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THE FESTIVAL IS NOW CONCLUDED
Dartmoor's Literary Festival in Chagford
15-17 March 2013
Neil Sorrell - Saturday 16 March at 11:30 am in the Jubilee Hall. £6.50
This event is sponsored by Chagford Film Festival
A HISTORY OF SINGING, WITH VOCAL WORKSHOP: Neil has written and broadcast extensively on Indian and Javanese music, and was co-founder of The English Gamelan Orchestra. Here, he draws on the spirit (if not the letter) of his recent book (co-authored with the distinguished tenor John Potter) to highlight the variety of ways in which the human voice is used around the world. To make it even more illuminating,he includes a short workshop on the Balinese Kecak chant, nicknamed the 'monkey chorus'. There are NO SINGING SKILLS REQUIRED, just a willingness to have fun! Chair: John Crowley.
Britain's pre-eminent ethnomusicilogist, the composer, writer and broadcaster Neil Sorrell,is a Senior Lecturer at the University of York, and is currently the director of the York-based Gamelan Sekar Petak. He is the author of a number of books including guides to Indian music and to Gamelan music. His book A History Of SInging (co-authored with John Potter) was published in 2012 by Cambridge Unversity Press.
Reviews of A History Of Singing :
'A fascinating book ... the authors are good at suggesting the social and political factors that
influenced how singing evolved. And they vividly evoke those seminal moments when Western
art-singing changed for ever.' - Richard Morrison, The Times
'Fascinating.... Potter and Sorrell are imaginative and acute with sometimes fugitive evidence.'
The Guardian
'[Adopts] an attractive narrative style.' - Opera
'This isn't just a good book for anyone interested in vocal music: it is an essential one.'
Literary Review
'… it quickly becomes clear that the joint authors share an engaging prose style.'
Gramophone Magazine
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