The Jenner Musical Celebration
Dr Liz lane with musicians at Berkeley Castle, image by Steve Paskey
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The location for our first Musical Celebration - the Garden at Dr Jenner's House, Museum and Garden, image by The Jenner Project 2022 | 23
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In Part 2 of The Jenner Project we have commissioned a community musical celebration from renowned local composer Dr. Liz Lane. The lyrics will be penned by Andy Rashleigh , dances will be coached by Lizzi Kew Ross, and voices will be encouraged by Natasha Lohan. The conductor will be Ian Holmes. In addition to our planned choirs of 70 local children plus a similar number of local adults we plan for solo parts to be performed by Belinda Evans and Martin Le Poidevin. Musicians will be mostly local supported by a core group of 8 professionals. If you click on the names above you will be linked to their web sites. There is more information on Dr Lane below.
The musical celebration will be developed throughout 2022-23 and will take inspiration from and be developed in partnership with the communities of Berkeley Vale. These performances will be captured both orally and visually and made available both online and as an integral part of a lasting Heritage Trail throughout Berkeley, as a legacy of the project and enduring tribute from the community to arguably, their most famous son.
During 2022 the focus was on producing songs for initial workshops with Berkeley, Sharpness and Stone primary schools, the Launch Dinner and the Balloon Launch. These events were funded in part by Berkeley Town Council and Gloucestershire County Council as 'Part 1' of The Jenner Project 2022 | 23. To read about them on the past events page of this website - click here. As part of these initial activities we were very pleased to meet up with local people able who assisted the project to date as performers or stewards, etc. and we are building our marketing campaign towards our main events through our social media sites.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for success in our grant applications, as these will affect the scale of how much we can do in 2023 and we will keep you informed about that and our next events through these web pages and via social media.
The musical celebration will be developed throughout 2022-23 and will take inspiration from and be developed in partnership with the communities of Berkeley Vale. These performances will be captured both orally and visually and made available both online and as an integral part of a lasting Heritage Trail throughout Berkeley, as a legacy of the project and enduring tribute from the community to arguably, their most famous son.
During 2022 the focus was on producing songs for initial workshops with Berkeley, Sharpness and Stone primary schools, the Launch Dinner and the Balloon Launch. These events were funded in part by Berkeley Town Council and Gloucestershire County Council as 'Part 1' of The Jenner Project 2022 | 23. To read about them on the past events page of this website - click here. As part of these initial activities we were very pleased to meet up with local people able who assisted the project to date as performers or stewards, etc. and we are building our marketing campaign towards our main events through our social media sites.
We are keeping our fingers crossed for success in our grant applications, as these will affect the scale of how much we can do in 2023 and we will keep you informed about that and our next events through these web pages and via social media.
Dr Liz Lane, Composer
Dr Liz Lane, Composer, image by Eoin Schmidt-Martin
Dr Liz Lane's performance at the Concorde Museum, image by Dr Liz Lane
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Dr Liz Lane with performers at Bath, image by Dr Liz Lane
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Performace by Dr Liz Lane at Trinity Laban Coservatoire of Music and Dance, image by Dr Liz lane
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Dr Liz Lane is a British composer who has been described as "the fine composer who's got such a gift for melody" [Ian McMillan, BBC Radio 3]. Her many diverse works have ranged from a work celebrating aerospace engineering, performed by 280 musicians aged 7-70 under the wings of Concorde; a full length ballet for the London Children’s Ballet; and a co-creative event with older people choirs and dancers facilitated by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In March 2021 she was appointed Composer in Association with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band; Enchanted Light, featuring Belinda Evans (soprano) and Colin Booth (ottavino), reached over 10,000 hits on social media and was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Robin Robin recorded by Steven Mead, Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and conductor David Thornton was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in November 2021.
Liz started composing at an early age and received widespread media coverage as a child composer, including an ITV television documentary And I Write Music and a televised performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She graduated from Cardiff University and subsequently achieved a postgraduate diploma from the Royal College of Music. Liz was awarded a PhD in Composition from Cardiff University in March 2010.
Liz is a part-time Senior Lecturer in Composition and Performance at the University of the West of England, and was awarded the 2016 Computer Science and Creative Technologies Department Researcher of the Year for her work with OpenUp Music, with whom she is currently a trustee. She is also an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Current and future projects include 'What the Lark Saw' to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Three Choirs Festival 2023.
Below can be found Dr Lane's Robin Robin featuring Belinda Evans (soprano) and Stephen Marquiss (piano). Additional examples of Dr Lane's work are available on her website.
Liz started composing at an early age and received widespread media coverage as a child composer, including an ITV television documentary And I Write Music and a televised performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She graduated from Cardiff University and subsequently achieved a postgraduate diploma from the Royal College of Music. Liz was awarded a PhD in Composition from Cardiff University in March 2010.
Liz is a part-time Senior Lecturer in Composition and Performance at the University of the West of England, and was awarded the 2016 Computer Science and Creative Technologies Department Researcher of the Year for her work with OpenUp Music, with whom she is currently a trustee. She is also an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Current and future projects include 'What the Lark Saw' to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Three Choirs Festival 2023.
Below can be found Dr Lane's Robin Robin featuring Belinda Evans (soprano) and Stephen Marquiss (piano). Additional examples of Dr Lane's work are available on her website.