Jennifer King: The Award Winning Pianist That’s Championing Canadian Women Composers

On today's episode, we sit down with Jennifer King, the award-winning pianist and recording artist. We talk about her early days learning music and the importance of being able to access music education, as well as her phenomenal career as a performer, teacher, and actress - playing the role of Ethel Smyth in The Bessie Carruthers Study Club. With such an impressive career, Jennifer has no desire to slow down and enjoy the fruits of her labour quite yet. In fact, there's one area of music she hasn't explored - and that's composing! Although, if you think her compositions might have a similar tone to her other four albums - well, I won't spoil it for you, but she lets us know in the episode. ;)Jennifer King: Website: https://www.jenniferkingpiano.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferkingpiano?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Cecilia Concerts Sensory Accessible Concerts https://www.ceciliaconcerts.ca/sensory-accessible-concerts/?srsltid=AfmBOorQY9pqpJCBRZMU82-7AqeKnftfslcYgr6--CUcMZQ0j4Nz-Ain✨New Episodes Every Monday✨Let’s Get Social 📱For more Classical Queens, follow us on: Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ChordsandQueensTikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@chordsandqueens⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chordsandqueens?igsh=eGlkYWgyN3hmMnhm&utm_source=qr⁠ Substack: https://substack.com/@chordsqueens0:00 Introduction 1:53 Where Jennifer’s Musical Journey Began3:18 Finding the Piano 4:50 Early Days Learning the Piano 7:00 How Has Music Education Impacted Jennifer’s Life? 8:51 The Importance of Music Lessons in a Childs Development 9:50 Being a Proud Canadian 13:46 Becoming a Recording Artist 22:06 The Process of Making an Album 26:20 Souvenance - An Album of Music Written by Women 28:08 Reimagining Joni Mitchell 32:06 Don’t Record Something You Don’t Love 32:30 Trying to Get Women’s Work into Concert Halls 34:37 Balancing Performing with Motherhood 37:55 Collaboration as a Pianist 40:23 What Skills are required to be a good collaborator in music? 42:14 Cecelia Concerts Sensory Accessible Concerts 47:18 The Bessie Carruthers Study Club 49:20 Becoming Ethel Smyth 57:01 Becoming a Composer? 59:00 Advice for Pianists and Musicians 1:01:00 Favourite Piece by a Woman Composer