Keynote Speaker/Lecture/Panels/Live Interview Events
The Queen's Hall, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lecture onstage, followed by a Masterclass at the the Danish Authors Society in writing and biography.
www5.kb.dk/en/dia/kalender/ord/forfatterscene/191211_SylvieSimmons.html
Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Keynote speaker (English) interviewed onstage at the Musee D'art Contemporain by Eleanor Wachtel, CBC
Broadcast on "Writers & Company"
bit.ly/SylvieSimmonsonCBC
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
Sylvie - keynote speaker - Interviewed by author Liel Lebovitz
bit.ly/SylvieSimmonsMuseumofJewishHeritageNewYork
Sara Bareilles in Conversation with Sylvie Simmons - JCC, San Francisco
www.sylviesimmons.com/news1/sara-and-sylvie
Savannah School of Art and Design (SCAD)
Lecture at Arnold Hall Auditorium
bit.ly/SylvieSimmonsatSavannahSchoolofArtandDesign
Teatro Oriente, Santiago, Chile
Keynote Speaker at event organized by the British Institute in Chile and UK-Chile Cultural; with El Mercurio newspaper and Chilevision TV.
Subject: My Life in Rock
https://bit.ly/SylvieSimmonsMyLifeInRockChile
In Santiago Sylvie Simmons is hailed as "the most important journalist in rock”.
Five Things I've Learned: The Life, Music, and Legacy of Leonard Cohen
Five Things I’ve Learned workshop series presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco
bit.ly/SylvieSimmonsCJMLeonardCohen
The Gathering, Keystone College, PA
Keynote Speakers: Sylvie Simmons and NPR's Mara Liasson
Sylvie Simmons has participated in panels, nationally and internationally.
This year they have included:
"It Sings Therefore We Are: Philosophy and Music in Conversation"
A talk on Music and Philosophy at Oxford University, United Kingdom
https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/it-sings-therefore-we-are-philosophy-and-music-in-conversation/
Leonard Cohen Studies, Stanford University, CA
The Vic Chesnutt Songwriting Award" in Athens, GA
www.sylviesimmons.com/news1/vic-chesnutt-songwriter-awards
Music Journalism Masterclass: Synapse Knowledge
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (Dec 14 2022)
Documentaries, Broadcasts and Podcasts
This year they have included documentaries on Ozzy Osbourne; Tears For Fears; Judas Priest; Aerosmith. In the past they have ranged from the Beach Boys to a documentary on the rise and rise of the ukulele enjoy this interview presented by the BBC
BBC Interview Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick
bit.ly/BBCSylvieSimmonsTheRockChick
Additional locations Sylvie Simmons has traveled for speaking engagements
Bogota, Colombia
Cartagena, Colombia
Denmark - Copenhagen
Denmark - Aarhus
France - speaking tour including Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux
Germany - Berlin.
Ireland - Dublin
London University, UK
Monterey, CA
Nashville, TN - Country Music Hall of Fame
New Zealand - Christchurch
Oslo, Norway
Oxford University UK
Santiago, Chile, Sept 18 2015
Standord University, CA
Sydney, Australia
Winchester University UK