Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra - performance of 'Portraits in Absentia'

The King's Singers at the Proms - 'Mobile' - specially commissioned by The Kings Singers and the BBC, with text by Andrew Motion

Reviews

Anonymous 4 - 'Snow Carol' - specially commissioned by the New York-based choral group 'Anonymous 4' for their Christmas Concert tour 2002, with text by Andrew Motion

London Concertante - A concert for Stanley Kubrick at the Barbican Centre, including performances of 'Naval Officer' and 'The Dream' for solo cello and string orchestra, soloist Jaqueline Thomas

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Lontano - St Johns Smith Square - included performances of 'Bagpipe Piece' for Uillieann pipes and string orchestra, and 'Storm from Paradise' song cycle for viola and voice

J O C E L Y N    P O O K    E N S E M B L E

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13th July
Alte Feuerwache
Köln, Germany

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'La Base'
Bordeaux, France

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Fabrik
Hamburg, Germany

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC NETWORK
UK TOUR

9th March
Corn Exchange
Cambridge

10th March
Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry

11th March
Gardner Arts Centre
Brighton

13th March
Turner Sims Concert Hall
Southampton

15th March
Queen Elizabeth Hall
London

17th March
Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal

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Teatro Paolo Grassi
Milan, Italy

1 9 9 9

Winter Gardens, World Trade Center
New York, USA

The concert included the premiere of a specially commissioned piece for the event, 'Everything is Ok', and was broadcast live on WNYC Radio.

18th July
Catania Festival
Sicily, Italy

25th July
Islington Festival
London, UK

20th November
International Multi-media Festival
Venice, Italy

Featuring a video installation by Dragan Aleksic which involved a life-size wax cast of the composer placed in the square outside the theatre, melting throughout the performance, the sound and image of drippng wax into water being occassionally relayed into the concert hall. The audience then encountered the flaming statue when they emerged at the end of the performance.

1 9 9 8

Islington Festival
London, UK

4th June
Salisbury Festival
Salisbury, UK

1 9 9 7

Sallis Benny Theatre
Brighton, UK

1 9 9 6

28th September
Unknown Public Holiday QEH
London, UK

J O C E L Y N    P O O K    P R O J E C T S

Speaking in Tunes
Performance for string quartet and multi-screen video projections made in collaboration with visual artist Dragan Aleksic.

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Performances in Turbinehalle, Copenhagen
Salisbury Festival, Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury
Chard Women In Music Festival, Michael Tippett Centre, Bath

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ARTS COUNCIL FUNDED UK TOUR

16th & 17th May
ICA, London

19th May
Bury St Edmunds Festival
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

22nd May
QEH Theatre, Bristol

23rd May
The Phoenix, Exeter

25th May
Unity Theatre, Liverpool

26th May
Square Chapel, Halifax

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UK TOUR FUNDED BY EASTERN ARTS

1st February
Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford

2nd February
St Mary-In-The-Castle, Hastings

3rd February
Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester

6th February
The Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury

9th February
Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead

3   O R   4   C O M P O S E R S

New Music/ Performance Group comprising singer Melanie Pappenheim and composers Laurence Crane, Helen Ottaway, Simon Rackham and Jocelyn Pook

1 9 9 8

Music in Quiet Places - concert tour of 6 performances in Nottinghamshire

1 9 9 5

Still Ringing - Arts Council-funded piece about the sunken city of Dunwich and its drowned bells,performed in Nottingham Banana Factory, Bristol Old Leadworks, The Bridewell in London and Blythburgh Church.

1 9 9 2

Sweep & Mop Furlongs - concert at Christ Church London

1 9 9 1

A Man A Plan A Canal Panama - a piece exploring the musical,visual and dramatic potential of the palindrome, performed at the ICA

1 9 8 9

3 or 4 Composers grapple with the notion of song cycles - performances at the ICA and Glasgow National Review of Live Art

V I V I A N    G I R L S

In 1990, Jocelyn Pook and Kelsey Michael formed the Vivian Girls, a band inspired by Outsider artist Henry Darger and his beautiful and strange saga 'In The Realms Of The Unreal'.
In this epic work, Darger's paintings and writings depict stories of the 7 blond-haired Vivian Girls saving the world from evil and destruction. Vivian Girls' music was inspired by Darger's sensibility, both innocent and unsettling in equal measure.
Between 1990 and 1993, Vivian Girls played on the London circuit, and various other places including Glasgow's Mayfest, and supporting Toyah Willcox at the Women In Music Festival.

Requiem - Phoenix Dance Company - choreography Darshan Singh Buller, Sadlers Wells & UK Tour

Reviews

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Phantasmaton - Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company - Taped score which features singers Melanie Pappenheim and Natacha Atlas, the latter who performed live in many of the performances. QEH and International touring throughout 2002 & 2003.

Reviews

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Box Story - This collaboration with performance artist Bobby Baker featuring a live choir was originally commissioned by London International Festival of Theatre 2001. It continues to tour in UK and was adapted for Radio 4 in November 2002.

1 9 9 7

Missing Jesus - Theatre piece written and directed by Christine Entwistle, Arts Council UK touring

1 9 9 4

Deluge - O Vertigo Danse - Premiered in Ottowa, this show by the Montreal-based dance company continued to tour worldwide for 2 years. The London performances at the QEH were performed with live music. The soundtrack was originally released by
O Vertigo in Canada and then 3 years later by Virgin Records London.

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MSM - DV8 Physical Theatre Company - This piece opened at the Royal Court and then toured extensively.

Bad Penny - En Guarde Arts - New York-based theatre company, written by Mac Wellman and directed by Jim Simpson, this piece featured a choir singing backwards text and was performed in Hyde Park as part of the London International Festival of Theatre 1993.

Sisters - Alison Andrews Co. Arts Council funded theatre piece with taped score and some live singing.

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Strange Fish - DV8 Physical Theatre Company - hugely successful and innovative piece which toured worldwide over 2 years and was then made into a film (see filmography). The score was a mixture of taped material, both vocal & instrumental, and live singing by Melanie Pappenheim.

L'Ascensore - Insomniac Productions - conceived,directed and designed by Pete Brooks, this highly original piece takes place in a lift and could only be seen by 20 people at a time. A huge success in festivals worldwide including Adelaide, Hong Kong ,Singapore, Italy and France, it toured for several years. The taped score features backwards operatic vocal material from Verdi's Requiem.

1 9 9 1

Singing Butcher of Coblenz- Alison Andrews Theatre Company - Arts Council funded theatre piece with taped score

1 9 9 0

Dreamplace - Merseyside Young People's Theatre - Musical for children written and directed by Pete Brooks which toured nationally for 2 years.

The Fall of Lucas Fortune - A theatre piece with songs - written by Claire MacDonald and directed by Pete Brooks. Taped score with live singing by Kelsey Michael.

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Utopia - written by Claire MacDonald and directed by Pete Brooks. Taped score of song cycle 'Storm from Paradise'.

An Imitation of Life - written by Claire MacDonald and directed by Pete Brooks with live music for viola and voice.