PRESS
RELEASE.
Martin
Kiszko – Composer of the Year
Bristol
composer Martin Kiszko has been named “Composer of the Year (Education/
Community Music section), 2004” – at the British Academy of
Composers and Songwriters awards in London, on Friday December 17th, 2003.
The Award is for “INUA”,
a multimedia piece using Soundbeam live performance technology, which
was developed in collaboration with the students of Class 8BE, Bishop
Perowne High School, Worcester.
Commissioned by Bristol
arts charity Elektrodome, with funds from The Elmley Foundation, The PRS
Foundation, The Soundbeam Project and Worcester Arts Education, “INUA”
was first performed in Worcester Cathedral on December 16th 2004
“FOREST
SONG”
CALDMORE
SCHOOL, CLASS 6
Class teacher, Trudy Walker
Composer, Elizabeth Purnell
Soundbeam project, Mark Newbold
PERFORMANCE OF THIS MULTIMEDIA PIECE AT CALDMORE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER
10TH
Composer Elizabeth
Purnell has been commissioned by Bristol arts charity Elektrodome to compose
and devise a piece to be developed in collaboration with the children
of Class 6 and their teacher, Trudy Walker, at Caldmore Community Primary
School, Carless Street, Caldmore, Walsall. The Project – which will
involve the children in exploring the Soundbeam electronic music and multi-media
live performance technology - has the enthusiastic support of the head
teacher, Mrs Nola Boulger, and of Mike Parrott (Group Controller of Arts
and Development, Walsall Education Authority).
Elizabeth Purnell
has devised a music and multimedia piece with Class 6 about rainforests,
entitled ‘Forest Song’. This ties in with the pupils’
studies of this subject in their lessons with their teacher, Trudi Walker
Using Soundbeam, real
bird and animal calls of the rainforest are ‘played’ by the
pupils and huge atmosperes created. During the course of the project,
the pupils have contributed their own recordings of percussion and other
instruments, sound effects from the playground, as well as video footage
shot around the school which will form a stunning visual aspect of the
piece. During the course of the piece there will also be a dance, devised
by Trudi Walker, an atmospheric ‘Forest Song’, and poems and
narrations written by the students.
The story starts with
the birds of the rainforest minding their own business, when one day they
are shocked to see a man come along and chop down a tree. This sends shockwaves
through the animal community, and they decide to take a journey to the
city to plead with the humans to stop destroying their habitat, but they
do n’t like what they see when they get there...
Elizabeth
Purnell
Liz is a professional
composer and trombone player with experience of most aspects of present
day music making. She has worked on music for tv, theatre (Shakespeare
at the Tobacco Factory’s “Macbeth”, currently at the
Barbican, London), radio (collaborations with Andy Sheppard on Radio 3,
incidental music for “A Triton Amongst the Minnows”, and “The
Element of Water” for Radio 4) and the concert hall (“Not
Waving But Drowning” for ensemble, “Music for Metal Instruments”
for brass ensemble). She is also a leading composer for SPNM’s ‘Sound
Inventors’ for schools. Liz lives in Bristol with her partner and
their 2 year old son.
Further enquiries
about the performance from Mrs N Boulger Caldmore Primary School - tel
01922 721 359 or from Mark Newbold The Soundbeam Project Ltd – tel
0117 923 7075
Email Mark
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ELEKTRODOME
explores
the
use of electronic technology for expressive musical purposes – in
real-time interaction with dance, video and other media
acoustic
instrumental and vocal sounds combined with electronic transformations
in live performance
ultra-sonic
and other sensor technology converting dance and movement into
music
real-time
electronic sound/image modifications
ELEKTRODOME
commissions
new performance pieces from composers, writers, choreographers, electronic
artists
develops,
prepares and performs electronic music theatre pieces using new performance
technology
runs
workshops to share new music-making techniques with students of all ages
and abilities
organises
residential courses in electronic music for teachers and carers in special
education
offers
workshops in electronic sensor technology for dancers and choreographers
ELEKTRODOME
is based in Bristol, England
ELEKTRODOME
is registered as a Charity in the UK –
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