Abstract
This presentation details the performance techniques and strategies involved in the participative events of Belfast City Choir.
In early 2013, John D’Arcy initiated Belfast City Choir as a means to explore the convergence of localities, literature, voice and musical improvisation. The group’s ever-changing membership led to a participatory model in which the ‘choir’ was composed solely of the audience.
Belfast City Choir performance events invite audience members of varying performance experience to engage with literature (poetry, archive texts, oral histories) through the use of their own voice. Participants are given songbooks that provide them with simple performance instructions for recitation, singing, inner contemplation, conversation, and movement. The songbooks incorporate strategies of inclusive music-making and experimental composition such as verbal and graphic notation, improvisation and games. These methods give audiences alternative means of engagement with literature that connects them with the text orally, physically and spatially.
In early 2013, John D’Arcy initiated Belfast City Choir as a means to explore the convergence of localities, literature, voice and musical improvisation. The group’s ever-changing membership led to a participatory model in which the ‘choir’ was composed solely of the audience.
Belfast City Choir performance events invite audience members of varying performance experience to engage with literature (poetry, archive texts, oral histories) through the use of their own voice. Participants are given songbooks that provide them with simple performance instructions for recitation, singing, inner contemplation, conversation, and movement. The songbooks incorporate strategies of inclusive music-making and experimental composition such as verbal and graphic notation, improvisation and games. These methods give audiences alternative means of engagement with literature that connects them with the text orally, physically and spatially.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 22 May 2018 |
Event | New Perspectives in Participatory Arts - University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom Duration: 22 May 2018 → 23 May 2018 https://connected-communities.org/index.php/events/event/new-perspectives-in-participatory-arts/ |
Conference
Conference | New Perspectives in Participatory Arts |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Norwich |
Period | 22/05/2018 → 23/05/2018 |
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Keywords
- Participatory arts
- Belfast City Choir
- Improvisation
- Verbal notation