FLAM is coming to Frome. Don't miss the West Country premiere of this wonderful virtuosic vocal work. Written by Orlando Gough and directed by Emma Bernard, it is brilliantly performed by Melanie Pappenheim and Rebecca Askew. There will be two performances at Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Frome on Sunday 25th October 2009, at 2.30 and 4.30.pm.
Tickets £6 / £5 (conc.)
Tickets can be purchased in advance be sending a cheque, number of tickets required and your postal address to:
Artmusic, 38 Alexanadra Road, Frome, Somerset BA11 1LX.
For enquiries phone 01373 467201.
Food Frome's famously delectable teas will be available in the Rook Lane Arts Cafe between 2.00pm and 6.00pm (not included in ticket price).
Helen Ottaway was one of the guest speakers at the Reveal Somerset Roadshow on June 16th 2009 in Frome (see www.revealsomerset.org).
Artmusic is currently working on The City Sings, a new commission for mac, the Birmingham arts centre. This long term project includes a number of public events and culminates in a large-scale event to celebrate the centre's re-opening in 2010. The City Sings opened with a series of performances on the Bournville Carillon on the 1st and 4th August, 2009. The next event will be an (almost) spontaneous flashmob performance at ArtsFest (Birmingham's free festival)
Sunday 13th September 2009, 2.30 - 3.00pm Chamberlain Square. (see also www.macartists.co.uk).
Helen Ottaway is collaborating with Franko B on "I'm Thinking of You". This work premiered at the National Reveiw of Live Art, 2009 before touring Europe.
Palace Intrusions was a new year-long public art project for Wells in Somerset and the surrounding area, curated by composer Helen Ottaway and performance artist Melanie Thompson. The project was launched in October 2007 and reached its grand finale in September 2008.
The project website, www.palaceintrusions.org.uk, includes a comprehensive archive of all the events as well as a blog page for comments and discussion.
It's a String Thing! Reunion was held at st John's Church, Frome on Friday 28 September 2007. Player who took part in It's a String Thing! in March 2007 came together again to perform for an audience of first school students who are their first term of the Wider Opportunities Strings programme. The event also launched JUMPS (Joined Up Music for People in Somerset) in Frome and East Somerset, introduced by Kathryn Deane of the National Community Music organisation Sound Sense, and a new Artmusic publication the Frome Music Map. The Music Map is a resource for young musicians in the Frome Area, listing all categories of music provision including teachers, music groups and instrument makers.
As of 1st March 2007, Artmusic is an Artsadmin Associate Artist. The new associate artists were announced at the launch of Artsadmin's refurbished building, Toynbee Studios in London. Artsadmin is at the forefront of innovation and excellence in the field of performance and Live Art and we are delighted to be associated with the organsiation.
www.artsadmin.co.uk.
Composer Helen Ottaway and sound designer Alastair Goolden have been commissioned by Oxford Contemporary Music in association with Oxford Playhouse and Dorchester Abbey to create a new version of Thin Air. This installation is part of Oxfordshire 2007 and Dorchester Festival and runs from 15th - 28th May 2007.
"Common misconceptions of modern children: twins will always be weird, only children will always be spoilt, and violin players will always screech. Don't even get me started on the first two. As to the last, that was laid to rest by the massed string players of 'It's a String Thing!' at
Helen Ottaway was appointed Composer in Residence for the 2006 Frome Festival (July 2006)
Alastair Goolden and Helen Ottaway have been invited by The Soundbeam Project to take part in their Elektrodome Pilot Project for group music making in schools.
Several compositions by Helen Ottaway have been published under the Artmusic imprint: Round & Round for solo piano, Over & Over for piano duet, Early, Early (a 3 part arrangement of a traditional song) and A Suite of Somerset Apples for solo harpsichord See our sales page.
Black & White (a duet for piano and paint) is an ongoing research project in which artist Barry Cooper and pianist Helen Ottaway are exploring the relationship between the visual and aural in gesture and mark making through a series of improvised duets. The project is being documented with text and image as well as through audio and video recording. Full information on this project will be posted on the website at a later date.
Red/Violet the second movement from Round & Round has been played several times on Radio 3 (Late Junction) and is featured in the Franko B ‘O Lover Boy Theme’ video - a collaboration between Franko B and Helen Ottaway. See Sales.