About This Live Project
The Church of the Nazarene on Victoria Street, Sheffield, is currently a disused, grade II listed building owned by the University. Despite the music department moving into the adjacent Jessop building and new, purpose-built SoundHouse, they are still lacking a space for performance. The vision is to adapt the empty church into a licensed performance space for music, which can become a home for music and a face for musicians to present their music to the city of Sheffield.
The music department engages in a diverse range of performing activities from classical chamber music, to opera and contemporary music theatre, including world music performance, electroacoustic music and mixed media. The proposed performance space will be central to the day to day functioning (rehearsing, performing, teaching) as well as knowledge transfer and community activities, of the music department. Ensemble in residence Ensemble 360 and world music performer in residence John Ball would perform there, along with a steady stream of internationally acclaimed visiting performers.
Experimental Sound Installation
I was made aware of
this project today, which i thought was pretty interesting. The physical elements of the building are converted into a giant musical instrument by being struck, causing them to resonate or vibrate. The project is intended to challenge how we view both the building and the creation of music.
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2 comments:
Pity Beethoven, Bach and Mozart didn't have this kind of equipment... Looks like some kind of doomsday machine! - Awesome.
You found it then! Get a trip down going and I'll piggback along.
I really want to go see it.
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