Since the start of the year, we’ve been working with Our Biennale, the Kirklees-wide arts festival, to deliver two fantastic composition projects with students at Greenhead College and members of the Brunswick Centre’s LGBT youth group.
We’re extremely proud to present the results of this work via our new Learning and Participation Bandcamp page. Check the pieces out below, along with some images taken at the Greenhead College sessions.
The Brunswick Centre
At the Brunswick Centre, we ran a compact and fast-paced electronic music writing project, expertly led by Frazer Merrick and Charlotte Roe. The tutors introduced the group to an array of online music making tools, all of which were free, accessible and easy to use. All the young people who took part were able to complete their own original piece of music, which is an amazing outcome after just four hours of work.
If you would like to find out more about the tools the group used please visit Frazer Merrick’s website here for a list you can explore at home. Here’s a selection of feedback from the public after hearing the pieces created:
‘They sound really accomplished, and I’m immediately intrigued as to how old the artists are; [they’re] so confident in combining personal reflection into a quality creative output.’
‘Raw genuine creative talent with great scratch production.’
‘A great showcase of young raw talent.’
‘It felt like they’d really thrown themselves into, it and I love that.’
Greenhead College
Read more about the Greenhead project, led by experimental musician and practitioner Richard Youngs, here.
Richard Youngs described his experience working with the Greenhead students:
‘Working with the class has been an amazing experience. In the first week, they listened to and imitated building noise. It was a racket, and I am not sure they were convinced it made any musical sense. By the eighth week they were navigating ensemble playing, engaged, listening to one another, and playing with sensitivity. They were making music. It has been exciting to watch and hear them develop to a point where they are taking matters into their own hands and I fade into the background.’
