TURTLE SONG LIVERPOOL

THERE WILL BE A TURTLE SONG IN LIVERPOOL  - APRIL - JUNE 2024. TO TAKE PART PLEASE FILL IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM BELOW.

TURTLE SONG IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPOSE AND SING YOUR OWN SONGS WITH A PROFESSIONAL COMPOSER, DIRECTOR & MUSICIANS. IT IS A PROJECT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MEMORY PROBLEMS AND ALL FORMS OF DEMENTIA AND FOR THEIR COMPANIONS (FAMILY/FRIENDS/CARERS).

Turtle Song was featured on the BBC’s “Holding Back the Years” - “Really inspirational” Bill Turnbull

DAY: Thursdays

TIME: 10:30am - 12:15pm

DATES:

18th April to Monday 13th June

VENUE:  Everyman Theatre, 5-11 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BH

Turtle Song:

• is FREE to all participants
• transport will be provided for those who need it
• is once a week for nine weeks
• is a chance to enjoy singing together
• is an opportunity to write a collection of different songs
• workshops will be led by composer Micky Bryan and directed by Pip Bryan, supported by music students from the University of Liverpool
• provides an opportunity to perform for friends & family in a sharing at the end of the project
• gives a recording of the final sharing to each participant on CD and DVD
• provides tea, coffee and biscuits
• is a time to have fun and be inspired
• does not require any previous experience or skill, and everyone is welcome, whatever your ability

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE PHONE 020 8964 5060 OR EMAIL This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

“Turtle Song was a musical performance of pure wonder and fun, after weeks of collaboration, rehearsals, writing music, lyricising, tea drinking and luxury biscuit scoffing for people of varying ages all of whom suffer from dementia. It was beautiful, fun and enlivening. I was so touched by the effort and love that the organisers/founders of this event and the music students put into this performance.” DAUGHTER OF A PARTICIPANT

TRANSPORT for the project is provided for a limited number of participants and there will be a pastoral worker on hand to support participants in accessing the project.

INFORMATION about access, parking and location will be provided once a place on the project is confirmed.

AN ENGLISH TOURING OPERA, ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND TURTLE KEY ARTS COLLABORATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE APPLIED MUSIC RESEASRCH LAB AND THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR COMPOSITION AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. SUPPORTED BY THE HEADLEY TRUST AND THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITY TRUST.

The information provided on this form will be held by Turtle Key Arts; some of the data may be shared with the project partners: English Touring Opera, Royal College of Music & liverpool University. Your data will not be shared with any third parties. We will hold your data and contact you leading up to & during the project when necessary. After the project has ended, we will contact you from time to time with promotional emails, a letter through the post or a phone call regarding upcoming projects. You can opt out by contacting us via phone, post or email at any time.