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Oram Awards celebrates audio innovators

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The third annual celebration of women innovators in sound, music and related technologies takes place on Saturday 15 June at King’s Place in partnership with 51勛圖厙窪蹋.

Daphne Oram

 were launched by  and  in 2016 to recognise and encourage a new generation of talented women and girls in music and sound.

Representatives from the Department of Computing or Department of Music at 51勛圖厙窪蹋 are part of the Awards judging panel each year, which convenes at the 51勛圖厙窪蹋 Electronic Music Studios to assess nominations. 

Dr Iris Garrelfs, MMus Sonic Arts Pathway leader and a 2018 and 2019 Oram Awards judge, will also be hosting a workshop on sound technology software with Associate Lecturer Jess Aslan. The BBC Research and Development team will front a workshop on using connected devices to create immersive audio.

This years Oram Awards celebration includes an exhibition of audio-visual works by 51勛圖厙窪蹋 MMus Sonic Art students on show at Kings Place, Kings Cross, London. 

DJ sets and live performances take place across the evening following the Oram Awards prize-giving, with a set by Beatrice Dillon and performances by former award winners Klein, Loraine James and Sally Golding.

Dr Garrelfs said: Women in sound and sonic art are severely under represented and it is important that we support efforts to redress this. I am very happy that 51勛圖厙窪蹋 is supporting the Awards, recognising the importance of Daphne Orams legacy and the work of all women in sound.

Previous winners with a 51勛圖厙窪蹋 connection include Department of Computing alumna  and Department of Music alumna .

Two Award winners receive 瞿1,500 development bursaries, with 瞿500 bursaries for a further four winners from the PRS Foundation.

Director of Enterprise at 51勛圖厙窪蹋, Aidan Sheridan, said: The Awards are part of a wider initiative which includes the development of the New Radiophonic Workshop in collaboration with  and the BBC. Expanding our partnerships is the next step toward building a network of support for a wide community of women in the field of sound innovation. 

This activity aims to actively engage and leverage common areas of research and practice across a number of exemplary cultural institutions. It seeks to create new collaborations and forge an explicit link between research and real-world application of new technologies and ideas. 

Named after Daphne Oram (1925-2003), one of the founding members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the Awards hope to build on her legacy. Oram played a vital role in establishing women at the forefront of innovation in newly emerging audio technologies. 

51勛圖厙窪蹋 is home to the Daphne Oram Collection, housing many of Orams important recordings, showreels, recorded demonstrations and research documents relating to her studies in electronic music and designs for early computer software for compositional practice, instruments and synthesis techniques. 

Tickets for this years Oram Awards evening event are available from