Registered Charity 1201139

Major Projects ...

We specialise in complex projects which require a sensitive and collaborative approach. Each project focusses on a proven area of underrepresentation or marginalisation in the Arts, with a particular focus on the potential of Music to effect social change.

Sound engineer Andrew Post and producer George Richford recording works by MoV

Did you know George Herbert's great aunt was a pioneering poet?

New works by Judith Ward and Esther Bersweden raise up both writers and provide beautiful new rep for Choral Evensong!

Black and white photo of composer Anita Datta with long wavy dark hair, wearing an embroidered traditional tunic.

Haven of Peace

Hymn; Chorale; Anthem

One core idea; three differentiated works

A black and white photo by Bill Smith of Elizabeth Poston feeding her two donkeys on her smallholding.

The charity is honoured to be the official representative of the musical and literary copyright of Elizabeth Poston (1905-87). This major project will protect her copyright; introduce the public to unknown works, and shed new light on her unique and important role in C20th British music making

Black and white image of composer William Busch circa 1940. William is wearing a smart white shirt, jacket and tie.

Personal letters add hugely to our knowledge and understanding of the lives of composers and writers. Learn  about the challenges of being a composer during World War Two. 

Silhouette of a woman's profile in orange against a background of music lines. The logo of MoV's project Sacred Music by Women Composers

"The gamechanger!"

Volumes 1 SATB anthems 

Volume 2 Upper Voices anthems

Volume 3 Advent to Candlemas–Mixed Voices anthems

Black and white image of composer William Busch circa 1940. William is wearing a smart white shirt, jacket and tie.

Celebrating Chinese heritage –

A special commission for Salford Cathedral Choirs

Stylised music stave featuring colourful geometric shapes resembling musical notes representing diverse communities.

 

Our series of special commissions includes and supports the diverse voices which make up church and cathedral communities and addresses social-justice issues in a bold and imaginative way

Sound engineer Andrew Post and producer George Richford recording works by MoV

Anita Datta presented a workshop on cultural inclusion through Music to postgraduate students at the Southampton Centre for Music Education and Social Justice – part of Southampton University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, on 7th May 2025.

Sound engineer Andrew Post and producer George Richford recording works by MoV

Our Recording Project is an essential component of the charity’s work, equal in importance to the publication and distribution of the music scores

Spotlight on ...

Composer Ethel Smyth stands with fellow suffragettes at a meeting lobbying for votes for women in 1912

Coming soon:
Five Sacred Partsongs

Edited by Maks Adach

Published by the permission of the Ethel Smyth estate

Composer Dame Elizabeth Maconchy sitting at her grand piano. On the music stand is manuscript paper; Maconchy is holding a pencil

World premiere recording – 

by our Project Partner Continuum

‘Candlemas Eve’

Black-and-white portrait of composer Morfydd Owen circa 1911 with dark hair pinned in a loose bun. She is looking directly at the camera.

Newly published!

A new biography by Dr Rhian Davies for MoV

A special SATB arrangement by Sarah MacDonald

Working alongside us to give our projects greater impact

Previous Projects

Young women of Somerville College Choir, Oxford, with their conductor Will Dawes, harpist Aoife Miralles and conference speakers from MoV.

Old words in a new context at Somerville College, Oxford

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