Education, Creative Compositions, Commissions
I have produced a number of commissions; compositions and learning resources for clients including:
- Skimstone Arts ~ Unity Festival 2021, 2022
- Durham Gala Theatre
- bait ~ Museums Northumberland
- Dementia Friendly Choirs
- Gateshead Young Women and Girls Outreach Project
-
WEA / Greening Wingove
- Wylam Winter Tales Festival
- Martin Luther King Peace Committee (Newcastle University)
- HMP Frankland - Songs of War, The Durham Hymns Project
- 38 Degrees / Greenpeace / Friends of the Earth
- WEA North East
- Durham County Council
- Bishop Aukland Headteachers Cluster
- Sage Gateshead
- Newcastle University
- Bridge North East
- Centre of Applied Human Rights at York University
- Journey to Justice
- Northumbria University
- UNISON
- North East Socialist Singers
-
Better Days North East
- Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company
I also produce bespoke compositions and commissions.
A portfolio of pieces can be shared upon request, contact me for more information.
A selection of some work...
Sunset Over Tantobie ~ Gala Theatre, Durham ~ 2020
Radio play from the heart of Durham exploring traditional & contemporary Pitmatic coal mining culture & communities
Durham Hymns ~ Songs of War @ HMP Frankland ~ 2016-17
38 Degrees / Friends of the Earth / Greenpeace
Save Druridge Bay Campaign - 2016
SUMMER HOLIDAY 2021
We’re all going on a summer holiday
Druridge Bay aint what it used to be
Our coastal wildlife, has dis-ap-pear-ed
And like the tides of our once blue sea
It’s just a mem-o-ry
We’re going where the sun aint shining
We’re going where they opencast
We’ve seen it in our nightmares
Our beaches have turned black
We’re staying home for our summer holidays
For the air is, hard to breathe
The coalmine’s pump-ing, gas and poisons
From the ground, into the sea, killing you and me
The environment has been ravaged
For the sake of another coalmine
No matter how hard we wish
We cannot turn back time...
We’re all going on a summer holiday
Druridge Bay aint what it used to be....
WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE: JOURNEYS TO JUSTICE ~ 2015
York University ~ Applied Centre of Human Rights
Centre for Applied Human Rights' visiting human rights defenders present monologues and stories of women's journeys and struggle for rights and dignity across continents. With stories from Afghanistan, Belarus, Brazil, China, Kenya, Mexico, Sudan and Yemen, real life mixes with metaphor in encounters that highlight how women fight common struggles in different contexts. All pieces have been written by the human rights defenders themselves.
YORK THEATRE ROYAL, 8th March 2015 @ 2PM
As part of theatre production by the International Human Rights Defenders of the Centre of Applied Human Rights, York University. (Bethany has created music for the production and will perform this live)
Working alongside a wonderful writer and theatre maker Julia, I created music to accompany the theatre depicting women's struggles from around the world. The song was intersperced throughout the performance, the full text is below...
Join our journeys to justice
Share our stories, unsung
We are the givers of life
Let us unite as one
Our roots bounds
By ritual and roles
Remove the mask
Uncage our souls
Futures forged (by)
Tragic tradition
Echoes of ancient rhythms
Cycles of silence
Quell their cries
Culture and creed
Transcend time
She fights for freedom
On the front lines
As her spirit dreams to fly
Like fire she burns
Wise as the world
Weaves tapestries
Of truth, unheard
As strong as the tides
Moon and sun
She is mother to everyone
Education is key
To our society
Campaign for justice
Equality, peace
We must all live in hope
Know we are not alone
We are women the front lines
