Raise Your Voice Collective » Simon Bray 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 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 First Raise Your Voice Ensemble Rehearsal http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/02/first-rehearsal/ http://www.raise-your-voice.org/2010/02/first-rehearsal/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:39 +0000 Chris http://www.raise-your-voice.org/?p=215

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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