Every Sunday during the Aldeburgh Festival, these free events display an array of original, extraordinary and wonderful happenings. Created by Aldeburgh Education, these innovative projects have steadily been attracting audiences, composers, artists and performers alike to Aldeburgh at Festival time.

'I'd like to thank you for your support throughout the project…I really hope to work with you again in the future'
Mike Fry - Composer (East Coast Beach Symphony - June '04)

'Thanks again for such a great project…'
Sam Glazer - Cellist (East Coast Beach Symphony - June '04)

 

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For further information about each event, click on the relevant date: 12 June, 19 June, 26 June 2005

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Restless Earth
Come and join in with a 'tapestry of sound and vision' that represents the delicate balance between nature and human driven forces. You don't need to be a musician to participate in this piece, where four 'P-forces' central to our natural world - Pulse, Pitch, Participation and, of course, Performance - are at the heart.

The piece has been devised through an Aldeburgh Residency as part of a long-term project involving the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and The Royal College of Art. Under the Artistic Direction of Sean Gregory and Dan Fern, students and staff from both colleges have spent time with Leiston High School, Ipswich Choral Society 'New Voices' and other members of the community devising the performance.

Sunday 12 June 2005 (12.00 noon)
Aldeburgh Beach - between the North & South Lookout Towers

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Cossax
Aldeburgh Education has challenged composer Joseph Phibbs to create a piece for a massed group of instrumentalists to perform on the beach. Inspired both by Britten's music and the Russian theme of the Festival, Phibbs has used these ideas as a central strand of his composition. This quirky, creative piece, under the baton of conductor Matthew Rowe, combines the talents of a large group of local young amateur musicians with a core ensemble of professional brass players and percussion.

If you are a saxophonist and would like to get involved......please contact the education department.

Sunday 19 June 2005 (12.00 noon)
Aldeburgh Beach - between the North & South Lookout Towers

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Wave Structures
Take a chop-stick and an elastic band and what do you get? A new installation, developed from an online, 'virtual' structure, where 80,000 matchsticks meet cutting-edge new technology of course! Aldeburgh Education commissioned Simon Daw and Gavin O'Carroll to explore the idea of creating an interactive 'sculpture' which could be added to by anyone in the world. Now is your chance to be a part of the resulting construction, which will be translated into a physical reality with an added musical soundscape, composed by Matthew Rogers, for Festival-goers to discover and experience.

Sunday 26 June 2005 (12.00 noon)
Snape Maltings Concert Hall - The Marshes

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'Just wanted to say a huge big load of thanks for all your hard work on APG. I really enjoyed the project and it was a great thrill to finally get a second performance of something...! I really hope to work with you both again soon'
Rachel Leach - Composer (Any Person's Guide to the Orchestra - June '04)

We will shortly be creating a gallery of selected images from previous Open Air events.

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