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CultureTech Festival Performance and Jam

What a fantastic week we had at the At Sixes and Sevens Creative Arts Lab. The group of young musicians, poets, VJs and video artists created 5 new works which will be performed at the forthcoming CultureTech Festival in Derry/Londonderry. The new works include poetry, music and film and combine live and digital performance. The group includes strings, brass, accordian, ipads, VJs, vocalists, guitar, bass, keys, drums and percussion. There is also an opportunity for creative young people to join the group on the day of the performance to improvise new material that will be performed that evening.

Event details are as follows:

At Sixes and Sevens 

Saturday 20th September 2014
Echo Echo Dance Studio
Waterloo House
Hangman’s Bastion
City Walls
Magazine Street
Derry – Londonderry
BT48 6HH

Performance times: 6pm and 7.15pm (duration 40mins)
Admission:
Free with a retiring collection to support future creative projects

A performance event showcasing the results of a creative arts lab week in August where young artists explored the connections between music, poetry and film and between live and digital performance. The event will include the world premieres of several short new works mixing live instrumental music with poetry, film and digital arts. Devised by creative and talented young people the event suggests a possible future for the collaborative arts. 

During Culture Night on Friday 19th September between 6-9pm the lab will be rehearsing in Echo Echo Dance Studio – feel free to pop in!

Join in on the day!
If you are aged 13-19 and want to add your own creative voice to the new works then come along to an improvisation workshop on the performance day between 11-4pm and take part in the performance. You can be a musician active in any musical genre, a poet, or a video artist. You will definitely be interested in exploring new ideas. To register click here…places are FREE but limited.

Group of musicians and percussionPoetry sheetIpad performer

For details or questions contact Sarah from Wall2Wall Music on sarah@wall2wallmusic.org or 07811107065

 

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