Sounds Like Sherbet Lemons
Sounds Like Sherbet Lemons (2019). Credit: Janet Moore
Sounds Like Sherbet Lemons was a series of creative workshops that supported people aged 65+ in a Medway residential home, to create music using digital technology and foster new friendships.
We ran 10 music sessions on Monday mornings during April and June 2019, with residents of Montgomery Court, Wainscott and members of the RiverVoice Community Choir, Rochester.
Led by music technologist Kevin Grist (SparkedEcho) and music director Tania Holland Williams (Fat Lady Opera), the sessions involved elements of digital music making, reminiscing, improvisations and creative writing.
Participants created ringtones and radio jingles based on memories of old food products and characteristics of close friends and family. Whilst sharing personal stories, they experimented with accessible touch-screen music apps like Apple GarageBand and Loopy HD, on tablet devices and smart phones.
During May 2019 we were programmed as part of the national Age of Creativity Festival, supported by Voluntary Arts, Age UK and The Baring Foundation (https://www.voluntaryarts.org/age-of-creativity).
The final session was a celebration event showing a selection of the audio work, visual scores and lyrics written during the project, where family, friends and staff were invited.
Sounds Like Sherbet Lemons was a collaboration between SparkedEcho CIC and Fat Lady Opera CIC, and kindly funded by The Pargiter Trust through Kent Community Foundation.
A reflective blog evaluating the project can be found here.
We ran 10 music sessions on Monday mornings during April and June 2019, with residents of Montgomery Court, Wainscott and members of the RiverVoice Community Choir, Rochester.
Led by music technologist Kevin Grist (SparkedEcho) and music director Tania Holland Williams (Fat Lady Opera), the sessions involved elements of digital music making, reminiscing, improvisations and creative writing.
Participants created ringtones and radio jingles based on memories of old food products and characteristics of close friends and family. Whilst sharing personal stories, they experimented with accessible touch-screen music apps like Apple GarageBand and Loopy HD, on tablet devices and smart phones.
During May 2019 we were programmed as part of the national Age of Creativity Festival, supported by Voluntary Arts, Age UK and The Baring Foundation (https://www.voluntaryarts.org/age-of-creativity).
The final session was a celebration event showing a selection of the audio work, visual scores and lyrics written during the project, where family, friends and staff were invited.
Sounds Like Sherbet Lemons was a collaboration between SparkedEcho CIC and Fat Lady Opera CIC, and kindly funded by The Pargiter Trust through Kent Community Foundation.
A reflective blog evaluating the project can be found here.
