My journey to the end of the world...
My journey to the end of the world...
In 2018, Laura embarked on a research voyage; sailing to Antarctica. Commissioned by Manchester Camerata and BBC Radio 3, Laura created an immersive multimedia music theatre work for orchestra incorporating video footage and sound recordings she collected during her time in Antartica. The work highlights the negative impact humankind has had on the Antarctic region and globally.
Read more about her voyage HERE
A colleague recently described it as “activist composition”. I’ve written a multimedia saxophone concerto challenging society’s ideas of femininity, I’ve written about anorexia, and I’ve tackled female boxing (which meant learning to box). My newest work is no different. I need to feel a sense of ownership and visceral experience of whatever it is that I’m writing about, so for a project focusing on climate change, it felt essential to find a way to get to the remotest and most untouched part of our planet – Antarctica.
For many of us living in urban environments, it’s difficult to understand the closeness that we can have to the environment. I wanted to travel to one of the most extreme parts of the world, a place almost as intangible and alien to the majority of the world’s population as climate change itself, and create a video and orchestral piece that gives people a sense of the absolute beauty and incredible nature of Antarctica, so that they will hopefully be more active in how they think about our planet.
Laura also sailed to the remote British Overseas Territories of Ascension Island and St Helena as research for her multimedia chorus and orchestra work, Navigating the Dog Watch, commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus in 2017.
Read more about the associated community project HERE
In 2018, Laura embarked on a research voyage; sailing to Antarctica. Commissioned by Manchester Camerata and BBC Radio 3, Laura created an immersive multimedia music theatre work for orchestra incorporating video footage and sound recordings she collected during her time in Antartica. The work highlights the negative impact humankind has had on the Antarctic region and globally.
Read more about her voyage HERE
A colleague recently described it as “activist composition”. I’ve written a multimedia saxophone concerto challenging society’s ideas of femininity, I’ve written about anorexia, and I’ve tackled female boxing (which meant learning to box). My newest work is no different. I need to feel a sense of ownership and visceral experience of whatever it is that I’m writing about, so for a project focusing on climate change, it felt essential to find a way to get to the remotest and most untouched part of our planet – Antarctica.
For many of us living in urban environments, it’s difficult to understand the closeness that we can have to the environment. I wanted to travel to one of the most extreme parts of the world, a place almost as intangible and alien to the majority of the world’s population as climate change itself, and create a video and orchestral piece that gives people a sense of the absolute beauty and incredible nature of Antarctica, so that they will hopefully be more active in how they think about our planet.
Laura also sailed to the remote British Overseas Territories of Ascension Island and St Helena as research for her multimedia chorus and orchestra work, Navigating the Dog Watch, commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus in 2017.
Read more about the associated community project HERE