On a hot, sunny September Saturday (yes, its only weeks
since t-shirt weather!), Britten Sinfonia’s Creative Learning department
arrived at Colchester’s Firstsite gallery for a morning of creative
music-making workshops. Armed with a
van-load of instruments, we set up camp in a lovely curved room overlooking the
lawn and welcomed three groups with people of all ages as workshop leader James
Redwood guided us through rhythm and group composition games. Some participants brought their instruments;
others just their enthusiasm and willingness to pick up a drum, shaker or
xylophone and chime in. We even had the
mayor of Colchester join in!
Using the gallery, and the juxtaposition of old/new and
rural/industrial found in the town around it as inspiration, members of the
public, assisted by Britten Sinfonia musicians Ali Reid (violin), Andrew
Webster (clarinet) and Adam Mackenzie (bassoon) composed short pieces and
performed them to one another. These
pieces can be heard by following the links below:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
The Music of Place was a collaboration between Britten Sinfonia, Orchestras Live, Colchester Borough Council and Colchester Arts Centre.
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