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Performance TitleTri-Borough Music Hub - 'Seven Seeds'
Performance Date23 June 2015
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time18:31
Main PerformersMarcus Farnsworth (Hades),
Yvonne Howard (Demeter),
Sinead O'Kelly (Persephone) - vocals
Secondary PerformersStudents from:
Addison Primary School,
All Saints CE Primary School, Fulham.
Ark Swift Primary Acdemy,
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School,
Langford Primary School,
Lena Gardens Primary School,
Normand Croft Community School,
Old Oak Primary School,
St.Augsutine's RC Primary School,
St. John's Walham Green CE Primary Sschool,
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School,
St. Stepehen's CE Primary,
Sulivan Primary School,
Wormholt Park Primary School,
Wendell Park Primary School,
Ashburnham Community School,
Avondale Primary School,
Barlby Primary School,
Bevington Primary School,
Bousfield Primary School,
Colville School,
Marlborough Primary School,
Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School,
Oxford Primary Schools,
Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy,
Servite RC Primary School,
ST. Charles Catholic Primary School,
St. Francis of Assisi Primary,
St. Jospeh's RC Primary School,
St. Mary Abbots School,
St. Marys RC Primary School,
St. Cuthbert with St. Matthias CE Primary School,
St. Thomas' CE Primary School,
Burdett-Coutts School,
Churchill Gardens Primary Academy,
College Park School,
Edward Wilson Primary School,
Gateway Academy,
George Eliot Primary School,
Hallfield Primary School,
Hampden Gurney CE Primary School,
Millbank Academy,
QEII Jubilee School,
St. Augustine's Primary School,
St. Clement Danes CE Primary School,
St. Edward's Catholic Primary School,
St. Joseph's Catholic School,
St. Barnabas' CE Primary School,
St. Mary's Bryanston Square School,
Wilberforce Primary School
Orchestra or BandSeven Seeds Massed Orchestra:
Aurora Orchestra,
Albert's Band,
Southbank Sinfonia,
Royal College of Music,
Royal Academy of Music,
Tri-Borough Music Hub students
ChoirsThe Young Singers - Overworld Semi-Chorus
AKA Singers - Underworld Semi-Chorus, Hermes,
Chickenshed Kensington - Underworld Chorus,
Chelsea youth Theatre - Underworld Chorus,
Inner Voices - River Styx,
West London Free School - Persephone's Circle,
The Bach Choir - Styx
ConductorsNicholas Collon
Set List'Seven Seeds', John Barber, lyr. Hazel Gould
Performance NotesSeven Seeds is a newly-commissioned piece of music written by composer John Barber and writer Hazel Gould inspired by the Greek myth, Persephone.

The piece has been written with the input of children from across the Tri-borough and will be premiered at this special concert by over 1,200 young singers alongside an orchestra made up of professional musicians from Albert's Band, Aurora Orchestra and the Southbank Sinfonia, as well as students from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.

The event will be conducted by Aurora Orchestra Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon and will feature soloists Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) and Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano).

The performance was professionally filmed and made available online for free.

The Seven Seeds concert celebrated a three year partnership with the Tri-borough Music Hub and the Royal Albert Hall. The project was recognised by two national music education award bodies for its outstanding performance quality and contribution to music education. The Seven Seeds project was named as the joint winner of the Music Education Council (MEC) ‘New Music’ award. In addition the Tri-Borough Music Hub was nominated for the 2016 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence in the category of ‘Best Classical Music Education Initiative’ for Seven Seeds.

Commission and premiere of 'Seven Seeds', John Barber, lyr. Hazel Gould.

The Tri-borough Music Hub's 'Seven Seeds' won the Learning and Partipcation Award at the RPS Music Awards 2016. This was the first time any Music Hub had won an RPS Award.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2015/50)
Ticket Prices£4 (schools), £5 (concessions), £10
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/xbjxbnKxTImv6.x
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2015/50Tri-Borough Music Hub - 'Seven Seeds'23 June 2015
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10199Tri-Borough Music Hub - 'Seven Seeds'1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1163Farnsworth; Marcus (fl 2009-); English baritone
DS/UK/19265Howard; Yvonne (fl 1980s-); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/4524Albert's Band (2010s-)
DS/UK/1058Aurora Orchestra; 2005-; British chamber orchestra
DS/UK/5764Southbank Sinfonia; 2002-; British classical orchestra
DS/UK/1059Collon; Nicholas (fl 2012); British conductor
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