Raise Your Voice Collective » ensemble http://www.raise-your-voice.org A contemporary music ensemble and composers' collective promoting new sounds in new spaces in Manchester, UK. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:05:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Concert: Raise Your Voice with friends http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2011/09/new-concert-raise-your-voice-and-friends/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2011/09/new-concert-raise-your-voice-and-friends/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:38:10 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=597

We’re pleased to announce a new concert. On Friday 7 October at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Raise Your Voice Collective present an evening of music from Trio Atem, the Raise Your Voice Ensemble and Efpi Records’ 265 Quartet, a fascinating world where experimental and contemporary classical music mingle with jazz. More details soon!

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Thanks to all those involved and everyone who came to see our exhibition Cities of Sound at FutureEverything Festival two weeks ago. For posterity, here are some photos from the exhibition at Kraak Gallery. (Photos by Sam Salem & FutureEverything.)

You can also find a few photos and a video of Pond Life on Fat Roland’s blog.

Read more about the artworks in our exhibition booklet (PDF, 750kb)

Sign to Kraak Gallery, hidden away down a back alley. The entrance to Kraak Gallery on a back alley off Stevenson Square. Sam Salem & Patrick Sanan’s ‘Pond Life’ interactive installation. Sam Salem & Patrick Sanan’s ‘Pond Life’ interactive installation. Raise Your Voice Ensemble playing Emily Crossland’s ‘time drops in decay’ on the opening night. Sam Salem’s & Patrick Sanan’s interactive installation ‘Pond Life’. Raise Your Voice Ensemble performing with Sam Salem’s & Patrick Sanan’s interactive installation ‘Pond Life’. Raise Your Voice Ensemble performing with Ricardo Climent’s Hô. Raise Your Voice Ensemble performing with Ricardo Climent’s Hô. Emily Crossland’s graphic score ‘time drops in decay’. Kaho Cheung’s & Ruby Yeung’s ‘A Scrapbook of Metro Sounds’. Sam Salem’s and Patrick Sanan’s ‘Pond Life’ with Ricardo Climent’s ‘Hô’ in the background. Chris Swithinbank’s ‘3 City Concepts’.
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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 Final Rehearsals for the Raise Your Voice Ensemble http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/02/final-rehearsals/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/02/final-rehearsals/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:39:03 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=290

That’s it. Today saw the final rehearsal before Sunday night’s Raise Your Voice Ensemble début gig. The fantastic programme of new Mancunian music is sounding great and everyone at Raise Your Voice is really excited. We hope to see you at Centro Bar on Sunday night to share in our excitement and enthusiasm!

Here’s a photo from Monday’s rehearsal of Richard Scott with the Raise Your Voice Ensemble. Richard is using a unique system built from a Buchla Lightning II infra-red MIDI controller and two Nintendo Wii remotes coupled to software by STEIM, a music technology research and development centre in Amsterdam, to manipulate sample recordings of our ensemble as part of a directed improvisation.

Richard Scott rehearsing with the Raise Your Voice Ensemble for Sunday's gig.

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Rob Guy and Christopher Jones at the first Raise Your Voice Ensemble rehearsal.

We had our first ever rehearsal with the Raise Your Voice Ensemble on Tuesday. This fantastic group of young musicians will be performing new music by Hannah Ashman, Francesca le Lohé, Mauricio Pauly, Steve Pycroft, Richard Scott and Chris Swithinbank on February 28th at Centro Bar, Tib St., Manchester, UK. The musicians are: Jenny Dyson (flute/piccolo), Jonathan Guy (clarinets), Steve Pycroft (drums), Christopher Jones and Michael Jones (violins), Rob Guy (viola) and Anna Menzies (cello).

Christopher Jones at first Raise Your Voice Ensemble rehearsal.

Photographer, musician and all-round good guy Simon Bray was good enough to come along and take a few pictures, so we’re delighted to be able to show you some shots of what we’re up to. Check out Simon’s Flickr for some more of his photography.

Steve Pycroft at the first Raise Your Voice Rehearsal.Clarinettist Jonathan Guy and cellist Anna Menzies try to figure out Chris Swithinbank's score.First Raise Your Voice Ensemble rehearsal.Jonathan Guy at the first Raise Your Voice Ensemble rehearsal.

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