A week yesterday the fine team at RCT were celebrating the centenary of the Park and Dare Theatre in Treorchy. It was very touching to hear the children performing in the theatre. Many parents were very emotional at the sight of their children performing on the stage. This is especially true some of the youngest children, many of whom would be three or four generations away from the miners who contributed to the building of the theatre in 1913. The piece was very well received by the audiences, and I felt a great sense of achievement after the final encores. So congratulations to all involved: the miners of 1913 would be amazingly proud of what you have achieved.
Author Archives: Jack White
Celebrations at the Theatre!
Western Mail Article Friday 8th March 2013
Today’s Western Mail Arts Sections includes a very nice article about the project and the history of the Park and Dare Theatre. It is the last rehearsal tonight before next week’s performances. Everyone is very excited about the project and it will be great to see some of our youngest performers taking steps on the stage for the very first time.
Recording the CD for Song Of The Building/Cân yr Adeilad
Recording session
Last week we finished recording the CD for the project. The work was completed by the 22nd, leaving a few days to master the CD and send it off for manufacture. I think everyone is looking forward to the performances on the 13th and 14th of March.
Cân yr Adeilad / Song of the Building
Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC Cultural Services and the RCT Music Service have announced that I have been awarded the commission to compose a musical work to commemorate and celebrate the centenary of the Park and Dare Theatre Treorci in 2013. The outputs for the project will be the production of an audio CD and four performances of the completed work in March 2013.
Digital Dust on the BBC!
On Saturday May 5th my new orchestral piece will be on BBC Radio 3 at 10.30 pm. Tune in to hear it! 
Sand-art advert
Last year I scored an advert for the Sunday Times ipad app. Kseniya Simonova is a remarkably talented artist: visit her website at simonova.tv/en/ for more of her work. 
Recording of Haworth
I found out last week that the fantastic Cor Cyfoes, a Cardiff-based vocal ensemble have recorded my piece ‘Haworth’. It’s a setting of Carol Ann Duffy’s poem of the same title. I look forward to hearing the recording and will put it up on the site as soon as I can. You can find out more about the choir on their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cor-Cyfoes/181686418512942
Looking back through Digital Dust
So that’s it. This week heralds the completion of my piece Digital Dust! It will be performed on February 17th 2012 at BBC Maida Vale Studios. It has been a fantastic experience to be part of Sound and Music’s ‘Embedded’ scheme over the last year. I will post a copy of the recording, as soon as I am allowed, on my Music page. In the meantime, there are examples from previous workshops if you’d like to have a listen…
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