The Limerick Lady 23: Eimear Noone, What's a Conductrix?

Your hosts Ann Blake and Emma Langford are joined over zoom by composer and conductor Eimear Noone. Originally from the village of Kilconnell in Galway, Eímear has spent a large portion of her adult life in LA and is based now in Dublin with her husband and kids. Eímear is best known for her award-winning work on video game music, and composed the score for "World of WarCraft: Warlords of Draenor", which received a "Hollywood Music in Media Award" in 2014.  In 2019 Noone made history as the first woman ever to conduct at the Oscars. The conversation veers from managing the working-from-home situation to the importance of role models, taking in sexism in the classical music world, and Eímear explains her self-ordained title of "conductrix". This month's episode is a Limerick Mental Health Week special, and as part of that topic we cover the issue of creative burnout and managing your workload.  Learn more about Eímear at https://www.polyarts.co.uk/artists/eimear-noone or visit her on twitter @eimearnoone to connect directly  Follow Ann on Twitter @annblake78 and Insta @annblakeplay and The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra @bplo  Follow all things Emma www.emmalangfordmusic.com and join her patreon here https://www.patreon.com/emmalangford Follow all things Ormston House @ormstonhouse and www.ormstonhouse.com Recorded with support from Ormston House Feminist Supermarket and The Limerick Post @limerickpost www.limerickpost.ie This podcast goes out the third Thursday of every month or 'Thirdsday' - if you will. Follow The Limerick Lady on Twitter @LkLadyHQ Insta @thelimericklady and 'The Limerick Lady' on Facebook Tweet using #LkLadyPod