First UK performance for transgender composer

Florence Anna Maunders will be the first transgender composer to have music performed by a British orchestra.

Bromley Symphony Orchestra will play Maunders' "Bacchanal", an orchestral influenced by electronic dance and Syrian folk music, on March 14. Musicians voted her piece as the 'Orchestra's Choice' to mark its cenetenary year.

Maunders said: "When you’re a woman it’s much harder to get your music performed – the statistics are against you, but when you’re a transwoman, the odds are astronomical – everyone’s against you!"