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Live performance of Susannah Pearse's "Colette, You Need to Motor" at San José's Hammer Theatre Center, written in honor of Dame Colette Bowe. Performers: Carla Canales, vocalist Kurt Crowley, piano Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion Celisse Henderson, vocalist Kelley Maulbetsch, cello Elizabeth Stanley, vocalist -- Commissioned by The Canales Project for "Hear Her Song," an initiative bringing together an extraordinary array of female musical artists to offer powerful insights into women's leadership worldwide.
Live performance of Susannah Pearse's "Colette, You Need to Motor" at University of Wolverhampton, written in honor of Dame Colette Bowe. Performers: Carla Canales, vocalist Manuel Bagorro, piano Emily Beaman, Alexandra Eastwood, Amber-Rae Morgan, Grace Owen and Jessica Williams, choir -- Commissioned by The Canales Project for "Hear Her Song," an initiative bringing together an extraordinary array of female musical artists to offer powerful insights into women's leadership worldwide.

Susannah Pearse


”Colette, You Need to Motor” - song written for Dame Colette Bowe
-- read lyrics

commissioned in partnership with United Nations Decade of Women and University of Wolverhampton

Susannah Pearse is a composer and writer. Credits include Jabberwocky with Rebecca Applin (YMT, The Other Palace), The Stationmaster with Tim Connor (Tristan Bates, Aria Entertainment), Once Upon a Time in Narcissia with Youn Young Park (shortlisted for the Stiles and Drewe mentorship award) and I Relate to the Sparrow (Cecil Sharp House, Camden Fringe). She and Applin are currently under commission to create a new piece for the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton commemorating the 400th anniversary of the original Mayflower voyage. In addition to her theatre work, Susannah also composes the music for the songs on John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme (BBC Radio 4).

Susannah is an Associate Lecturer in the Theatre and Performance Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, a lecturer in Musical Theatre History at Urdang Academy, and a Visiting Lecturer in Musical Theatre at Wolverhampton University. She also facilitates one of the Advanced Lab groups for Mercury Musical Developments, which aims to develop and encourage the writing of new musical theatre.

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