Event

Creative Orchestra

Wall of Sounds
Brighter Sound and Band on the Wall presents...

We invite you to take your seats as audience for this performance of amazing premiers. Entrance is free. Doors open at 7pm. The gig will take place in the main venue immediately after the Wall of Sounds Creative Lab Summit. This performance will be recorded.

The first performance from a new orchestral group consisting of sixteen of the most exciting young musicians, composers and improvisors working in the UK today, all under the guidance and leadership of Loose Tubes bass legend and composer Steve Berry. Many of the Creative Orchestra group are band leaders and established recording artists, all are highly accomplished musicians and improvisers hailing from all points north of the UK. After 3 weeks of composition and 3 days of rehearsals at Band on the Wall, everything you hear tonight will be entirely new music.

Creative Orchestra combines the rich acoustic sound of the classical chamber orchestra with the expressive freedom that comes with improvised and collaborative music making. A combination of musicians from classical, jazz and popular music backgrounds to create a fresh new and exciting new take on the orchestra. New things will happen..

Musicians

Leader / Composer: Steve Berry
Violins: Thea Spiers, Jote Osahn, Farhaan Shah
Viola: Adam Robinson
Cello: Dave Hornberger
Bass: Nick Jurd
Reeds: Sam Rapley, Tom Thorp, Sam Lewis
Trumpets: Graham South, Nick Malcolm
Trombones: Kieran McLeod, Richard Foote
Keyboards: Jamie Safirudin
Drums: Jim Molyneux
Percussion: Dan Day

This performance is part of the Wall of Sounds Programme - a partnership between Brighter Sound and Band on the Wall, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Manchester City Council