The Welsh tour is now confirmed – our bid to Arts Council of Wales was successful. So this year, 2024, the Spider will be at the Royal Botanic Garden Wales, 22nd – 23rd June; Narberth Civic Week festival, supported by Span Arts, 27th – 28th July, Wrexham Ty Pawb and the Darganfod Discover festival, 3rd […]
Knighton School singing Song of Children’s Rights Children from Years 3 – 6, accompanied by adult backing singers and intrumentalists
Next workshops September 30th Gladestry Village Hall, Gladestry, 10.30am – 1pm Final workshop this year will be on October 14th, all day from 10.30am, at St Edward’s Church Hall Experiment with making music and sounds for opera, theatre and film All levels welcome, acoustic instruments only Check flyer for details
Finally – the song book is published! See below for a sneak preview and details of how to obtain it either as a hard copy delivered by post or pdf. You can listen to the songs at: camillacancantata.bandcamp.com/album/the-bug-lovers-song-book What people have to say about the song book: ‘The Bug Lover’s Songbook is a delightfully varied […]
Another year, another COP, or rather COPs, the Climate COP and the Biodiversity COP. With record-breaking draughts even in normally green, damp, Wales, and fires that raged in the south of England, you would think our minds would be focused on immediate action. But it’s still all words, words and no action. Several European countries […]
Hidden Connections used motion sensors to create a sound experience along the accessible footpath in the forest. This included the voices of children at Llanidloes Primary sschool. Clearly the sensors were activated – by humans or dogs or others – as the batteries needed regular re-charging. Despite inclement weather, people turned out and were moved […]
And what will happen? Are governments going to deliver? If you want a musical reminder of the origins and perils of using fossil fuels, here’s the link to the film of Carbon Chronicles on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUvbQgxiBn4 There are arts events and installations in Hafren Forest throughout the duration of the COP. This includes an installation […]
Over seventy people turned out, equipped with brollies, and sat through the whole performance including rain showers. Dogs were all well-behaved and didn’t try to steal the show! The cast of local performers had been working hard for weeks, and discovered skills they never knew they had, both as performers and creators. Aided by a brilliant […]
I wrote these two short pieces in 2019, to be sung outside the last arms fair at the Excel Centre in London. I hoped that they would rapidly become obsolete; historical notes to a shameful episode in British history. However, despite the U.S announcing they will no longer sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, the UK […]
A light-hearted look, through song, at some of the amazing insects and other invertebrates who have been on the earth so much longer than humans Now on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi10A3P6itY&t=