Deal Music and Arts Festival sees Gull oratorio premier in Dover
The work is the result of workshops with residents during 2023, expressing concerns over issues such as immigration, coastal erosion and housing shortages.Rob Hacket, headteacher of Warden House, is playing with the White Cliff Symphonic Wind, which will perform in the second half of the concert."Some are very young children are in a choir for the very first time and so this is a very special experience for them, and I want to be a role model for them, so I am playing too," he said.
The work is specially written for young people and composer Luke Styles developed compositional material with them directly. Graham Harvey, festival musical director, said: "It's something that's not very melodic but it's rhythmical and they can mimic seagulls and performing it is something they will never forget."An Oratorio for Gulls is part one of a trilogy of events, each addressing a different theme and performed by people who live in those communities.Deal Music and Arts Festival starts on Friday and An Oratorio for Gulls is set to be performed on Saturday.
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