Projects 2012-2013

Uncle Ben

A celebration of the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten.

Performance: Britten Centenary Celebration Concert 26 January 2013 7.30pm at the Medieval Hall, Salisbury
Exhibition:
thirteen paintings by Jane Mackay in response to Matthew Barley’s interpretation of Britten’s Cello Suite no 3. A professional artist and amateur musician, Jane Mackay has auditory-visual synaesthesia. soundingart.com
Workshops
 in primary schools. Children learned Britten’s songs, heard his music from the inside out and devised their own songs. The project culminated in a performance on 25 January 2013.

Funders and Collaborators: Britten-Pears Foundation; The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation; Paul Manweiler; Susan and Leslie Baker; two anonymous La Folia Friends; Sally Schweizer; Jane Mackay; John Cox; David Halls; Canon Tom Clammer; Debbie Rigg; Jane Ebel; Salisbury Cathedral Dean and Chapter; Salisbury Methodist Church; John Waddington; Salisbury Playhouse; Dorset Musical Instrument Trust; Gomeldon County Primary School; Old Sarum Primary School; Pitton Church of England Primary School; Laverstock St Andrew’s Voluntary Aided Primary School; St Nicholas Church of England Primary School; Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School; Winterslow Primary School


Rusalka

In November 2012 Broomhill Bank and Oakley Schools were awarded a Big Lottery Awards for All grant to work in partnership to deliver a project based on the fairy tale opera, Rusalka. Working with La Folia and Life Wisdoms, a charity who support educational projects, the children created two new pieces of music theatre using their own stories.

Workshops to listen and respond to students’ responses to the myth of Rusalka, then magic it into a coherent piece of music theatre. January – February 2013
Performance: 26 February 2013 at Broomhill Bank School


Götterdӓmmerung

The fourth and final part of La Folia’s four year Ring Cycle project with Exeter House, Wiltshire College and Woodford Valley schools.

Workshops: January – July
Performance: Götterdӓmmerung 2 July 2013 at Salisbury Arts Centre


Sarum Academy Residency

Composing and performing with music students in Years 10, 12 and 13
Workshops with Pete Letanka and Lynsey Docherty
Performance: 3 July 2013 at Sarum Academy