5 ways: a musical procession celebrating Larkhall
I have been delighted to be involved in the Larkhall Festival for the second year and hope, that together with community, we have realised an exciting new community music project 5 ways with 5 principal themes celebrating aspects of Larkhall.
The key objectives of the project were to enliven the 2010 Festival by
- engaging the local community, especially our schools
- celebrating Larkhall and the local community
- having fun
- unlocking creativity and develop skills
- creating something interesting, entertaining and important.
The project had 3 parts
1 Development
- workshops in the local schools
- ad-hoc rehearsals of existing groups of musicians in the community
- preparation through material available which was posted on this website
2 The event
5 Ways Community Music Project - 12.00-12.30pm New Oriel Hall, Larkhall
The 2010 Larkhall Festival kicked off at midday in and around the New Oriel Hall with a celebration of sounds inspired by Larkhall. Local composer Lawrence Reed designed the event in collaboration with the participants to create 5 distinct layers of sound.
1 St Saviours junior school recorded sounds of the village and reflected them back from a variety of sources including Bath's famous pink milk float!
2 St Saviours infants created a series of rhythmic chants inspired by Larkhall... all accompanied by pulsating percussion including the use of junk and other objects found in the village.
3 the schools were joined by local musicians and the Cube Orchestra playing a piece of music composed for the event.
4 St Saviours junior school percussion
5 the marvellous bells of St Saviours church were ringing something different... including an awesome 'firing' of the bells.
3 The legacy
- using other media such as photography, art, video to create lasting multi-media event to form a basis for 2011’s celebrations
If you're interested in participating in future events like this please contact me
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- 1st–3rd May 2010 -
Download the scores
1 - the noise manufactory - 242Kb pdf
2 - mechanisation - one minute wonder music - cube - 466Kb pdf
3 - time - one minute wonder counting - 241 Kb pdf
4 - words - one minute wonder talking - 240 Kb pdf
5 - bells of St Saviours Church Larkhall - 32Kb pdf
Download highlights of performance
Download 5 ways - 36MB mp3
Download performance excerpts
part 1-the noise manufactory - 4.6Mb mp3
part 2-the noise manufactory - 3.6Mb mp3
part 3-the noise manufactory - 6.9Mb mp3
part 4-the noise manufactory - 7.9Mb mp3 |
