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 Brand-Barker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See the very latest news with our social media @nenescape.
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