The Whole Earth Dances: CD, mentoring and performance project
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‘The Whole Earth Dances’ is a CD, mentoring and performance project. This new CD of chamber music (comprising all original music) will be recorded by young musicians at the start of their professional careers. The Schubert Ensemble will record the title track on the disc, and mentor all the other ensembles in preparation for the recording. In addition, eighteen school concerts (in Peterborough, Bedford and Luton) will be organised to inspire a new generation.
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Admired for her originality, fluency and professionalism, Cheryl Frances-Hoad has been composing to commission since she was fifteen. Classical tradition (she trained as a cellist and pianist at the Menuhin School before going on to Cambridge and King’s College, London) along with diverse contemporary inspirations including literature, painting and dance, have contributed to a creative presence provocatively her own. ‘Intricate in argument, sometimes impassioned, sometimes mercurial, always compelling in its authority’ (Robin Holloway, The Spectator), her output – widely premiered, broadcast and commercially recorded, reaching audiences from the Proms to outreach workshops – addresses all genres from opera, ballet and concerto to song, chamber and solo music.