Ivory-tinklers, horn-blowers, warblers, boxsqueezers
and strummers - send Nenescape
your tunes!

Nenescape is gathering music from all genres
inspired by places in the Nene Valley.
Nenescape Landscape Partnership Scheme is
calling for pieces of music and songs inspired by
the places in the Nene Valley to create a book
of songs. In partnership with Northamptonshire
Music and Performing Arts Trust and funded by
the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nenescape
will be launching a community songbook.
Everyone who sends in a piece of music before
Monday 31st August 2020 will be in with a
chance of winning a hamper of local food treats
and a voucher for a canoeing experience on the
River Nene.

In November 2017, a 25-minute piece of music,
‘Nene’, was performed by over 1,500 local
young people at the Royal Albert Hall, Derngate
in Northampton and Peterborough Cathedral.
It has since been rearranged by composer
Benjamin Till into nine short sections
for community choirs and singing
groups to perform, and it is now
available for free and in full on
Nenescape’s website.

The pieces follow the fl ow of the river
downstream, starting at its source at Badby and
ending where the River Nene meets the sea at
the Wash. While so many of us are spending
much more time at home, Nenescape is calling
for composers and music writers of all genres
to record their musical creations and send them
in. From classical to pop rock to folk, the type
of music or instrument do not matter, and the
team would love to hear from people who have
never written music before or have been writing
for decades. What matters is that the music
is inspired by a place in the Nene Valley, so
get creative and write your own ‘Northampton
Number’, ‘Oratorio for Oundle’ or ‘Rushden Rap’.

As so many of us are now exploring our local
area more, take time to get inspired by the
wildlife, plants and trees you see, as well as the
River Nene. If you’re unable to head out and
about, visit www.900voicesofthenene.co.uk to
see an archive of hundreds of photos, stories,
videos and more that is sure to get your creativity
fl owing. Benjamin Till will choose a winner of
the prize, which will feature on the Nenescape
website and all entries will be shared on social
media.

Please visit the Nenescape website at
www.nenescape.org for more information about
this and other things to do in lockdown or
contact Nenescape’s Interpretation and
Community Engagement Offi cer, Alison
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Community Songbook