Helen Chadwick (musician)
Helen Chadwickis a British composer and singer who has written over 300 songs, mainly for unaccompanied voices. She has ten albums and creates song theatre performances, both solo and with her group. As a singer she has worked withMeredith Monk,Orlando Goughand for theRoyal National Theatre.
Helen's recordings to 2005 are included in the Women's Revolutions Per Minute (WRPM) Collection and Archive at Goldsmiths University of London Special Collections.[1]
In 2008 she created, composed and sung in two productions commissioned by theRoyal Opera House:Dalston Songs, based on interviews with her neighbours on the theme of home, in collaboration with choreographerSteven Hoggett,[2][3][4]andThe Singing Circle,featuring the massed voices of several choirs, and choreography by Liam Steel.[5]In 2014 she createdWar Correspondents,based on interviews with frontline journalists; on this show she again collaborated with Steven Hoggett.[6]
Helen composed music for a sound installation atWollaton Hall,Nottingham,which won the East Midlands Heritage Award (Judges Special Prize) in 2017.[7]
In 2002, in collaboration with the Thames Festival, Helen co-founded the mass singing charity project Sing For Water. As of 2019 it has raised 1 million pounds forWaterAid.[8]
Helen is a long-time member of theMagdalena Project,an international network of women in contemporary theatre and performance, and performs regularly at Magdalena festivals around the world.
References
[edit]- ^"WRPM Collection".Goldsmiths, University of London.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^"Dalston Songs".Royal Opera House. Archived fromthe originalon 23 July 2011.
- ^Kimberley, Nick (2 May 2008)."Migrants' hymn to their home".London Evening Standard.Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2011.
- ^Carter, Kenneth (1 May 2008)."Concert Review: Dalston Songs".classicalsource.com.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^"VOICES ACROSS THE WORLD: Helen Chadwick And The Singing Circle at Royal Opera House – Hard dance".Time Out London.27 July 2008.Retrieved19 November2019.
- ^Gardner, Lyn (27 May 2014)."War Correspondents review – tuneful tribute to frontline journalists".The Guardian.
- ^"City Museums and Galleries Service scoops three prestigious Awards".My Nottingham News.Nottingham City Council.20 November 2017.
- ^"Sing For Water".Thames Festival Trust.Retrieved19 November2019.
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