Carol Leeming
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| Born | Carolann Coleen Leeming 27 November 1957 Leicester, England |
| Occupation | Writer, singer, musician |
Carolann Coleen Leeming (born 27 November 1957) is a British and Jamaican descent multi-disciplinary artist, writer, singer and musician who is noted for her poetry, plays and musical work. She is best known for her choreopoetry. Leeming's literary work features in The Cambridge University Companion to British Black & Asian Literature, 1945-2010.[1]
Early life
[edit]Carol Leeming was born in Leicester to parents from Jamaica and Antigua, who immigrated to the United Kingdom as part of the Windrush generation of the 1950s.[2] Leeming grew up in Leicester, where she attended Alderman Newtons Grammar School (sometimes known as Alderman Newton's School), and grew up partly in Kingston Jamaica. Later, in the 1980s, Leeming graduated at De Montfort University (then called Leicester Polytechnic) [3] and is now an alumna, being made DMU Alumna of the month. [3]
Career
[edit]Leeming was a BBC Proms Open Music trainee [4] for the Dream Proms 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Leeming was a Royal Literary Fund Reading Round Lector (a group leader) in 2013. Leeming is a Writers Mosaic (a division of the Royal Literary Fund) [1]
Leeming is featured in Writers Mosaic from The Royal Literary Fund Reading Round Lector (a group leader).
In 2017, Leeming was awarded by Women In Management UK, the East Midlands Women’s Awards for Women in Art, Media and Music. In 2014 Leeming was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[citation needed]
In n2021/2022 Leeming was a BBC Open Music Trainee.
Discography
[edit]Leeming has performed music as part of the groups [5] Quadelectronic and Qwire. Leeming's recordings include singles, extended plays, albums, compilations, and mixes.
Honours and awards
[edit]In 2019, she received an MBE for her work as a poet and playwright and her contribution to Leicester arts and culture.[6] Leeming the Penfold Media Award for the Enchanter film poem. [7] In 2017 she was given the Ena Young Poetry Award.[8]
Leeming was featured in songs by the British House Music Studio project group Staxx of Joy.
References
[edit]- ^ "Carol Leeming".
- ^ "Carol Leeming". Royal Literary Fund.
- ^ "Alumna of the month keeps the relationship alive with DMU after graduating from Leicester Polytechnic". www.dmu.ac.uk.
- ^ "BBC - Meet the BBC Open Music Trainees from 2021/2022". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Qwire - Hexaqwire". quadelectronicdocuments.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "Carol Leeming FRSA at Buckingham Palace London delighted to receive MBE!". 12 March 2019. The Leicester Writers Club awarded
- ^ "The Penfold Media Award". August 12, 2017.
- ^ "Writers Directory".