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Iʼve raised £1,030 to Fund the first ever commission of an Art Song cycle in Jèrriais.
- Funded on Thursday, 24th June 2021
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Jersey’s rich musical history is beautifully entwined with its unique position in the Channel between England and France. As a professional opera singer from Jersey now living and working in the UK, I’ve only become more inspired and dedicated to celebrating the huge wealth of musical talent and developing the extensive social and coultural benefits this project will have for people all over the Island.
Jèrriais is the language spoken by our ancestors, inhabitors of this beautiful island hundreds of years ago, it also served as a way of communication under Nazi occupation, and is as colourful and unique as the people and our way of life are.
Georgia says “I’ve wanted to commission a song cycle of Jèrriais ever since my final year at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As a part of my course I had to devise and manage a project so I decided to delve into Jersey’s rich musical history and wasn’t disappointed with what I found! The unique position of the Channel Islands has meant we’ve benefited from influence from both sides of the Channel, and equally people from all art forms have found great inspiration from our beautiful Island.
Victor Hugo famously spent many years on the Islands and numerous French composers used his texts and stories as the basis for librettos of operas and musicals, or set his beautiful poetry in song; including Faure’s haunting L’absent. Equally on the other side of the Channel, Poet Laureate John Masefield wrote his Sea Salt Ballads about his love of Jersey, one of which was to be the setting for John Ireland’s most famous song Sea Fever. John Ireland was actually on Jersey writing his piano work ‘An Island Spell’ when the news of the incoming occupation hit, so he was evacuated along with thousands of other Islanders, including my great-grandmother and infant grandmother who was born only days before the final ship sailed. John Ireland also wrote a distinctly ‘French-sounding’ impressionist song cycle called ‘Marigold’ which was the name of my grandfather’s boat I spent many happy days upon. Back on the French side of the Channel, Claude Debussy sent his final draft of Fête Galantes II to his publishers in Paris whilst staying at the Grand Hotel on the Esplanade. It’s the social, cultural and historical commentary and importance of these works that also piqued my interest and that’s why I would love to have a piece written in Jèrriais, by a Jersey composer to be performed by Jersey musicians for her people.
Charles Mauleverer will be composing this work, he says 'I'm delighted to have been asked by Georgia to collaborate on a new composition. I've previously written a very short piece in Jèrriais for the Musical Originals, but this is my first venture in writing longer form songs in our precious local dialect, of which there are very few examples in the repertoire.’
What makes this project even more exciting is the celebration of home grown talent and this will be hopefully the first of many projects Georgia and Charles will be undertaking together.
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- 3 years ago
Georgia Bishop
3 years agoI’ve lived and breathed the Jèrriais Song Project for nearly 5 months now just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who’s donated and supported the project so far and I can’t wait to see where it takes us! It really wouldn’t have been possible without you and please follow me on social media or keep in touch via my website to hear about how we’re getting on! I’ll be closing the JustGiving soon, more to come! Xxx
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- 3 years ago
Georgia Bishop
3 years agoVERY EXCITING NEWS! I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’ve secured funding for the rest of the commission amount, performance and travel fees for artists and a programme of outreach work in local primary schools for the Jèrriais Song Project! I will be working with the fantastic team at ArtHouse Jersey to help bring all my plans and ideas to life!
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- 3 years ago
Georgia Bishop
3 years agoHello all! Thank you so much to those of you who came to last week’s lecture recital. It was a great evening and I’m delighted that Susie Galvin won the gorgeous Jersey Lily drawing! There’s lots of exciting things in the pipeline and I’m so excited to be able to share them with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime here’s a recording of Spleen, Marigold:an impression from the recital last week. Yes that is me posing on my grandad’s boat of the same name, and I’m not sure if more or less of a diva now! Thanks again for all the support!
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Anonymous
Apr 25, 2021
£10.00
Anonymous
Apr 24, 2021
£30.00
Penny Arden
Apr 21, 2021
£30.00
James and Sara
Apr 20, 2021
Fantastic project Georgia! All the best with it.
£20.00
Jess Thayer
Apr 20, 2021
So proud of you Georgia!! This is going to be fabulous, and can’t wait to watch it to all come together!! You’re amazing, Go girl xxxxx
£20.00
Amory
Apr 19, 2021
£20.00
Susie Galvin
Apr 15, 2021
Can't wait to see you and hear your latest work - and your beautiful voice of course!!
£50.00
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