Composer pays tribute to niece in choral work

Florence Lockheart
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Barbara Cobham’s choral work ‘Hope is the Thing’, which celebrates the memory of 14-year-old Safi who passed away from bone cancer last year, will be performed on 29 March

Barbara Cobham stands with The University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club and conductor Dr Benjamin Gaughran at the Irish premiere of Hope Is The Thing in Dublin Cathedral
Barbara Cobham stands with The University of Michigan Women’s Glee Club and conductor Dr Benjamin Gaughran at the Irish premiere of Hope Is The Thing in Dublin Cathedral

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