New for the Great Yarmouth calendar produced in partnership by Norfolk & Norwich Sound Art Collective and originalprojects; YARMONICS is a free sonic art and new music festival that celebrates the sounds, people and places of Great Yarmouth. It features installations, performances, workshops with local groups and talks. YARMONICS has invited a number of sound artists, musicians, writers and artists to create work that responds to specific spaces and places in Great Yarmouth, including:
Angus Carlyle / Cerith Wyn Evans / CLIP / Cythara Creche / David Ross presents ‘Stones (and other objects)‘ / Evan Parker / Jason Kofi-Haye / Luke Sanger / Maggie Nicols and Choir / Mark Howe – ‘Bikehack’ / Matilda Rolfsson / Michael Page / Mira Calix / Nik Colk Void / noch (Adam Burton) / Phillip Mill / Stephen Grew / Stuart Bowditch / Tim Dee / Trance Map / Will Hurt
For full artist information please follow the links below.
21 September, 7pm – 11pm: Talks and performance, St George’s Theatre (FREE but booking essential, here)
22 September, 9am – 7pm: Performances, installations and workshops, various venues and sites (FREE and unticketed)
22 September, 8pm – 11pm: YARMONICS ELECTRONIC, St George’s Theatre (tickets £5 in advance available here)
Workshops:
Stones (and other objects) with electronics improviser, David Ross; a Great Yarmouth focused electroacoustic workshop culminating in a performance at YARMONICS. Full details here. STONES WORKSHOP IS FULL, PLEASE CONTINUE TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST.
Vocal workshop and performance with improvised vocal pioneer, Maggie Nicols. We are working with members of various local choirs on the afternoon of 21st September to adapt existing repertoire to inform some original music to be performed at YARMONICS on the 22nd September. Although we are working with members of local choirs we are very happy to hear from individuals that would also like join, to do so please email us here. All abilities and experience welcome.
YARMONICS Sound Library submissions:
We are creating an open source sound archive of sounds collected from in and around Great Yarmouth.
The sounds that are collected will become part of an open source archive, readily available for public use and observation, stored on the Freesound platform. The archive is an ongoing project that aims to capture a rich and varied sonic portrayal of the town.
All sounds sent to us up until midday on September 22nd will be given to Luke Sanger and Nik Colk Void to be used in their improvised performances at YARMONICS ELECTRONIC to close the festival.
After the festival a selection of sounds will be edited into packages that can be freely downloaded and used for remix and composition purposes.
More info here
