Different Islands: For Dancer, String Quartet, and Live Electronics

Edmund Hunt; Victor Fung; James Dooley; Chloe Hillyar

Different Islands: For Dancer, String Quartet, and Live Electronics

Edmund Hunt (Composer), Victor Fung (Choreographer), James Dooley (Developer), Chloe Hillyar (Artist)

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Research output: Non-textual form › Composition

Abstract

'Different Islands' was a project supported by Sound and Music 'New Voices' (the UK's talent development programme for composers). The work was intended to explore the sound of an Old English poem through the medium of string quartet and live electronics. Collaboration with a choreographer and dancer enabled the text's themes to be explored through movement.

Original language	English
Publisher	BabelScores
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 2021

Funding

Sound and Music provided professional mentoring and a production budget of £10,000 for this project.

Funders	Funder number
Sound and Music

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