The Alice Sound: Making New Music and Learning Resources Based On Carroll's Classic Works

爱丽丝之声：根据卡罗尔的经典作品制作新的音乐和学习资源

• 批准号: AH/W003910/1
• 负责人: Kiera Vaclavik
• 金额: $ 10.17万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW003910%2F1
• 关键词: Alice; Sound; Making; New; Music

This project builds on AHRC-funded research which revealed Victorian understanding of, and widescale creative engagement with, Lewis Carrroll's 'Alice' books - landmark works that continue to capture the popular imagination in Britain and beyond. A range of audiences beyond academia benefited from the research findings via events, media coverage and a six-month exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood. The innovative research-led exhibition enabled deep, enduring and creative engagement with Carroll's work and its afterlife, especially on the part of British children. While the fellowship focused primarily on what Alice looked like to the Victorians, archival work on music sheets featuring early coloured illustrations also enabled insights into what she sounded like. This opened up a whole new and unforeseen avenue of research concerning the sonic dimension of the works, and to a collaboration with composer Paul Rissmann and the London Symphony Orchestra [LSO]. The QMUL-funded pilot project produced a new 20-minute Wonderland orchestral suite with vocal parts, based on Carroll's text and the historical music sheets, which premiered at the Barbican in November 2015.This follow-on proposal draws on the fellowship research and the pilot project methodology to respond to the acute need for rich, cross-curricular provision for all children in the face of the ravages on music education and other creative activities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There', this project will complete and scale up the 2015 Wonderland pilot, substantially extending its reach and legacy, and actively involving children throughout. A brand new companion piece to the Wonderland Suite, based on 'Looking Glass', will be created by Rissmann in collaboration with the PI and with children, and will be performed by the LSO in participatory school and family concerts at the Barbican. Enabling access to high-quality performances of these works to the widest audience possible, both pieces of music will be recorded and the films made permanently and freely available on a bespoke project website. A suite of attractive, accessible, cross-curricular learning resources to guide and enhance engagement with the books and the music will be the other key feature of the website. A marketing strategy jointly developed by the LSO and QMUL, involving events, press releases and features and social media dissemination, will ensure the widest possible uptake of the website nationally and internationally.Generous contributions from the LSO make possible all 4 performances and covers 1/3 of the total recording costs. This application enables the commission of the new collaborative and participatory work, the creation of the website and learning resources, and covers the remaining 2/3 of the recording costs. The project will deliver real-world impact: supporting the LSO in its recently developed regional and digital learning strategy, and assisting teachers under acute pressures of time - compounded in many cases by lack of experience with music and classic texts - in order to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on children's well-being, learning and creativity. Renowned author and former children's laureate, Julia Donaldson, recently expressed her concern that 'there would be some children who grow [up] not able to sing'. Mobilising AHRC-funded research, this project enables engagement with classical music and touchstone texts, ensuring, ultimately, that children across the UK and beyond can indeed grow up singing.

这个项目建立在AHRC资助的研究基础上，该研究揭示了维多利亚时代对刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝》书的理解和广泛的创造性参与-这些里程碑式的作品继续吸引着英国和其他地方的大众想象力。通过活动、媒体报道和在V&A儿童博物馆为期六个月的展览，学术界以外的一系列观众从研究结果中受益。这个创新的研究主导的展览使人们能够深入、持久和创造性地参与卡罗尔的作品及其来世，特别是英国儿童的作品。虽然奖学金主要集中在爱丽丝在维多利亚时代的样子，但以早期彩色插图为特色的乐谱档案工作也使人们能够深入了解她的声音。这为研究作品的声音维度开辟了一条全新的、意想不到的途径，并与作曲家保罗·里斯曼和伦敦交响乐团[LSO]合作。QMUL资助的试点项目根据卡罗尔的课文和历史乐谱制作了一套新的20分钟仙境管弦乐组曲，带有声乐部分，于2015年11月在巴比肯音乐厅首演。这项后续提案利用奖学金研究和试点项目方法，以回应面对新冠肺炎疫情对音乐教育和其他创造性活动造成的破坏，为所有儿童提供丰富的跨课程课程的迫切需求。恰逢《透过镜片和爱丽丝在那里发现》150周年，该项目将完成并扩大2015年仙境试行的规模，大大扩展其影响范围和遗产，并在整个过程中积极吸引儿童参与。Rissmann将与PI和儿童合作创作一首全新的仙境组曲《Looking Glass》，它将由LSO在巴比肯的参与式学校和家庭音乐会上表演。为了让尽可能多的观众能够获得这些作品的高质量表演，这两段音乐都将被录制，电影将在一个定制的项目网站上永久和免费提供。该网站的另一个主要特点将是一套有吸引力的、可访问的、跨课程的学习资源，以指导和加强与书籍和音乐的互动。LSO和QMUL共同制定的营销策略，包括活动、新闻稿和特写以及社交媒体传播，将确保网站在国内和国际上获得尽可能广泛的利用。LSO的普遍贡献使所有4场演出成为可能，并覆盖了总录制成本的三分之一。这一应用程序使新的协作和参与性工作得以开展，网站和学习资源的创建得以实现，并支付了其余三分之二的录制费用。该项目将产生现实世界的影响：支持LSO最近制定的区域和数字学习战略，并帮助面临严重时间压力的教师--在许多情况下，由于缺乏音乐和经典文本的经验而雪上加霜--以减轻新冠肺炎对儿童福祉、学习和创造力的影响。著名作家、前儿童奖获得者朱莉娅·唐纳森最近表达了她的担忧，她担心会有一些孩子长大后不会唱歌。这个项目动员了AHRC资助的研究，使人们能够接触到古典音乐和试金石文本，最终确保英国和其他地方的孩子们真的能在歌声中长大。