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Music Julian Joseph, Richard Taylor

Words Tertia Sefton-Green Performance at Colvestone Primary School 3rd December 2014 Eugent Clarke Letter Song by Rachael Leach and students TRENCH BROTHERS TEAM Director Clare Whistler Music Director David Keefe Stage Manager Lizzy Chapman Designer’s Assistant Laura Cordery Director’s Assistant Nikki Herwanger CAST Norman Manley Cleveland Watkiss Daulat Khan Richard Sumitro Herbert Morris Michael Animasaun Officer Julian Rafferty Winston Jevonte Brooks Puppeteers Kate Powell Alice Stanley Soldiers Nyasha Abbott, Abdulrahman Abdulkadir, Isaac Adagbonyin, Maximilian Agar, Charles Agyemang-Breyah, Sumaya Akther, Michael Animasaun, Klaudiusz Barycki, Sarah Biadun-Wilson, Ciaran Brackin, Jevonte Brooks, Jada Bryce-Bent, Primo Bucchan, Shona Cauchi, Oliver Cunningham, Tavai Deane-Bailey, Mam Diop, Freddie Donnelly, Theo Evagora, Beatrice Florence Franks, Samuel Franks, Lana Friend, Dulcie Gething, Sayyidah Gibril, Raekwon Gibson, Razvan Gugu, Luke How-Rooney, Naeem Hussain, Joel Hutchins, Gokce Kanadagli, Rajpreet Kaur, Asa Kelsey, Melvin Kirk, Christevey Kitoko, Julia Kitoko, Lily Anne Lay, Samuel Lay, Rozine Masamba-Nsangu, Sereka Montique, Darnell Ngenda, Anna Nguyen, Tyrell Jervan Noel-Charles, Cole Otite, Samuel Owen, Billy Palmer, Aaya Radi, Julian Rafferty, Lilith Kim Richter, Lily Ritchie, Kieon Roach-Walker, Fatima Sabeg, Kevin Sanchez, Khadidja Sow, Maricel Speyer-Duany, Tyler Stoakley, Eyob Teshome, Alya Yahya Pratley, Awo Yasiin Additional Recorded Music performed by: The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy Artistic Director Julian Joseph Associate Music Director Trevor Watkis The CYM Hackney Choir Conductor: Katherine Gillham Trumpet: Martyn Lewington, Oboe: Helen Kelly, Clarinet: Gemma Norford Voice Raaheel Husain Sitar Jasdeep Singh Degun Tabla Gurchetan Singh Gill

Teachers Anna Yates Faharna Patel National Army Museum Workshops Charles Neville Artefacts Handler Rez Kabir Costumed Interpreter Little Angel Theatre workshops Laura Halliwell Puppet Workshop Leader Judith Hope Puppet Workshop Leader Kate Powell Volunteer BIOGRAPHIES Cleveland Watkiss Norman Manley Cleveland Watkiss is winner of multiple awards, including Best Vocalist in the Wire/Guardian Jazz awards three times, and Best Vocalist at the London Jazz Awards in 2010. For over 25 years, he has appeared with many of today’s leading artists from around the world, from Art Blakey and Stevie Wonder, to The Who, Goldie, Bob Dylan and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Recently, Cleveland was cast as the starring role in Julian Joseph’s two groundbreaking Jazz operas, Bridgetower and Shadowball, to considerable acclaim. A keen music educator, Cleveland has worked as voice instructor at workshops around the UK and designed the vocal curriculum for BA students at WAC. He continues to perform in many of the major concert halls, festivals and clubs around the world, to critical acclaim. Richard Sumitro Daulat Khan Richard Sumitro plays Rashid in the forthcoming horror film, The Hoarder, starring Mischa Barton and due to be released next year. Other roles include: Ali Mossop for the Young Vic in Hobson’s Choice, directed by Richard Jones; Ollie in Heroes & Villains for Vertigo Films; Estha in The God of Small Things, BBC Radio Four; Pinocchio at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Richard has also worked extensively for the Unicorn Children’s Theatre. Clare Whistler Director Clare Whistler trained and performed as a professional dancer and choreographer for 20 years, mainly in the USA. She has worked as a Director for Scottish Opera, Opera North, and Glyndebourne, and internationally from Denmark to Argentina. Clare has also directed many arts projects, making performances with people of all ages and abilities in schools, prisons, opera houses, museums and for many site specific places, and was Artistic Director of Glyndebourne Youth Opera for 8 years. Clare’s recent work at Southbank, includes with Voicelab: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and a new piece for the National Youth Orchestra. For HMDT Music, Clare has directed Hear Our Voice (Bloomsbury Theatre, Fürth Stadtteater, Prague State Opera) and Confucius Says (Hackney Empire) winner of the RPS Award for Education in 2008 and Shadowball (Hackney Empire). David Keefe Music Director David Keefe studied piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and musical direction at the Royal Academy of Music. He divides his time between musical theatre productions and education projects involving young performers or for young audiences. Credits include Street Scene, The Human Comedy (Young Vic/The Opera Group) and The Secret Garden (Tour), TIN (Miracle Theatre), Laika the Spacedog and Borka for ETO and Shadowball and The World Was All Before Them for HMDT Music. Neil Irish Designer Trench Brothers is Neil’s fourth design for HMDT Music, previous productions being Confucius Says, Shadowball and The Brown Bomber. Other productions have been for Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, Almeida ETO Opera Festival, Opera North, Mid Wales Opera, W11 Opera, Czech National Opera, Opera Theatre Co Dublin, Opera Comique Paris, New Zealand Opera, Garden Opera,

Theproject,whichaimstovisitfiftyschoolsacrossLondonbetween2014-17isfor2-4year5and/oryear6classes.EachparticipatingschoolfirstreceivesanartefactshandlingsessiondeliveredbytheNationalArmymuseuminwhichtheytryonuniformsandhandlearangeofobjectsfromweaponstoletters,helmetsshatteredbyshells,tomagazines.Nextisavisitfromafirstworldwarsoldier,eitherfromtheindianArmyortheBwir,andthenadaymakingTrenchBrotherpuppetswithartistsfromtheLittleAngelTheatre.supportingthesevisitsisuseoftheTrenchBrotherson-lineEducationZoneofferingcontextualbackgroundinformationtothefirstworldwarwithanemphasisonethnicminoritycommonwealthforcestogetherwithover90newlycommissionedlessonplans,activities

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Eachschoolisgivenaspecificsoldiertoresearchandanon-linetoolkitorquestionnairetohelptheirresearch,afterwhicheverychildwritesaletterhomefromtheirsoldier.Theselettersareeditedintooneletterperschool/soldierandthenthechildrensetthelettertomusicinacompositionsessionwithaprofessionalcomposer.Asfaraspossible,arangeofcomposersareinvolvedsothatattheendoftheproject,fiftynewLettersongswillhavebeencreatedinarangeofmusicalstyles.

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composerJulianJosephandawardwinningcomposerrichardTaylor,aswellastheirownLettersong.Theproductionisputtogetherineachschoolinonlyoneday:anactionpackedmorninginwhichtheHmdTmusicteamofdirector,musicdirector,stagemanager,professionalsingersandteamofvolunteerpuppeteersfromtheLittleAngelTheatrearrivewithaset,costumesandpropstorehearsewiththestudentsandtheirpuppetsbeforegivingtheperformanceyouareabouttosee.

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hMdt MUSic biogrAphieSHmdTmusic,twicewinneroftheprestigiousroyalPhilharmonicsocietyAwardforEducation(2004and2008),isaleaderindevelopinginspiringartsprojectsandcommissioningnewperformanceworks,whichsupportotherareasoflearning,enrichingparticipantexperience,increasingskillsandraisingaspirations.Large-scalesuccessincludeShadowball,aground-breakingschools’baseballprojectandoperabyJulianJosephcelebratingtheNegroLeaguesplayers;Confucius Saysinvolving3000studentsfromnineschoolsinthecreationanddevelopmentofanewoperabyrichardTaylor,linkedtotheBeijingolympicsandHear Our Voice,aninternationalprojectbasedonchildren’sHolocaustwritings,whichtouredto,andwasperformedby,studentsfromPrague,LondonandNuremberg.

coreprogrammesincludeThesaturdayProgrammecomprisingThemusicBox(under4s),cymHinstrumentalschool,icansing!musicTheatreschoolandTheJulianJosephJazzAcademy,whichprovidemusictrainingopportunitiesandameansofsustainingandensuringskillsprogressionfromlarge-scaleschoolprojects.onespiritisarehabilitationprojectworkingwithyoungoffendersinfeltham,engagingthemindevelopinglifeskillsthroughmusic,alongsidementoringbothinsideanduponrelease,tohelppreventreoffending.

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Julian Joseph ComposerAtoweringfigureincontemporaryjazzasapianistandcomposer,Julian’sstageworksincludeBridgetower(cityofLondonfestivalandEnglishTouringopera),ShadowballandThe Brown Bomber(HmdTmusic).Aswellasfouralbumsandworksforsmallband,hislarge-scalecompositionsincludeThe Great Sage (LondonJazzfestival),‘mountainofHope’,The Reverend: Back Home to Glory, A Ballade of Love, Guardian Angel,andanarrangementofgershwin’sRhapsody in Blueforbigband,(cityofLondonfestival)andSymphonic Story: The Great Exception,performedbytheHalleandBBcconcertorchestras.Aregularpresenteronradio3,JulianisalsoArtisticdirectoroftheJulianJosephJazzAcademyrunbyHmdTmusic.

Richard Taylor Composerrichard’sstageworksincludeThe Go-Between(westyorkshirePlayhouse),Ludd and Isis (royaloperaHouse),Confucius Says(HmdTmusic),Jonah Boy(stephenJosephTheatre),Whistle Down the Wind(worldwide).forBBcPhilharmonicorchestraThe Man who Planted Trees2013andServices No Longer Required2014.richardhasscoredforover60playsregionallyandinthewestEndincludingrecentlyMacbethandAfterplay(sheffieldTheatres),King LearandYerma(wyP)andTom’s Midnight Garden(manchesterLibraryTheatre),winneroftheTmABestProductionAward.

Tertia sefton-Green Librettist/Creative DirectorLibrettistandArtisticdirectorforHear Our Voice,HmdTmusic’sinternationalprojectaboutchildren’sHolocaustwritings,Tertia’sworkascreativedirectorincludesdevelopingandmanagingHmdTmusic’slargescaleprojectsThe Hackney Chronicles, Shadowball, On London Fields, Confucius SaysandThe Brown Bomberaswellasvocalcoachontheicansing!musicTheatreprogramme.

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