South Downs Songbook
Contemporary songbook for voice and mixed classical/electric ensemble to celebrate the South Downs as a place that inspires poetry and writing about the people who live there
How to hire us/put it on yourselves
Package can include related performance and composition projects for schools and colleges responding to themes of landscape, poetry, sea and sky
Liz Webb Management via the contact page
Acclaim/Testimonials/Media
Videos
South Downs Songbook
Original project ran in 2022
tour of newly commissioned songs and compositions by four leading UK composers and student composers 20-30 June 2022
composition workshops and performances in Sussex schools and colleges Feb-June 2022
we developed a FREE digital resources pack including downloadable sound samples, photos, poems, paintings & prints, all inspired by the South Downs
four new five-minute songs for the Orchestra of Sound and Light
by four established UK composers inspired by the South Downs:
Evelyn Ficarra, Ed Hughes, Rowland Sutherland, Shirley J Thompsoncomposer interviews how-tos including getting started, development, getting unstuck!
meet the musicians videos: how to write for flute, clarinet, keyboard, guitar, voice
be inspired! poetry, photos, paintings and prints (available in the FREE digital resources pack)
live performances of new works by GCSE and A level music students
Composer interviews to help young and beginner composers get started
Duncan Mackrill interviewed the four professional composers commissioned by the South Downs Songbook.
He asked them all the same questions:
Composer backgrounds, influences and setting the scene for their piece
Getting started and choosing a stimulus
Particular music techniques and ideas (including how technology is used)
Structure in the compositions
a) Developing b) Finishing c) Getting unstuck!
Watch the interviews:
Evelyn Ficarra - Ed Hughes - Rowland Sutherland - Shirley J Thompson