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. She was awarded the 2015 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for contemporary British arts journalism and was a

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New Generation Thinker in 2016 She is a trustee of the William Alwyn Foundation. Her writing focuses on the history of women in the arts. Her group biography, ''Quartet'', published by

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, won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Storytelling Prize, won the Presto Music Book of the Year award, was shortlisted for the

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Best First Biography prize, and was awarded a Kirkus star.

Early life and education

Broad completed an undergraduate degree in Music at

, where she ran the Christ Church Music Society and founded and edited the Oxford Culture Review. She holds a doctorate in musicology from the

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on Swedish and Finnish theatre music.

Writing and presenting

Broad's debut group biography, ''Quartet'', covers the lives of women composers Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke,

Doreen Carwithen Doreen Mary Carwithen (15 November 19225 January 2003) was a British composer of classical and film music. She was also known as Mary Alwyn following her marriage to William Alwyn. Biography Doreen Carwithen was born at 8, High Street, Haddenham, ...

, and Dorothy Howell. The book argues that women have had important influences on classical composition, but that this progress is not linear and can be erased and forgotten. Broad has discussed the book at festivals including the Hay Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival. Alongside violinist Fenella Humphreys and pianist Nicola Eimer, Broad presented performances of works by the composers covered in the book at venues including the

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. She has a second book under contract with Faber and Faber. Broad has presented for

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

including appearances on ''

Record Review ''Record Review'' is a Saturday morning radio programme (usually airing from 9am to 11:45am) dealing with recent classical music releases, topical issues and interviews. The programme title is a return of ''Record Review'' which was broadcast o ...

'', ''

Composer of the Week ''Composer of the Week'' is a long-running biographical music programme produced by BBC Cymru Wales and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. It is broadcast daily from Monday to Friday at 12 noon for an hour, each week's programmes being a self-contained ...

'', ''Music Matters'', ''the Sunday Feature'', and the BBC Proms. Broad's journalistic work covering music and the arts has featured in newspapers including ''

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'', the ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...

'', and the ''

London Review of Books The ''London Review of Books'' (''LRB'') is a British literary magazine published twice monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews. History The ''London Review of ...

''. Broad's academic work has been published in the '' Journal of the Royal Musical Association'', '' Music & Letters'', ''Tempo'', and ''Music and the Moving Image'' as well as collected volumes from the

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, and

Boydell and Brewer Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, edition ...

References

External links

Official website
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