Between the Songs: Creativity, Community and Connection through Songwriting Retreats
By Hannah Louise Partridge, 5 December 2025
Fellow's Profile
Hannah Louise Partridge
Fellow's Profile
Hannah Louise Partridge
Collaborative residential songwriting experiences for women and gender diverse musicians
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Enriching collaborative songwriting development opportunities for women and non-binary musicians.
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2024
- Locality
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South West
Contact
Biography
I am an event producer, folk musician (Anna Anise) and Director of CHORUS Songwriting CIC, which promotes gender equality in the music industry through retreats and workshops for women and non-binary musicians.
The purpose of my Fellowship is to research songwriting retreats in the USA (the world's largest commercial music market) to better inform the design of songwriting development experiences for emerging musicians of underrepresented genders in the UK. The research will inform the events of CHORUS Songwriting CIC and be shared among peers and songwriting professionals.
The House of Commons committee report Misogyny in Music (Jan 2024) stated that 'Women seeking careers in music continue to face unjustifiable limitations in opportunity, a lack of support, gender discrimination and sexual harassment as well as the "persistent issue of equal pay."' As a producer and musician, I have experience of the benefits of songwriting retreats for building community, strengthening peer networks and gaining collaboration skills.
Through this Fellowship I aim to considerably impact the careers of developing songwriters and enrich the diversity in our arts culture.
Ideas
Activity
Songwriting for Confidence, Self-Expression, and Connection
During her Churchill Fellowship, songwriter Hannah Louise Partridge – known professionally as Anna Anise – explored how collaborative songwriting retreats in the United States help musicians build confidence, connection, and lasting creative networks. Drawing on visits to six retreat programmes, she reflects on the power of shared creative space to support wellbeing and sustain musical careers. Now applying this learning through her organisation CHORUS Songwriting CIC, she is developing retreats that strengthen community and widen access to songwriting across the UK.
By Hannah Louise Partridge, 26 March 2026
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Between the Songs: Creativity, Community and Connection through Songwriting Retreats
By Hannah Louise Partridge, 5 December 2025
Activity
Songwriting for Confidence, Self-Expression, and Connection
During her Churchill Fellowship, songwriter Hannah Louise Partridge – known professionally as Anna Anise – explored how collaborative songwriting retreats in the United States help musicians build confidence, connection, and lasting creative networks. Drawing on visits to six retreat programmes, she reflects on the power of shared creative space to support wellbeing and sustain musical careers. Now applying this learning through her organisation CHORUS Songwriting CIC, she is developing retreats that strengthen community and widen access to songwriting across the UK.
By Hannah Louise Partridge, 26 March 2026
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
