Cecil Sharp Project
It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern:
If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming, or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. If this template is removed, do not replace it. This message has remained in place for seven days, so the article may be deleted without further notice. Find sources: "Cecil Sharp Project" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR Nominator: Please consider notifying the author/project: {{subst:proposed deletion notify|Cecil Sharp Project|concern=I fail to see or find any notability for this commission}} ~~~~Timestamp: 20120912233442 23:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC) Administrators: delete |
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for events. (February 2011) |
The Cecil Sharp Project is a multi-artist, residential commission to create new material based on the life and collections of the founding father of the English Folk Revival Cecil Sharp.
The residential takes place in March 2011, immediately followed by concerts in Shrewsbury and London, with the artists also performing the results of the project at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival in August 2011.
The project is a joint commission between Shrewsbury Folk Festival and EFDSS, the overall management of the project is the responsibility of Shrewsbury Folk Festival and is directed by Neil Pearson and Alan Surtees.
Artists
The eight musicians selected for the project are
- Steve Knightley
- Jim Moray
- Jackie Oates
- Andy Cutting
- Patsy Reid
- Caroline Herring
- Kathryn Roberts
- Leonard Podolak
Dates
- March 18–25, 2011. Residential at Acton Scott, Shropshire
- March 24, 2011. Performance at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
- March 26, 2011. Performance at Cecil Sharp House, London
- March 27, 2011. Performance at Cecil Sharp House, London
- August 28, 2011. Performance at Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Shrewsbury
CD
The initial three performances are being recorded for a CD release, expected release date 30 August 2011. As with the Shrewsbury Folk Festival's previous commission, the Darwin Song Project, the CD will be mixed by Stu Hanna,