Curating Elgar

Project
Tymek playing the bicycle

Curating Elgar is a co-produced project, led by the team at The Firs with professional musician Ruth Hopkins and filmmaker Nicky Prestage.  The team worked with over 200 people (aged 3-90) in diverse community and education settings, to understand how to make Elgar relevant for a wide audience.  Through workshops, tailor made for each specific group using music, dance and sensory activities, participants were invited to investigate how Elgar’s story, music and connection to the landscape made them feel, and how this could be utilised to develop a family focused experience into making music in and inspired by the landscape. 

Ideas and ways of working were charted in a film, findings from which are currently being made into a co-produced guide to making music inspired by Elgar and our participants, which will be available on site and online in Spring 2022.

Reimagining The Firs - Video

Musician Tymek playing the bicycle

Elgar and Genius Therapy Workshops  

Read more about each participatory group involved in this process focused on Elgar and Wellbeing

Musician Ruth Hopkins performing in a workshop

Ruth Hopkins Musician 

Believing live music should be accessible for everyone, Ruth works hard to make this happen in numerous ways.

Musician Tymek playing the bicycle

Tymek Jozwiak Musician  

Drummer Tymek uses a plethora of instruments to get his beat and uses this imaginative mind to run workshops alongside Ruth.

Nicola filming out and about

Nicola Prestage FilmMaker  

Come and discover the person behind the camera in the beautiful film created from the project.

Latest updates

29 Nov 19

Workshop with The Firs Team

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20 Nov 19

Workshop with St Alphege

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02 Nov 19

Workshop with Junior Conservatoire

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