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)