Writing workshops
Writing with Your Ears.
Local author Cherry Potts leads workshops using repertoire
played by our Blackheath Halls Orchestra as a starting point.
Sunday 17th June 2012; 2.30 to
5.30pm.
Writing with Your Ears - Myth and Music
As Part of the Blackheath Opera experience, join local author
(and opera chorus member) Cherry Potts for an opportunity to
write your own fairy tale while listening to the music of Massenet
during an orchestra rehearsal. You don't need to be involved in the
opera in any other way to sign up for this workshop.
Discover the power of music (particularly live music) to inspire
plot, atmosphere and character development, explore the variations
and patterns of a traditional tale and the influence of myth and
legend, fairy/folk tales.
Feedback from 'Writing with your Ears' in January 2012:
Very, very informative - the time passed so quickly. I never
realised before how music could have such an impact on
writing.
No writing experience necessary. Bring your pens and paper and
prepare to have fun.
Everyone welcome.
£15
(max 20 participants)
Saturday 30th June 2012;
1.30 -2.30pm
Who will the audience think you are?
As Part of the Blackheath Opera experience, join local author
(and opera chorus member) Cherry Potts for a writing
workshop for Cendrillon Chorus Members, developing the character(s)
they are portraying in the opera.
Bring your lunch and explore your character's back-story,
'voice', opinions and habits; decide what connections they have
with other characters and discover what impact they have on the
story-line.
Write a letter to one of the other characters as your character,
that reveals as much of this as you think your character would want
to…
No writing experience necessary. Bring your pens and paper and
prepare to have fun.
£5
'The time passed so quickly. I never realised before how
music could have such an impact on writing.' Workshop
participant; January 2012
For more information contact Rose Ballantyne at R.Ballantyne@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
This page was updated on: 11/05/2012
