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THE CITY SINGS an anthem for mac by Helen Ottaway
photo by Adrian Burrows
NEWS!!!! Watch the film from our first mass participation performance on Vimeo here:
mac flashmob: The City Sings at Artsfest
Produced by Artmusic, ‘The City Sings’ is an anthem for mac that will ring out across the city, played and sung by people from all backgrounds and of all ages.
The featured artist for ‘The City Sings’ is composer Helen Ottaway who is working with professional and amateur musicians and with the communities of Birmingham to produce a multi-layered work involving music, sound, video and text.
The piece will take shape over the coming months, bringing together diverse communities around Birmingham. The elements will be played, rung and sung across the city and come together in a live performance to launch the new mac building.
'The City Sings' was launched with a performance by Trevor Workman on the Bournville Carillon on 1st and 4th August 2009.
You can listen to and download sections of the performance HERE!
Part Two of The City Sings was performed in a mass participation, 'flashmob' style event on the Chamberlain Square beach at Birmingham's ArtsFest. Click HERE for photos from the event.
You can download the sheet music for Part Two here:
PINK singers (SOPRANO)
GREEN singers (ALTO)
WHITE singers (TENOR)
BLUE singers (BASS) |
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 As the new song spreads through the city’s communities and choirs it will be accompanied by moving images - cyclists crossing the city, a bus full of children singing and skateboards, prams and wheelchairs weaving their way around the park. ‘The City Sings’ will culminate in a public promenade performance in Cannon Hill Park with singers, players and the fleets of wheeled movers converging on the building to celebrate the re-launch of mac.
Visit the website during the coming year to experience the piece as it grows. Maybe you’ll also hear snatches of it in concert halls and on street corners. Follow the project from carillon bells to bicycle bells, from single voice to massed choirs, and from the four corners of Birmingham to Canon Hill Park to celebrate the reopening of mac. Listen out for further performances during the year and join us for the Grand Finale in Cannon Hill Park in 2010.
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