Turtle Song
Monday 19 December 2011
After four successful years at the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app, in 2011 the acclaimed project Turtle Song began its nationwide roll-out, starting in Cambridge.
Over the course of three months, animateur Anna Jewitt, composer and ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app alumnus Russell Hepplewhite joined forces with a team of musicians from the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app and Clare College. Each week, they helped project participants to create their own song cycle, Songs of the Sea. The project culminated in a fantastic performance of this entirely original 30-minute work on Friday 2 December in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Turtle Song is a singing and song-writing initiative for people with memory problems and all forms of dementia and their carers. It gathers professional musicians, workshop leaders and music students to deliver a high quality, challenging and enjoyable experience.
Among others, this project has received support from ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app alumnus Graham Ross, who became Director of Music at Clare College Cambridge at the age of just 24.
Turtle Song is a partnership project with Turtle Key Arts, English Touring Opera and ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app Sparks. This project was funded by the Henry Smith Foundation.