Coastal Voices

Sturzstrom: a landslide event for voices

by Marc Yeats (world premiere)

7pm, Friday 1 June, 2012

Beer Quarry Caves (http://www.beerquarrycaves.co.uk/index.html)

Sturzstrom takes the form of an imaginary journey along the Jurassic Coast, traveling east from Exmouth to Lyme Regis, setting the scene as it were for the catastrophic landslide (blockslide) that occurred at Bindon on Christmas Eve, 1839. This geologically-inspired soundscape has found its perfect setting in the vast underground caverns of Beer Quarry Caves.

Tickets are free, but there is strictly limited capacity in the space. Please use the form below to reserve tickets (for both adults and children) which will be available on the door.

The performance is expected to finish at about 7.40pm and there will be an opportunity to continue the evening with a tour of the Caves led by John Scott and his expert team.

Please note that regrettably the path to the cave entrance is not accessible by wheelchairs. You will need to wear warm clothing and sturdy footwear - for full details, please see the Caves website at http://www.beerquarrycaves.co.uk/index.html

Coastal Voices is produced by Serious and Lighthouse Poole, with commissioning support from the Jurassic Coast Arts Programme. It is supported by National Lottery funds through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, Arts Council England, with additional funding support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, SoundStorm and Team Devon. Coastal Voices is a partner project of Creative Coast 2012, animating the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and has been granted the Inspire mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme.

Sturzstrom in rehearsal, March 2012. Image by Maisie Hill www.maisiehill.co.uk

17 May update: we still have spaces available in the group and are now inviting singers (of all ages!) to register their interest here on a first come first served basis, until we have the soughtafter balance in the group. Please note you will need to have performed at the Twin Sails Bridge opening in March and we'll let you know as soon as possible (hopefully before the end of May) if you're part of the group.

There will be an extra rehearsal session for the London group on Wednesday 20 June, 6 - 7pm at the Lighthouse - immediately preceeding the main group rehearsal already scheduled that evening.

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Please add this date to your diary – extra Poole/Nick Cave rehearsal at the Lighthouse with guest artist soprano Lynsey Docherty:

Thursday 17 May
Lighthouse Concert Hall
6.30 – 8.30pm

Please note this session is for the main, large choir AND those who are part of the smaller group performing at BT River of Music.

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Photo: Coastal Voices at Twin Sails Bridge Opening, by Maisie Hill

Download for all the latest on rehearsals, guest artists and more. Some key dates:

• Nick Cave arr Sonia Slany: Monday 23 April, Lighthouse Poole Concert Hall, 7 – 9pm with guest vocalist Gary Wright

• John Surman: Tuesday 24 April, Budmouth College (Clare Hall) Weymouth, 7 – 9.30pm with guest Buster Birch (percussion)

• Marc Yeats: Saturday 12 May, Exeter Phoenix Auditorium, 10 – 12pm

• Nick Cave arr Sonia Slany: Wednesday 16 May, Lighthouse Poole Studio, 6.30 – 8.30pm (BT River of Music)
  

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  image: recording Sturzstrom, 25 March 2012, by Maisie Hill

Some of you have been in touch to ask what you will be wearing for Coastal Voices performances this summer. As an alternative to the T shirts we proposed a while back, there have been suggestions of singers wearing plain black with a scarf, tie or similar accessory in sea colours of blues and greens.

We’d welcome your thoughts on this, so please leave comments here. And if anyone out there knows a T shirt printer who might like to work with us, please let us know.

Details just in from the Landance project which we thought would be of interest to CV singers too:

Come to a free singing workshop with Andrew Dickson Wednesday 18th April 7pm Litton Cheney Village Hall DT2 9AU

This is an exciting opportunity to work with award winning composer Andrew Dickson. This session will form the choir who go on to sing in Landance in 2012 - a large scale outdoor performance on the spectacular Eggardon Hill Nr Bridport on 14th and 15th July

For more information visit www.landance.org.uk RIng Rose Hoskin on 07874 248530 or email rose@landance.org.uk

Now online at http://www.coastalvoices.co.uk/pages/how-can-i-get-involved

Click for full schedules for Poole, Weymouth, Lyme Regis and East Devon, plus BT River of Music and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus groups.

Sunday 8 July 2012, 5pm (finish time 7.30pm)

Lighthouse Concert Hall

Coastal Voices in concert, featuring commissions by Marc Yeats, John K Miles, John Surman and Sonia Slany (arrangements of Nick Cave songs).

Tickets: £8 (adult), £5.50 (senior citizen concession), £3.50 (student/child)

Book now by calling the Lighthouse Box office on 0844 406 8666 or book online at https://lighthousepoole.co.uk/3166/Book-online/1517

Full details of rehearsal times on the day to follow shortly...

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