Raise Your Voice Collective http://www.raise-your-voice.org A contemporary music ensemble and composers' collective promoting new sounds in new spaces in Manchester, UK. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:16:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Raise Your Voice @ FutureEverything http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/06/raise-your-voice-futureeverything/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/06/raise-your-voice-futureeverything/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:06:57 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=424 Raise Your Voice at Centro BarOur second night at Centro Bar took place on Friday 14 May as part of the FutureEverything Festival Showcase. Thanks to everyone who came down and made the evening such a success. Sorry to those of you who had to stand on the stairs, but it was fantastic to have such a great audience again! We discovered that Centro gets pretty noisy upstairs on a Friday night, but for the most part the music prevailed.

For those of you who couldn’t make it or would like to hear the music again, most of the pieces from the night are now available online to stream and download:

  1. I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life — Luke-Matthew Iveson
  2. Avian Riots — Tom Coult
  3. Passacaglie — Martin Suckling
  4. Dubsteps — John Davies
  5. Richter VS Dragon — Steve Pycroft

The download comes with PDFs of the event flyer and the programme with information about all the Raise Your Voice composers and players, as well as track-specific art.

Simon Bray kindly came down and took some photos, some of which you can see here. Check out Simon’s Flickr Photostream for more of his photography. Look how many people there were!

Raise Your Voice Ensemble Performing John Davies's Dubsteps at Centro Bar (Photos by Simon Bray)

Raise Your Voice Ensemble performing John Davies's Dubsteps at Centro Bar (Photo by Simon Bray)

Performing Martin Suckling's Passacaglie at Centro Bar (Photo by Simon Bray)Raise Your Voice @ FutureEverything at Centro Bar

Raise Your Voice Ensemble performing Tom Coult's Avian Riots at Centro Bar (Photo by Simon Bray)

Steve Pycroft and Al Sonar during Steve's Richter VS Dragon (Photo by Simon Bray)

The next Raise Your Voice performance will probably be in September 2010. Keep your eyes peeled and in the meantime, have a listen to our live recordings. Take care!

]]> http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/06/raise-your-voice-futureeverything/feed/ 0 Friday 14 May, 8:00pm: Raise Your Voice Ensemble @ Centro Bar http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/04/raise-your-voice-live/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/04/raise-your-voice-live/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:30:34 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=361 The Raise Your Voice Ensemble perform new works from Manchester’s rich and varied offering of composers, mixing acoustic instruments and electronic sound, as part of the FutureEverything Festival Showcase. Come and experience challenging and original music in the relaxed atmosphere of Centro Bar in the Northern Quarter (next door to Matt & Phred’s). Followed later by chilled DJ sets from Al Sonar (of Hit&Run).

Line-up

  • Passacaglie, for cello and electronics — Martin Suckling
  • I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life, for clarinet and kick drum — Luke-Matthew Iveson
  • The Golden Lion Hotel, for percussion and electronics — Chris Swithinbank
  • Avian Riots, for ensemble — Tom Coult
  • Richter VS Dragon, for ensemble and backing track — Steve Pycroft
  • Aqueleyo-yo, for string quartet — José Guillermo Puello
  • Dubsteps, for string quartet — John Davies

Venue

Centro Bar
74, Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LG, UK (View map)

More about the people involved

Tom Coult is a third year student at Manchester University, and will begin a Masters course next year. ‘The Candle’ is being performed on 16th May in York and 8th June at the RNCM. He has composed a score for a 2009 production of Sinbad at the Camden Roundhouse and music used in ‘Is This Love?’, a 2008 short film.

Luke-Matthew Iveson (b.1990, Manchester) currently studies at Birmingham Conservatoire, for a BMus in composition, under the tuition of Joe Cutler and many visiting tutors. His works have been performed by the CHROMA Ensemble, Sarah Leonard & Robin Michael, Rowland Sutherland and the East Midlands CoMA Ensemble. Luke enjoys working with theatre and external arts such as dance, arts and literature. His theatre piece Ophelia:the death of was awarded joint Second Prize and the Audience Prize in the 2009 Philip Bates Prize. The Nutritional Value of Dreams was recently workshopped by Louis Andriessen.

José Guillermo Puello is a Dominican composer currently doing a Masters in Composition at Manchester University under the supervision of Camden Reeves, having done his undergraduate degree in Music at The University of Birmingham. He is currently working on merging Latin-American rhythms with Western contemporary harmonies. On the 21st of May, 2010, Manchester Camerata will perform Cojuelo Spirit at the Bridgewater Hall.

Steve Pycroft is a freelance drummer, percussionist and composer living and working in Manchester. He graduated with a Masters in Composition from the University of Manchester in 2009, studying with Camden Reeves.

Al Sonar is one of the new breed of Manchester-based talent that has surfaced on the DJ scene. As resident for Hit&Run his “Deep” style of set has been instrumental in creating the warm vibe at the night. Originally from London, he moved to Manchester in 1999 and has run a host of different Drum and Bass events. Al has worked as a tour manager and sound engineer for Manchester based Ska-Punk band, Sonic Boom Six. This has seen him touring the majority of mainland Europe and working as a freelance sound engineer in the UK.

Martin Suckling writes music, plays the violin, recently moved to Manchester and consequently spends a lot of time on trains.  He is currently writing some songs for the London Sinfonietta.  These other folks have also played his music: LSO, BBC Scottish SO, DSO Berlin, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, RSC, Britten Sinfonia, Aronowitz Ensemble.

Chris Swithinbank is currently completing a Masters in Composition at the University of Manchester with the generous support of a Harry Clough Bursary. He works with both acoustic instruments and electronic sounds and has recently had works performed at New Music North West, MANTIS Festival and Wrexham Arts Festival. Upcoming premières include Wegen & Waldstille for Psappha and Mikrokonzert: I Swear I Saw the Sun Falling to be performed by Vaganza at York Spring Festival of New Music in May and at the RNCM in June.

Links

Flyer for Raise Your Voice Ensemble @ Centro Bar, Friday 14 May

]]> http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/04/raise-your-voice-live/feed/ 2 Raise Your Voice Plug on Classic FM http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/04/raise-your-voice-on-classic-fm/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/04/raise-your-voice-on-classic-fm/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:35:54 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=378 Classic FM LogoComposer Martin Suckling whose cello and electronics piece, Passacaglie, we are performing at our night on Friday 14 May gave an interview to Classic FM last week about his music and current projects, including Raise Your Voice. Listen to and download the interview here. He mentions Raise Your Voice right at the end, but have a listen to the whole thing and get a feel for one of the seven composers we’ll be showcasing in May.

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  • Passacaglie, for cello and electronics — Martin Suckling
  • I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life, for clarinet and kick drum — Luke-Matthew Iveson
  • The Golden Lion Hotel, for percussion and electronics — Chris Swithinbank
  • Avian Riots, for ensemble — Tom Coult
  • Richter VS Dragon, for ensemble and backing track — Steve Pycroft
  • Aqueleyo-yo, for string quartet — José Puello
  • Dubsteps, for string quartet — John Davies

These will be followed by a set from DJ Al Sonar of Hit&Run fame. Keep your eyes peeled for more details about the night coming soon.

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