u2019s crisp delivery and atmospheric Music, giving an epic feel to the whole performance.<\/p>

The concert was followed by a Q&A introduced by local music legend Dave Haslam, a La F\u00e9line fan. Among other topics, students asked La F\u00e9line about her musical influences (Sonic Youth and Brigitte Fontaine, it turns out!), her Spanish heritage, the limitations and rewards of being a \u2018smalltown girl\u2019, her reconciliation of emotions and intellectualism (when she\u2019s not singing as La F\u00e9line, Agn\u00e8s Gayraud is a philosopher and specialist of Theodor Adorno). The recording of the Q&A is now being used in Dr Lebrun\u2019s class for students to base their essays on.<\/p>

The last word is for the choir members:<\/p>

\u201c When we were presented with the exciting opportunity to support the concert, me, Sam and Steffan immediately signed up despite the fact that neither of us is a professional singer. However, together we practised, learnt how to read sheet music and built each other\u2019s confidence up. We even got to sing in a completely new and rare language, Occitan, for the song \u2018Fum\u2019! During the rehearsals and the concert, we were all a bit nervous but thanks to how friendly and welcoming La F\u00e9line was to us, we all really enjoyed the experience, and the concert was a huge success.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Overall, the way passion for Music brings people together created a very special atmosphere at La F\u00e9line\u2019s concert. We are all very grateful to La F\u00e9line and all the organizers for this opportunity, as it not only helped us improve our musical skills, but mainly it was an unforgettable experience which we will cherish for a long time\u201d \u2013 Adriana Srsnova, BA (Hons) Politics & French.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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Initiated by Dr Alexander Gagatsis (Music), the event was supported technically by Guillaume Dujat, and generously funded by the Music department and by SALC\u2019s Teaching, Learning and Student Experience (TLSE).<\/h6>

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