A Long Walk to Grimethorpe

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A Long Walk to Grimethorpe

A performance for Brass Band, sound recordings and documentary film.

A Long Walk to Grimethorpe encompasses a new piece of music for brass band, together with a documentary film. This project explores both the creation of the music and the context within which is resides. It brings together the University of Sheffield Brass Band (USBB), electronic music composer Joe Snape and film-maker Ismar Badzic.

As the sun comes up over the peak district, electronic music composer Joe Snape sets off from Sheffield city centre with a simple aim: to walk to the renowned Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band’s rehearsal space in time to hear their evening rehearsal.

The catch? He has to do it wearing a tuba.

But this is no ordinary tuba. Rather, it is an instrument rigged with numerous tiny microphones, each capturing a subtly different resonance within the instrument. Together, these microphones are responsible for recording the entire walk, creating an abstract, patchwork document of a most basic of journeys.

A Long Walk to Grimethorpe, together with the documentary, will be premiered on Thursday 15 May, 7.30pm, S1 Artspace, Sheffield.

Watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/90488403

Joe Snape said: "A rumination on the relationships between sound, geography, musical heritage and cultural belonging, A Long Walk to Grimethorpe will be one of the most exciting pieces of socially rooted contemporary art produced in Sheffield for years."

This project is supported by Arts Council England, the University of Sheffield Alumni Foundation, Sheffield Town Trust and the Sheffield Students’ Union Innovation Fund.

Composer: joesna.pe
Filmmaker: glovesandglass.com

This event is organized by Sheffeld-based arts platform Hand Of.

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