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SUMMARY:Lauren Elkin in Conversation with Claire Biddles
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Lauren Elkin's newest book\\, Vocal Brea
 k: On Women\\, Music and Power. For millennia\\, women’s raised voices 
 have been heard asunruly\\, uncivilized\\, dangerous. Women singing were 
 castas sirens: mythical creatures who lured sailors to theirdeath.In Voca
 l Break\\, Lauren Elkin seamlessly blendsmemoir\\, feminist manifesto and
  cultural history to explorea plurality of female singing voices – and 
 how women haveused them to defy convention\\, genre\\, capitalism\\, raci
 smand sexism.Drawing on her own experiences training as a youngsoprano in
  the 1990s\\, Elkin reflects on the way power andidentity shape our voice
 s\\, focusing on the women whomost excited her when she was learning to s
 ing. A vocalbreak refers to the place where the voice shifts from lowerto
  higher registers\\, so from one thing to another\\, and thisis a book ab
 out what kind of meanings\\, and sounds\\, can bemade there. Immersing re
 aders in an eclectic soundscape\\, from musicals and pop music toart punk
 \\, what follows is a full-throated tour of women’s voices\\, including
  Édith Piaf\\, MariaCallas\\, Cyndi Lauper\\, Kathleen Hanna\\, Tori Amo
 s\\, PJ Harvey\\, Beyoncé\\, FKA Twigs and BillieEilish.Reflecting on wh
 at makes women’s singing so powerful – to the point where others feel
  theneed to control or manipulate it – Vocal Break is a joyous call to 
 arms\\,a siren call: Girls to the front: NOW. Mix of sitting and standing
  space.Shop is at street level but has no accessible toilet.Ticket price 
 includes one free drink.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/europe/united-kingdom/g
 lasgow/events/lauren-elkin-in-conversation-with-claire-biddles-2026-08-22
LOCATION:Burning House Books\\, Burning House Books\\, 446 Cathcart Road\
 \, Glasgow\\, G42 7BZ
URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/united-kingdom/glasgow/events/lauren-elkin-in-conversation-with-claire-biddles-2026-08-22
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