Education NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS Tour 1995 ENSEMBLE BASH BT

BT is delighted to continue its support for this tour as one part of its commitment to Making More of Music - a unique three-year partnership between BT and the National Federation of Music Societies. During this period, the project is providing over 10,000 training opportunities through choral, orchestral and marketing workshops and also over thirty BT Innovation Awards. The latter are designed both to recognise and to encourage innovation in the various activities of NFMS member societies. Through the Education. Artist Tour, we are delighted to extend this sponsorhip to NFMS concert promoters, schools and colleges. Making More of Music We feel that these eighteen workshops and concerts which make up the 1995 BT/NFMS Education Artist Tour are especially important. We know that the enthusiasm and excitement which Ensemble Bash generates will prove be a rewarding experience for workshop participants and audiences alike. I hope in turn this will encourage concert promoters to build on the links made today to undertake similar projects in the future. Finally, I would like to extend a warm welcome to some of the young people who took part in today's workshops. Making More of Music is not just about listening, it's about doing. BT's commitment to "add to the quality of life in communities. throughout the UK" is also about supporting and encouraging participation in the Arts. Thank you for taking part today and thank you for being part of Making More of Music. BT Sandy Walkington Head of Corporate Affairs NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES "Where NFMS is active, music becomes alive!" Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE, President NFMS The National Federation of Music Societies was founded in 1935 and is the leading national umbrella organisation for the voluntary music sector. It represents 1,600 choirs, orchestras and concert promoting societies throughout the UK and supplies legal, financial, artistic training and development services to members. NFMS members promote 7,500 concerts annually to an audience of over 1.4 million. Members invest over £13,000,000 in the music industry each year; half this sum purchases the services of professional musicians for concerts, recitals and training. The Federation's members are proud to promote concerts in thousands of villages, towns and cities from Land's End to Orkney. In many communities an NFMS concert is the only form of live music NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS For further information please contact Russell Jones, Chief Executive National Federation of Music Societies. Francis House Francis Street London SWIP IDE Tel: 0171 828 7320 Fax: 0171 828 5504 Registered Charity No. 249219

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a major imposers le in the towards ning out. mpanied to John ces, the lishing a sparked Fitkin's this CD 1, Snape and the ain. The ually at enthusi- e in the ation of touring the UK eason. dersheet the last STEWART COPELAND It was in 1977 that Stewart had recruited Sting and Andy Summers to create The Police. The band went on to extraordinary critical and commercial success, making five multi-platinum albums in a row. Praised for both its musical sophistication and adven- turesome spirit, The Police eventually sold over 40 milion records and helped establish Stewart as one of contemporary music's most. original and innovative artists. In 1983, Stewart began work on his first motion picture score: Francis Ford Coppola's "art movie for kids", Rumblefish. The next year, having completed the 1984 Police Tour, and having worked with Adrian Lyne on 9% Weeks, he left for Africa where he filmed and recorded his personal interpretations of native ethnic music: The Rhythmatists. For the next two seasons he scored The Equalizer, receiving critical praise for his musical contributions to the television series. In 1987, he began his association with Oliver Stone by composing and performing the score of Wall Street, and in 1988, two films bore Stewart's unique imprint: the score for John Hughes' She's Having a Baby, and the score for Stone's controversial Talk Radio. Subsequently he went to work with Arthur Hiller and scored See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Tri-Star Pictures' first hit. In 1990 he scored The First Power, Taking Care of Business and Highlander II. Outside of the recording and film worlds, Stewart has been involved in a diverse group of projects that reflect his special talents and ever-expanding musical vocabulary. He scored and composed King Lear for the San Francisco Ballet and completed a commission for the Cleveland Opera, Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, which was presented in early October 1989 with a 90 piece orchestra and 60 member chorus and again by the Fort Worth Opera in 1990. In 1992, he completed a new opera, Horse Operal which was commissioned by Britain's Channel 4 as part of the TV network's new opera series. Horse Opera, based on the original play Cowboys by Ann Caufield with a libretto written by Jonathan Moore, a popular British comedian, was filmed on location in Arizona for broadcast in England in late 1993. Additionally, he wrote the music for a one act opera (libretto by David Bamberger), Cask of Amontillado based on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe. It premièred in Bermuda in the spring of 1994. In January of 1994 Stewart headlined the national tour, Stewart Copeland and the Rhythmatists, based on Stewart's experience in Africa and loosely based on the album. and video of the same name. The tour roster features Stewart performing with a diverse. group of international musicians including: UAKTI (Point Music/Polygram) from Brazil; Percussion de Guinnea, a leading drum group from Africa; VINX (Pangea), who recently toured with Sting; and Ray Lema, an original performer on the Rhythmatist album and video. In the fall of 1993 Stewart added another dimension to his performance career by making his first appearance as a "Featured Guest Percussionist" with a major symphony orchestra, the Seattle Symphony. He performed original compositions including a world première entitled Solcheeka, an excerpt from a work-in-progress, The Stars That Played with Lucky Joe's Cards, as well as excerpts from Holy Blood and Crescent Moon. Following this performance Stewart was commissioned by the Ballet Oklahoma to create a new piece to be choreographed by their artistic director, Brian Pitts. Stewart, who also performed during the three performances in October 1994, based Prey on themes of the animal kingdom. In March 1995 a collection of Stewart's compositions was performed and recorded in Albany with the Albany Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Allan Miller as well as with Miller's smaller, avant-garde ensemble, the Dogs of Desire. Stewart explains, "For years, over a decade in fact, I have been writing music for Opera, Ballet and Orchestra. At first my inexperience in these media made it unwise to record these performances, but now I am ready. It has also been difficult to get orchestras that were designed for Mozart to perform accurately new music with intricate modern rhythmic and melodic sensibilities. Now, with the advent of David's Dogs of Desire, there is an ensemble that relishes that challenge." Works recorded include Birds and Baboons (from Prey); The Stars That Played with Lucky Joe's Cards, Noah's Arc; Solcheeka as well as two new works: Stalin's Sultry Serenade and Green Fingers (ten thumbs). Stewart is therefore pleased to have this opportunity of working with Ensemble Bash. esc

TOUR DATES Saturday 7 October Chance for Children Music Group & Ealing Junior Music School Drayton Manor High School. Hanwell, London W7 Contact: Helen Ranger 0181 997 5831 Wednesday 11 October Presteigne Festival Ivor Hughes Centre John Beddoes School Presteigne Contact: Joan Hughes Festival Secretary 01544 230681 Sunday 15 October Teesside Music Society Middlesborough Little Theatre Contact: Anna Jackson 01642 676411 Tuesday 17 October Cockermouth Music Society Kirkgate Centre Kirkgate Cockermouth Contact: Susan Allison 01697 371397 Thursday 19 October North Cumbria Recitals St. Cuthbert's Church Carlisle Contact: Mrs. J. Swift 01228 513562 Friday 20 October University of York Concerts Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Music Department University of York Contact: Sarah Derbyshire 01904 432447 (general) 01904 432439 (box office) Wednesday 1 November Bideford Music Club Edgehill College Bideford Contact: Jean Lethbridge 01409 261584 Monday 6 November Brockenhurst Music Society Brockenhurst Tertiary College. Brockenhurst Hampshire Contact: Keith Crampton 01590 623383 Wednesday 8 November Kelly College Music Society Big School, Kelly College Tavistock Contact: Andrew Wilson 01822 612010 Tuesday 14 November Gordonstoun Concerts Society St. Christopher's Chapel Gordonstoun School Elgin Contact: Kenneth Bews 01343 830264 Wednesday 15 November Boner Hall, University of Dundee Boner Hall Park Place Dundee Contact: John Cassells 01382 229450 Saturday 18 November Belfast Music Society Elmwood Hall at Queens University Road Belfast Contact: Margaret Langhammer 01960 352912 Thursday 23 November Music at Duffield Ecclesbourne School Duffield Contact: Mona Locke 01332 559537 Sunday 26 November Bromsgrove Junior Concert Club South Bromsgrove High School Charford Road Bromsgrove Contact: Judith Beasley 01905 774520 Friday 1 December The Phoenix Arts Centre William Parker School Parkstone Road Hastings Contact: David Ruffer 01424 722612 Saturday 2 December The Green Room Society Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells Contact: James Hinves 01892 852188 Monday 4 December Merlin Music Society School Hall Monmouth School Monmouth Gwent Contact: Jeffrey Gray 01600 772232 Monday 29 January Luton Music Club St. George's Theatre Luton Contact: Chris Thomas 01462 711327

All the apple blossom of the sea' (From "On me dit que la-bas" by André Breton) Richard, Andrew, Chris and Stephen on marimba. THE GENE POOL Commissioned by Ensemble Bash for the BT/NFMS Education Artist Tour 1995 The Genc Pool has also been recorded by Ensemble Bash for their first album for Sony Classical. Since his years with Sting and Andy Summers in The Police, Stewart has written many film scores as detailed in his biography. The Gene Pool represents a departure in his writing towards broader structures, the energy of which makes itself felt from the very beginning. The Gene Pool leads you through a variety of themes, thundering to a climax in a central drumming section; but the tuned material reasserts itself, and the piece winds down to a final full stop. Stewart Copeland Andrew drum kit, crotales; Chris marimba, crotales, bass drum; Stephen bass marimba, djembe, snare drum; Richard marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, small bass drum, snare drum, crotales. *interval* SHAKEN NOT STIRRED Michael Daugherty A tribute to Bond, James Bond, British agent 007, on Her Majesty's Secret Service. Lively vibraphone and marimba riffs are driven by an electric bass. Music that looks good in a dinner jacket, licenced to thrill. Stephen - Bongos, Hi-hat, Splash Cymbal, Castanets, Claves, Gong, Triangle, Crotale, Wood Block, Cowbell and Maracas; Andrew Vibraphone, Maracas, Wine Glass; Richard - Marimba, Maracas, Tambourine; Chris Bass Guitar. DRUM GODS Simon Limbrick Throw out all your instruments except for your drumsticks, and what are you left with? Simon Limbrick's deft and witty piece was created especially for Ensemble Bash in 1993. MARIMBA SPIRITUAL Minoru Miki Written as the composer's response to the plight of those dying of starvation in Africa, Marimba Spiritual opens as a meditative prayer, and explodes into an uplifting celebration of the lives of those who have perished in the tragedy. KUMPO (Senegalese Ritual Drumming) Richard - solo marimba; Andrew - 4 Thai gongs, 3 wood blocks, small tom-tom, tamborim; Chris - 4 Chinese opera gongs, 4 Japanese wood blocks, low bongos; Stephen 3 tam-tams, 3 granite blocks, large bass drum, binsasara. Traditional, arr. Paulinus Bozie Paulinus Bozie is one of Ghana's leading musicians. Now living in Leeds, he is not only a master of the Gyil (xylophone) and many types of drum, but a talented composer, often using reggae styles in his music. We are continually grateful to him for teaching us this inspirational music. "For naked rhythmic power it would be hard to out-do the Senegalese circumcision dance, whose driving, hypnotic beat set the show on the road." (The Times). Ensemble Bash end the evening with a thrilling display of djembé drumming. Chris, Andrew, Richard - djembe's; Stephen - dundun.

GHANAIAN WAR DRUMMING PROGRAMME Trad arr., Richard Benjafield. The drums of the Ewe people of eastern Ghana make up a family, in a similar way to that in which African village communities are structured. Each member has a clearly defined role, which depends on all the others for its contribution to the success of the whole. The master drummer, like the chief of a village, calls the tune. This piece uses both fast and slow patterns from the Ewe war dance Agbekor; it would not have been possible without the invaluable teaching of Afadina Tsikpa and Bernard Woma, of the Ghana Dance Ensemble. Richard atsimevu, axatse and tokue; Chris bells; Stephen krobodzi and gankogui. PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN D kagan and gankogui; Andrew kidi and agogo 2 J.S. Bach, arr., Chris Brannick Bach's sublime music in an artful arrangement for marimbas. Bach did not actually specify on what keyboard instrument his 48 preludes and fugues should be played, merely that the instrument should be tuned in temperament and capable of playing in all the keys of the chromatic scale. Chris Brannick's arrangement stylishly exploits the expressive qualities of the marimbas. even Chris bass marimba; Andrew marimba & vibraphone; Stephen bass marimba; Richard marimba SHIFTWORK Howard Skempton Shiftwork was commissioned by Ensemble Bash with funds made available by the London Arts Board, and is part of the "Carrier Bag" series of pieces. The composer must write a piece such that every player's instrument can be contained in a carrier bag, thus alleviating the problems of limited performing space and transport. Howard took this injunction very much to heart all the instruments for Shiftwork will fit in one bag! This piece features a new instrument, never previously used: clay ramekins filled with ceramic baking beans. The constant rhythmic interplay and shifting of emphasis mean that your attention may not settle for the next five minutes. Stephen sleigh bells, ramekin filled with ceramic baking beans; Andrew sleigh bells, ramekin, maracas; Chris ramekin, maracas; Richard sleigh bells, ramekin. APPLE BLOSSOM Peter Garland This simple work is based on a single thirteen-note chord. It is a beautiful. example of "minimalist" music, and the power of a composer's imagination in creating a sound-world through economical means. 'Behind you Casting its last dark flame between your legs The ground of paradise lost Ice of darkness mirror of love. And lower down towards your arms that open wide To the proof of Spring Of AFTERWARDS And the non-existence of evil

Making More of Music! As one of the UK's leading companies, BT is conscious of its wider obligation to help create a better society - not least because it is a business that operates in every community in the UK. It is for this reason that BT is pleased to support the Education Artist Tour as part of its commitment to 'Making More of Music', a unique partnership between BT and the National Federation of Music Societies. Both BT and NFMS hope you enjoy the concert. A commitment to the community is something we both share. BT In the community