Lots of concentration needed to work out the different timing and find the right note and keep to it. Susie and Aileen enjoying the rhythms And after an hour a little sound bite
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Making Music Workshop
I went to London on Sunday for a workshop organised by Making Music for the Music Directors of the participating groups of the Adopt a Composer scheme. There were about 10 of us there and in the morning session we heard from previous AAC Musical Directors, Donald Halliday from The Singers in Durham and Lindsay Stone of The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra in Brighton and former AAC composer Anna Appleby, who was previously paired with Glasgow orchestra, The Merchant Sinfonia. They spoke about the benefits of the project and how their groups reacted to each milestone, how their timeline worked, any issues that arose and how they dealt with them. We also talked about how the recording will take place. The day provoked a lot of thoughts and ideas- there is no one way to accommodate a composer and the options are limitless when it comes to writing a piece of music. It was particularly interesting to hear about Anna’s experiences composing for leisure-time groups versus professional