I wrote this earlier, but somehow, it got lost. Apologies and damn!
TIM SUTTON (Facilitator) composed 'Unplugged: Winning the Clay' with Cape Farewell producer Vicky Long (non-BML member), which was performed at the Eden Project on 3/4 June, a site-wide acoustic musical event and the first 'Slow Art' project to enter the public programme at Eden. It has since been shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Awards. Tim's 'The Seven Joys' was also nominated for the 'Making Music Award' in the most recent British Composers Awards.
JASON CARR (Facilitator) composed additional music and created arrangements for the Hampstead Theatre production of 'Chariots of Fire', which continues playing at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.
'Gary of the Antarctic', a short musical with book, music and lyrics by EDWARD BELL, was produced at the Royal College of Music in May, as part of their 'Great Expectations', a showcase of new works produced in collaboration with Tete a Tete. It was directed by Bill Bankes-Jones.
Friday, 17 August 2012
MEMBERS' SUMMER ACTIVITIES
JASON CARR (Facilitator) wrote the score for the production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Heartbreak House', currently running at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
TIM SUTTON (Facilitator/composer) and Ian McMillan (writer/ non-BML member) created 'Cycle Song' performed at the Brumby Hall Grounds in Scunthorpe on 14/15 July with a community cast of over 1,200.
'White Suit' by HELEN CHADWICK (composer) and CARL MILLER (librettist) was performed by the Helen Chadwick Song Theatre at the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival on 23/24 June, and at the Stockton International Arts Festival on 4/5 August. It will be performed again at the Mintfest in Kendal from 31 August through 2 September.
After a two week developmental workshop, 'The Salsa Sisters' was presented by YMT at the Barbican in Plymouth on 14/15 August. The creative team is LINDA WALTON (librettist), Tarek Merchant (composer-lyricist/ non-BML member), Stephen Dexter (director) and Miriam Faura (choreographer). Linda first developed the project in the BML Librettist workshop and then pitched it to YMT director John Bromwich after meeting him at a BML workshop.
'Love Bytes: A Virtual Romance' by TAMSIN COLLISON (lyricist) and Cheryl Frances Hoad (composer/ non-BML member), commissioned by the 2012 Tete a Tete Festival, had its first performance at the Riverside Studios on 9 August. It will be developed and continue performances through 19 August.
'Mass Carib' by FELIX CROSS (composer-lyricist), first performed in 1987, will have a special performance, re-scored by Felix for a steel band, on 22 August at the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Village at the Tricycle Theatre, London, to mark the 50th anniversary of independence for Trinidad & Tobago. Admission is free but tickets must be booked: http://trinbagovillage.com/events/classical-concert-3
TIM SUTTON (Facilitator/composer) and Ian McMillan (writer/ non-BML member) created 'Cycle Song' performed at the Brumby Hall Grounds in Scunthorpe on 14/15 July with a community cast of over 1,200.
'White Suit' by HELEN CHADWICK (composer) and CARL MILLER (librettist) was performed by the Helen Chadwick Song Theatre at the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival on 23/24 June, and at the Stockton International Arts Festival on 4/5 August. It will be performed again at the Mintfest in Kendal from 31 August through 2 September.
After a two week developmental workshop, 'The Salsa Sisters' was presented by YMT at the Barbican in Plymouth on 14/15 August. The creative team is LINDA WALTON (librettist), Tarek Merchant (composer-lyricist/ non-BML member), Stephen Dexter (director) and Miriam Faura (choreographer). Linda first developed the project in the BML Librettist workshop and then pitched it to YMT director John Bromwich after meeting him at a BML workshop.
'Love Bytes: A Virtual Romance' by TAMSIN COLLISON (lyricist) and Cheryl Frances Hoad (composer/ non-BML member), commissioned by the 2012 Tete a Tete Festival, had its first performance at the Riverside Studios on 9 August. It will be developed and continue performances through 19 August.
'Mass Carib' by FELIX CROSS (composer-lyricist), first performed in 1987, will have a special performance, re-scored by Felix for a steel band, on 22 August at the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Village at the Tricycle Theatre, London, to mark the 50th anniversary of independence for Trinidad & Tobago. Admission is free but tickets must be booked: http://trinbagovillage.com/events/classical-concert-3
CLASS PICNIC
We held a picnic for all the BML members on Saturday, 21 July, to mark the end of the spring term. It was held in the gardens St. Matthew's Parish Vicarage in Bethnel Green, and hosted by BML member ADEY GRUMMET. And the weather held!
FELIX CROSS AWARED MBE
Belated congratulations to FELIX CROSS, who was awarded and MBE for services to musical theatre in the most recent Queen's Birthday Honours List. After an extensive career in musical theatre, he became the Artistic Director of NITRO in 1996. He has been a loyal and dedicated member of BML since its inception in 2010, firstly as a librettist and now as a composer/ lyricist as well. He is also currently under commission at the Royal National Theatre to create a musical (which he is developing in the BML second year composer/ lyricist workshop). It will be tried out in their Studio in the autumn.
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