Olympic performance at Swindon Steam Museum

I've spoken to Tanya Cochrane who is leading on the Superstings and Bellowhead project as part of the Cultural Olympiad BBC Music Nation weekend. This short film explains more as does the press release below. Please promote this project to your friends, colleagues and audiences as you feel able.

http://festival.london2012.com/backstage/index.php?start=10

OLYMPIC SUCCESS FOR SUPERSTRINGS!

On Saturday 11^th February 120 young musicians from across Wiltshire will be put through their paces by Bellowhead percussionist Pete Flood.  It will be their final rehearsal before appearing on stage with Bellowhead in a fantastic concert at STEAM Museum on Sunday 4^th March as part of the Cultural Olympics 2012  for the BBC Music Nation Festival.

The young sting players come from Salisbury, Devizes, Marlborough, Trowbridge will congregate in Market Lavington Community Hall to put the finishing touches to a new work composed especially for them by Pete Flood.

Local music group Superstrings have recently been selected to represent the South West as part of the nationwide Cultural Olympiad, celebrating excellence in music during the run up to the London Olympic Games in 2012. http://festival.london2012.com/events/9000961607

They will perform a spectacular concert as part of Music Nation, which sees music groups running innovative performances across the uk, culminating in a BBC weekend of performances on the  3^rd and 4^th March 2012.

The Superstring’s project will involve young string players from all over Wiltshire performing the World Premiere of a specially commissioned piece alongside award winning folk super-group BELLOWHEAD, at Swindon’s STEAM Museum on Sunday 4^th March 2012. 

Inspired by Alfred Williams, renowned collector of the folk songs of Wiltshire and ‘hammerman’ in the workshops of Great Western Railways in Swindon, the new work will take the form of A Folk Suite and will be written especially for members of Bellowhead, plus professional folk duos and Superstrings. 

Through a 6 month series of inspirational workshops in the lead up to the performance, Superstrings hope to create a legacy that will result in local children taking an interest in their own culture and heritage for years to come. 

This promises to be an extremely exciting musical event for the region and we are keen to get as much publicity as possible for this exciting family event at the spectacular Steam Museum.

Tickets can be purchased from Gigantic - http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/event_gce_31849a.html

If you can help Super Strings with financial support, marketing, or in any other way, please do get in touch with Tanya Cochrane on 07850 220 007.