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East Meets West
EMFEB’s second tour to Jersey was bigger and bolder than the
first, and centred on a huge community music project involving
literally hundreds of children in the creation and performance of a
new work.
Children from years 5 and 6 at every Primary school on the island
were invited to write a poem entitled East Meets West. Over two
hundred and fifty poems came back from schools all over the island,
and were sent to the resident composer of the EMFEB group, Owen
Bourne, who selected eight of these poems to use as the words for a
huge choral piece, entitled East Meets West. The work was written
for the adventurous combination of Double Childrens Choir and Wind
Ensemble. The first choir was the Musical Originals Singers, a
talented chamber choir of young singers aged 13-17 led by Imogen
Nicholls. The second choir was open to any primary schoolchildren in
years 5 and 6 from any school on the island, coordinated by Liz Du
Feu. In total, three separate choirs of primary schoolchildren were
formed, involving over one hundred and twenty children from
twenty-two different primary schools. The tour consisted of five
concerts, from the East to the West of the island, and was an
outstanding success. This tour was sponsored by the Jersey Arts
Trust, Jersey Instrumental Music Service, Benest and Syvret, and
Kleinwort Benson.
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