SUNDAY 7 & 14 DECEMBER

With Dr Peter Rosser, composer
and
Paul O’Reilly, clarinetist and saxophonist

CALLING ALL COMPOSERS!

ARE YOU SEEKING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR MUSIC?
ARE YOU WORKING ON COMPOSITION FOR YOUR GSCE, A LEVEL, OR DEGREE PORTFOLIO?

The Crescent Arts Centre presents a two day winter composition course for working composers or music students featuring lectures, demonstrations, practical workshops and performance.  Participants will write a piece for solo clarinet or saxophone to be performed at a concert in the Crescent Arts Centre on Sunday 14 December by clarinetist and saxophonist Paul O’Reilly.

Fees: Full Fee ₤40.00 / Concession ₤30.00
The fee covers the two days of talks, workshops and surgeries. Each participant will also be provided with a CD of his/her work on completion of the course. Please book early as places are strictly limited.

Tel: 028 90 242338
Email: keith@crescentarts.org
Web: www.crescentarts.org
Crescent Arts Centre, 165 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 1SQ

TIMETABLE
Sunday 7 December

10.00am Introduction and registration
10.30am TALK - COMPOSITION IN PRACTICE - Dr Peter Rosser.
A guide to the principles of original composition with analyses of works for
single instruments. Featured pieces include: Debussy’s Syrinx, Varese’s Density
21.5 and Bach’s solo instrumental writing.

11.30am DEMONSTRATION AND PERFORMANCE - Paul O’Reilly explains the
clarinet and the saxophone and discusses repertoire, extended technique,
performance practice, scoring and transposition.

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pm WORKSHOPS - Participants begin to develop their pieces for clarinet or
saxophone. Peter Rosser and Paul O’Reilly will be in attendance to offer advice
and ideas.

4.00pm Closing remarks and summary of first day.

During the following week participants will be asked to work on their compositions in preparation for the following Sunday

Sunday 14 December

10.00am TALK - COMPOSITION IN ACTION - Dr Peter Rosser presents a guide to
living as a composer in Ireland. Topics include funding for composers, new
music organisations, and best practice for working musicians.

11.00am SURGERY - Participants discuss their new compositions with Dr Peter Rosser
and Paul O’Reilly. This is a chance to finalise scores and iron out problems
ahead of the afternoon’s rehearsals and performances.

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pm REHEARSALS - Participants will hold private rehearsals with Paul O’Reilly to
develop the interpretation of their pieces.

3.00pm CONCERT - Friends and family are invited to attend a concert of the completed
compositions. Each participant will be given a CD recording of their new work.

4.00pm CLOSING REMARKS

Hollywood Screenwriting:
Jumping The First Hurdle

with James Bartlett

Friday  28th November
3.00pm – 5.00pm

£12.00/£10.00
(places limited so please book early to avoid disappointment)

In Hollywood, thousands of scripts land on the desks of producers, agents, actors and studio executives every day – how can you make sure that yours makes it past the first hurdle? This lecture and workshop will discuss some of the simple but fatal “red flag” mistakes that screenwriters make - and how to avoid them. There will also be discussion about the differences between Hollywood and the UK/Ireland film industry, and, time permitting, group discussion of your own script/story ideas in a Hollywood style pitch session.

James Bartlett is a writer and journalist living in Los Angeles and also works for Sundance, National Geographic Films, New Regency, UCLA and the Academy of Motion Pictures’ Nicholl Screenwriting Awards. Having worked in film production, music licensing and ARISTA Development he moved to Los Angeles in 2004

Due to relocation during refurbishment The Crescent Arts Centre’s 14th annual dance festival, CityDance08, has this year moved from midsummer at Lower Crescent Park to autumn at the Waterfront Studio.  We are delighted to present dance audiences with this opportunity to enjoy a gala evening of specially choreographed contemporary dance and classical ballet performances. Performances by friends of dance at the Crescent will include Crescent Second Chance Ballet, Crescent Contemporary Dance, Belfast Ballet Club, Maiden Voyage Dance Company, Company Maine, Orbit Dance Company, Craic Theatre, Crescent Urban Classicism, Belfast Met Modern Dance and our famous Grand Dancing Dame Jennifer Jordan and family. Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards providing dance facilities in the newly refurbished Centre.

For further information contact:
Moya Henry (028 90 242 338 or moya@crescentarts.org)

Boris Vian: Les bâtisseurs d’empire *
with Annick Grall
Saturday 8 November  • 2.00pm-4.00pm  • £12.00/£10.00
An opportunity to discover/improve your knowledge of an outstanding French writer and playwright. We will discuss the famous and most political of his plays, Les bâtisseurs d’empire (1959), in which Vian gives free
expression to his satire of society and to his criticism of colonialism, capitalism and racism in his own original way. Workshop in French

Alexander Technique **
with Colin Beattie
Saturday 8 November 2.00pm-4.00pm  • £25.00/£10.00  • Max 6 people
This is an opportunity to find out about this 100-year-old self-help technique and to make an informed decision about pursuing it further. Please wear comfortable loose clothing and bring a sleeping bag or rug to lie on and 4 or 5 paperback books. Tel: 07905 300143  www.helpyourself.me.uk

Liz Donnan receives award from Alex Barnett (President JCI Belfast)

It is with great delight we are able to announce Liz Donnan’s recent ‘Community Contribution Award’ at the Belfast Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI Belfast) Civic and Community Contribution Awards 2008.

Liz was nominated for the Community Contribution Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution and achievement within the area of innovation and improvement of our civic environment, and was one of three short-listed nominees within the category.

The ceremony took place on Friday October 10th at Malone House.

Willow Sculpture *
with Alacoque Davey
Saturday 25 October  • 10.00am-4.00pm  • £30.00/£25.00 (incl materials)
An introduction to working 3-dimensionally with soft pliable ‘withies’
(willow) to create a framework around which coloured tissue paper is
layered and glued to create a beautifully translucent surface. The finished
result will be a durable paper lantern sculpture for either decorative or
functional use. No previous experience necessary. Please wear old clothes.

Life Drawing *
with Peter Mutschler
Saturdays  • 25 Oct • 6 Dec  • 11.30am-4.30pm  • £45.00/£35.00
(£25.00/£20.00 for 1 Saturday)
‘Large-scale’ and ‘expressive’ are the key words for this workshop. Combine
visual observation and inner feelings to develop personal
expression. Combinations of drawing, collage or text encouraged. Please
bring magazines/papers for cut-outs and rolls of wall lining paper.  16+ years

La chanson française: Léo Ferré *
with Annick Grall
Friday 17 October  • 7.30pm-9.30pm  • £12.00/£10.00
One of the three French singer song writers, with Brel and Brassens, to be
considered as a standard reference in French music. A talented composer
and pianist, he combines lyricism and slang to produce powerful and poetic
songs. Following a presentation we will listen to and discuss a few songs, such
as La mémoire et la mer, Paris je ne t’aime plus. Workshop in French

Mosaics Made Easy *
with Caroline Huey
Saturday 18 October  • 10.30am-4.30pm  • £25.00/£20.00
Explore the world of making mosaics and learn that making mosaics can be
easy. Once this skill has been learned no surface in the home will be safe! For
the purposes of this workshop participants will be creating a mosaic on a
small table–top, mirror / picture frame or house number plate. Please bring
a selection of tiles and ask for info sheet on enroling.

Modern Theatre Practitioners: Augusto Boal *
with Rosie Pelan
Sunday 19 October  • 2.00pm-4.00pm  • £12.00/£10.00
A major director, writer and theorist of the modern theatrical age, mainly
due to his revolutionary position regarding the ’spectactor’ and his creation
of ‘Forum Theatre’. Through a mix of theory and practice, you will under-
stand Boal and his methods and also use drama exercises, Boalian games and
Forum Theatre techniques to create your own performance.

Willow Sculpture *
with Alacoque Davey
Saturday 25 October  • 10.00am-4.00pm  • £30.00/£25.00 (incl materials)
An introduction to working 3-dimensionally with soft pliable ‘withies’
(willow) to create a framework around which coloured tissue paper is
layered and glued to create a beautifully translucent surface. The finished
result will be a durable paper lantern sculpture for either decorative or
functional use. No previous experience necessary. Please wear old clothes.