[1] In 2019, she was listed as one of the UK’s most influential people by the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000, alongside Simon Rattle and Dave.
[6] She has received a number of commissions from a number of organisations, for such works as the following: In February 2007, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Thomas Adès gave the premiere of Falling Angel, a 20-minute commission for large ensemble in Birmingham, and at the Présences festival in Paris.
[13] Davies' music is informed by the worlds of the classical avant-garde, funk, experimental rock, disco, bebop, alt-pop and modernism.
[16] The Independent said of her: Drawing on influences ranging from Luciano Berio to Miles Davis, and inspirations from architectural spaces to the tarot and the I Ching, she has created works such as Tilting (2005), Kingpin (2007) and Wild Card (2010), where compulsive rhythms, fragmented melody and outlandish counterpoint testify to her love of funk, contemporary jazz, the avant-garde, and a certain deep, unsettling sense of darkness.
The idea grew in all of us, and we knew we had to be brave and let ourselves be led by our highest instincts; to make something intensely human and to somehow transform or transcend the darkness into light.
The story is told from many perspectives, from those trapped inside one of the Twin Towers, from there on the ground (people in NYC looking up), and from a far, cosmic place: an orchestral “fabric of the universe”, with the figure of a shaman at its centre who relays messages across time and space... Music is a fantastic vehicle for expressing energy, emotion, feelings that go beyond language.