tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1 2012-05-05T16:05:25Z Movable Type 3.35 tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.797 2012-05-05T16:05:00Z 2012-05-05T16:05:25Z

Saturday 5 May The Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey, South London, 7.30pm Will Montgomery and Carol Watts perform new sound/text works at Sound Fjord's pop-up SOUND//SPACE, the opening night of a series of events running until the end of July. Details can be found here....

Carol Will Montgomery and Carol Watts perform new sound/text works at Sound Fjord's pop-up SOUND//SPACE, the opening night of a series of events running until the end of July. Details can be found here.]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.804 2012-05-05T15:56:03Z 2012-05-05T16:03:35Z

Saturday 12 - Wednesday 16 May 2012 4th Prague Microfestival ... Prague Microfestival is a festival centering on contemporary innovative poetry whose dazzling string of readings will take off daily at 6pm (with the exception of Tue May 15th) and will showcase thirty poets from eight countries, a gig at each festival night's closing and an exhibition of art thematically related to the festival. The festival languages are English and Czech and the entry is free. Among others, the festival will offer a launch of the freshly pressed PMF 2011 anthology Polibek s rozvodnou (including 17 authors in Czech translation), launch of the international revue for literature and visual arts VLAK 3 and the title Cartographies of the In-Between, devoted to the poetry of Pierre Joris. PMF poets share willingness to experiment and to examine language, boundary bewteen the word and sound, territories. Some of them are authors of "translocal" poetry, some of them members of the Prague anglophone scene, some of them poets associated with presses like Dusie, Veer Books, and others. The festival is held with the kind support of the Psí Víno magazine, Petr Štengl Press, Polish Institute Prague, Litteraria Pragensia, Equus Press, A2 magazine, Kulturní noviny and others. Venue: K4 student club (Celetná Street 20, Prague) Featured this year from Veer Books will be readings by Ulli Freer, Stephen Mooney, Adrian Clarke, Becky Cremin and William Rowe, plus the launch of R.T.A Parker's new book from Veer, The Traveller & The Defence of Heaven...

Stephen 4th Prague Microfestival ... Prague Microfestival is a festival centering on contemporary innovative poetry whose dazzling string of readings will take off daily at 6pm (with the exception of Tue May 15th) and will showcase thirty poets from eight countries, a gig at each festival night's closing and an exhibition of art thematically related to the festival. The festival languages are English and Czech and the entry is free. Among others, the festival will offer a launch of the freshly pressed PMF 2011 anthology Polibek s rozvodnou (including 17 authors in Czech translation), launch of the international revue for literature and visual arts VLAK 3 and the title Cartographies of the In-Between, devoted to the poetry of Pierre Joris. PMF poets share willingness to experiment and to examine language, boundary bewteen the word and sound, territories. Some of them are authors of "translocal" poetry, some of them members of the Prague anglophone scene, some of them poets associated with presses like Dusie, Veer Books, and others. The festival is held with the kind support of the Psí Víno magazine, Petr Štengl Press, Polish Institute Prague, Litteraria Pragensia, Equus Press, A2 magazine, Kulturní noviny and others. Venue: K4 student club (Celetná Street 20, Prague) Featured this year from Veer Books will be readings by Ulli Freer, Stephen Mooney, Adrian Clarke, Becky Cremin and William Rowe, plus the launch of R.T.A Parker's new book from Veer, The Traveller & The Defence of Heaven]]> Cartographies launch: Pierre Joris & Peter Cockelbergh
 Zofia Baldyga, Pawel Uszynski
 Samuel Langer, Joel Scott
 Ondře j Zajac Alabama Crackhouse Experience (Scott Martingel, Cralan Kelder)
 20:00 Turpentine Ray Sun 13 May 18:00
 Alistair Noon, Joshua Mensch 
Kloaka: Michal Rehúš
, Holly Pester
 Veer Books: Ulli Freer, Stephen Mooney
 20:00 Ken Nash + Ocean Versus Daughter (Flanna Sheridan) Mon 14 May 18:00 
Dusie Press: panel (Susana Gardner, Maria Damon)
 Jaromír Typlt
 Adrian Clarke, Becky Cremin
 VLAK3 launch (Richard Parker, Christopher Crawford)
 20:00 Jakub Zahradník and Pianosaurus Tue 15 May 17:30 
Herzog Herzog music set
 Louis Armand
 Jeff Hilson, William Rowe
 Vlado Šimek & Herzog Herzog
 Josef Straka
 Susana Gardner
 20:00 No Pavarotti Wed 16 May 18:00
 Psí Víno 
 Cris Cheek
 Pavel Novotný
 Catherine Hales
 Donna Stonecipher
 Ondřej Buddeus & Lukáš Kosek
 Laura Conway
 20:00 Phil Shoenfelt Detailed info including the up-to-date programme, authors' bios and photos from previous years can be found at http://praguemicrofestival.wordpress.com/ ]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.799 2012-05-05T14:35:03Z 2012-05-05T16:06:29Z

Wednesday 23 May 2012 Voiceworks 2012 Performance The culmination of the Voiceworks 2012 programme will be performed live at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 23 May 2012 at 17.30. The performance lasts 45 minutes and is free to attend – do come, listen and support. The performance is free to attend, but tickets need to be booked in advance (this is very simple to do, and costs nothing).
 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/voiceworks-29988 A recording of the Voiceworks 2012 concert will be subsequently published on the voiceworks.org.uk website. This digital project, led from the CPRC Birkbeck with Guildhall colleagues and partners Wigmore Learning is funded by the AHRC. Click here for more details...

Stephen free to attend – do come, listen and support. The performance is free to attend, but tickets need to be booked in advance (this is very simple to do, and costs nothing).
 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/voiceworks-29988 A recording of the Voiceworks 2012 concert will be subsequently published on the voiceworks.org.uk website. This digital project, led from the CPRC Birkbeck with Guildhall colleagues and partners Wigmore Learning is funded by the AHRC. Click here for more details ]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.803 2012-05-05T14:34:03Z 2012-05-05T16:12:09Z

Friday 25 May 2012 - Sunday 27 May 2012 Poetry & Revolution International Conference at the CPRC, Birkbeck College The current crisis makes it possible to think what couldn’t be thought before, which has always been the task of poetry. With its echoes of previous crises of modern society, it places on the agenda a reappraisal of revolutionary art from the point of view of the necessities of the present. Keynote Speakers Joan Retallack, poet, essayist, activist, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities at Bard College, New York. Jack Hirschman, poet, translator, essayist, activist, Poet Laureate of S. Francisco 2006, member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. Mark Nowak, poet, activist, Director of Graduate Writing Programme at Manhattanville College, NY. Poetry Readings Friday Night (25 May 2012), 7.30pm X-ing the Line, The Apple Tree, 45 Mount pleasant WC1 Tom Leonard, Jack Hirschman, Ziba Karbassi, Marianne Morris, Sean Bonney, Harry Gilonis. Saturday Night (26 May 2012), 8-10:30pm Polyply, 16 Acton St. WC1 Maggie O’Sullivan, Abdullah al-Udhari, Keston Sutherland, Joan Retallack, Ulli Freer, Mark Nowak. VLAK: Special issue launch on Occupations one hour before Saturday night reading. (Time: 7-8pm) Papers: Approximately 45 papers on a wide range of issues over the Saturday and Sunday. Speakers from Portugal, Greece, the USA, Ireland, & the UK Liaisons and co-operation with Occupied and Free Spaces Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Torrington Sq. WC1 Contact: Stephen Mooney, estaphin@gmail.com Supported by the Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities Click here for further details...

Stephen oetry & Revolution International Conference at the CPRC, Birkbeck College The current crisis makes it possible to think what couldn’t be thought before, which has always been the task of poetry. With its echoes of previous crises of modern society, it places on the agenda a reappraisal of revolutionary art from the point of view of the necessities of the present. Keynote Speakers Joan Retallack, poet, essayist, activist, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities at Bard College, New York. Jack Hirschman, poet, translator, essayist, activist, Poet Laureate of S. Francisco 2006, member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. Mark Nowak, poet, activist, Director of Graduate Writing Programme at Manhattanville College, NY. Poetry Readings Friday Night (25 May 2012), 7.30pm X-ing the Line, The Apple Tree, 45 Mount pleasant WC1 Tom Leonard, Jack Hirschman, Ziba Karbassi, Marianne Morris, Sean Bonney, Harry Gilonis. Saturday Night (26 May 2012), 8-10:30pm Polyply, 16 Acton St. WC1 Maggie O’Sullivan, Abdullah al-Udhari, Keston Sutherland, Joan Retallack, Ulli Freer, Mark Nowak. VLAK: Special issue launch on Occupations one hour before Saturday night reading. (Time: 7-8pm) Papers: Approximately 45 papers on a wide range of issues over the Saturday and Sunday. Speakers from Portugal, Greece, the USA, Ireland, & the UK Liaisons and co-operation with Occupied and Free Spaces Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Torrington Sq. WC1 Contact: Stephen Mooney, estaphin@gmail.com Supported by the Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities Click here for further details]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.802 2012-05-05T14:32:19Z 2012-05-05T14:33:26Z

Thursday 31 May 2012 Poetry reading by Julie Carr, Christine Wertheim & Matias Viegener Room 415, Birkbeck main building on Torrington Square 7.30-9.00pm, all welcome. Map available here...

Stephen Julie Carr, Christine Wertheim & Matias Viegener Room 415, Birkbeck main building on Torrington Square 7.30-9.00pm, all welcome. Map available here]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.801 2012-05-05T14:30:29Z 2012-05-05T14:32:07Z

Wednesday 06 June 2012 Poetry reading by Steve McCaffery, cris cheek & Karen Mac Cormack Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square WC1H 0PD 7:30-9:00pm - all welcome Click here for a map link...

Stephen Steve McCaffery, cris cheek & Karen Mac Cormack Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square WC1H 0PD 7:30-9:00pm - all welcome Click here for a map link]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.800 2012-05-05T12:05:00Z 2012-05-05T12:23:21Z

Wednesday 23 May 2012 Voiceworks 2011/2012 Concert Performance at Wigmore Hall The culmination of the Voiceworks 2012 programme will be performed live at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 23 May 2012 at 17.30. The performance lasts 45 minutes and is free to attend – do come, listen and support. The performance is free to attend, but tickets need to be booked in advance (this is very simple to do, and costs nothing). http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/voiceworks-29988 A recording of the Voiceworks 2012 concert will be subsequently published on the voiceworks.org.uk website. This digital project, led from the CPRC Birkbeck with Guildhall colleagues and partners Wigmore Learning is funded by the AHRC. This is the sixth year of this unique collaboration between poets from the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck, and composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. New works for voice are created from a long process of exchange, improvisation and practice between October-May, and the resulting songs are a sign of the vibrancy and creative potential of a new generation of work. Many previous participants have gone on to collaborate on projects in Britain and internationally, or have developed their practice in new directions because of their Voiceworks experience, and it’s a chance to encounter their work first, here....

Stephen Voiceworks 2011/2012 Concert Performance at Wigmore Hall The culmination of the Voiceworks 2012 programme will be performed live at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 23 May 2012 at 17.30. The performance lasts 45 minutes and is free to attend – do come, listen and support. The performance is free to attend, but tickets need to be booked in advance (this is very simple to do, and costs nothing). http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/voiceworks-29988 A recording of the Voiceworks 2012 concert will be subsequently published on the voiceworks.org.uk website. This digital project, led from the CPRC Birkbeck with Guildhall colleagues and partners Wigmore Learning is funded by the AHRC. This is the sixth year of this unique collaboration between poets from the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck, and composers, singers and instrumentalists from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. New works for voice are created from a long process of exchange, improvisation and practice between October-May, and the resulting songs are a sign of the vibrancy and creative potential of a new generation of work. Many previous participants have gone on to collaborate on projects in Britain and internationally, or have developed their practice in new directions because of their Voiceworks experience, and it’s a chance to encounter their work first, here. ]]> Group 1: DANIEL BARROW
 & PATRICK BRENNAN & ROSEMARY CLIFFORD Group 2: IRUM FAZAL & HELGI INGVARSSON & MATTHEW MCGUIGAN & CLAIRE CANDY Group 3: NELL STEVENS & BENJAMIN GRAVES & ANTHONY BIRNIE Group 4: OLLIE EVANS & MARTA LOZANO MOLANO & MEGAN QUICK & ADAM GILBERT Group 5: STEVEN FOWLER & THEODOROS CHATZIDIS & CLARE GHIGO Group 6: BECKY CREMIN & MARK SIMPSON & GINA WALTER Group 7: EDMUND HARDY & LOUIS CHIAPPETTA & OSKAR PALMBLAD]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.794 2012-04-13T20:25:47Z 2012-04-13T20:26:52Z

A sound poetry portal...

Carol portal]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.787 2012-03-21T21:55:00Z 2012-03-21T22:00:41Z

The wonderful AV Festival 12: As Slow as Possible is boredcasting over 744 hours throughout March. Still time to catch it here....

Carol here.]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.773 2012-03-02T15:34:12Z 2012-03-02T15:53:21Z

Rebels In Control work from London and Berlin, creating designs for print and digital for a variety of business and arts organizations as well as their own private arts projects. Philip Marshall has an ongoing working relationship with Jon Wozencroft, Senior Tutor at the Royal College Of Art, London, in his role as a member of the Touch audio visual arts project, founded in 1982. Parker alternates freelance consultancy with original music composition and performance including independent albums and musical scores for couture milliner J Smith Esq. In January 2011, Philip and Parker spent a week at The Guildhall as Visiting Artists to the Voiceworks Project. Click here to read about their experience....

Rebels In Control work from London and Berlin, creating designs for print and digital for a variety of business and arts organizations as well as their own private arts projects. Philip Marshall has an ongoing working relationship with Jon Wozencroft, Senior Tutor at the Royal College Of Art, London, in his role as a member of the Touch audio visual arts project, founded in 1982. Parker alternates freelance consultancy with original music composition and performance including independent albums and musical scores for couture milliner J Smith Esq. In January 2011, Philip and Parker spent a week at The Guildhall as Visiting Artists to the Voiceworks Project. Click here to read about their experience.]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.771 2012-02-14T14:32:17Z 2012-02-19T20:43:10Z

Poet: John Mackay Composer: Peter Yarde Martin Singer: Charlotte Beament Conductor: Peter Yarde Martin Flute: Jessica Kabirat Clarinet: Max Mausen Violin: Leah Meredith Cello: Abigain Hayward Percussion: Craig Apps Read about A Guide To Touching The Human Heart...

John Mackay Composer: Peter Yarde Martin Singer: Charlotte Beament Conductor: Peter Yarde Martin Flute: Jessica Kabirat Clarinet: Max Mausen Violin: Leah Meredith Cello: Abigain Hayward Percussion: Craig Apps Read about A Guide To Touching The Human Heart]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.768 2012-02-14T14:02:05Z 2012-02-19T20:45:31Z

Poet: James Wilkes Composer: Benjamin Graves Singer: Daniel Rudge Singer: Donna Lennard Viola: Stephen Upshaw Percussion: Gareth Ceredig Read about Suzanne's Secret II: Bechstein-Kultur-Film Version...

James Wilkes Composer: Benjamin Graves Singer: Daniel Rudge Singer: Donna Lennard Viola: Stephen Upshaw Percussion: Gareth Ceredig Read about Suzanne's Secret II: Bechstein-Kultur-Film Version ]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.767 2012-02-14T14:00:46Z 2012-02-19T20:51:25Z

Poet: Vicky Sparrow Composer: Jason Anderson Singer: Claudia Myles Singer: Sarah Jenks Conductor: Benjamin Gernon Oboe: Mary Noden Clarinet: Emily Heathcote Violin: Katelyn Westergard Cello: Sophia Jagodzinska Double Bass: Laura Murphy Speaker amp (tape track): Jason Anderson Read about Seirenas...

Vicky Sparrow Composer: Jason Anderson Singer: Claudia Myles Singer: Sarah Jenks Conductor: Benjamin Gernon Oboe: Mary Noden Clarinet: Emily Heathcote Violin: Katelyn Westergard Cello: Sophia Jagodzinska Double Bass: Laura Murphy Speaker amp (tape track): Jason Anderson Read about Seirenas]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.766 2012-02-14T13:59:04Z 2012-02-19T20:57:19Z

Poet: Liz Adams Composer: Tom Kimber Singer: Ciarán O'Leary Cello: Abigain Hayward Cello: Paulina Mikolajczyk Cello: Donald Bennet Read about Neon...

Liz Adams Composer: Tom Kimber Singer: Ciarán O'Leary Cello: Abigain Hayward Cello: Paulina Mikolajczyk Cello: Donald Bennet Read about Neon]]> tag:www.voiceworks.org.uk,2012://1.765 2012-02-14T13:49:59Z 2012-02-19T21:06:26Z

Poet: Frank Podmore Composer: Tom Bassett Singer: Nick Allen Singer: Marion Wyllie Conductor: Thomas Bassett Oboe: Lauren Knuckey Percussion: Calie Hough Lyricist: Frank Podmore Read about Spectrum Of A Theory...

Frank Podmore Composer: Tom Bassett Singer: Nick Allen Singer: Marion Wyllie Conductor: Thomas Bassett Oboe: Lauren Knuckey Percussion: Calie Hough Lyricist: Frank Podmore Read about Spectrum Of A Theory]]>