{"id":80964,"date":"2023-10-23T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/?p=80964"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:40:32","slug":"introducing-terra-musica-a-new-series-of-story-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chethamsschoolofmusic.com\/blog\/introducing-terra-musica-a-new-series-of-story-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Terra Musica, a new series of story sessions\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Storytelling sessions for 5\u20137-year-olds and their families come to The Stoller Hall, our world-class music venue, from Sunday 19 November. <\/p>\n

Terra Musica, meaning ‘music of the world, is a new programme that will take you on a journey through sound and stories. You\u2019ll celebrate the planet\u2019s diversity and learn about different cultures and histories. <\/p>\n

Launching the programme this November is Michael Cretu, a composer and musician from Romania, and Faz Shah, a violinist and beatboxer with Pakistani heritage. <\/p>\n

Michael and Faz have been hard at work creating their story and we sat down to talk to them about how it\u2019s going and what audiences can expect\u2026<\/p>\n

{Michael Cretu}
\nMy name is Michael Cretu, I\u2019m a composer and a double bassist from Romania. I came to Manchester many years ago to study at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). Now, I\u2019m doing work at the RNCM as a visiting Music Director, I have a jazz trio, and I\u2019m the Musical Director of Manchester International Roots Orchestra. I come from a musical family of Roma heritage, which I\u2019m very proud of. We have a long musical tradition dating as far back as the seventeenth century!<\/p>\n

[Faz Shah]
\nI\u2019m Faz Shah, I\u2019m a violinist and beatboxer. I was born and raised in Oldham, Manchester, I have Pakistani heritage, and I\u2019ve done a lot of educational work with young people who are disconnected from live music. I aim to reconnect them with beatboxing, violin, and now with storytelling. I believe I have a unique capacity to bring diverse audiences together in one space. On 19 November, we\u2019re going to be sharing stories with young children and their adults. Michael and I hadn\u2019t decided on the story before we met today, but we\u2019ve mapped out the ideas and structure now and it\u2019s all coming together\u2026 Michael will compose the music and I\u2019ll be doing the narrating.<\/p>\n

[Michael Cretu]
\nWe started by talking about our upbringing and the places that we come from. I was born in Bucharest, and we lived in the Roma quarter – it was a beautiful place, but our house was quite small and so I could never have a pet. My friends had cats or dogs, but I thought it would be nice to have a little pet piglet! So, this is story of me discovering a pet piglet and how we go on an adventure with this piglet and new friend, Jonny. <\/p>\n

[Faz Shah]
\nThis show provides a firsthand experience and insight into gypsy-influenced music and gypsy tradition and stories \u2013 you\u2019re not going to have that experience anywhere else. The Roma tradition in the musical world and even further afield is not often recognised or given its due.<\/p>\n

[Michael Cretu]
\nOften the music that you hear from my home is just a bit of romanticised \u2018gypsy violin\u2019, without going deep enough to acknowledge the Roma community and culture.<\/p>\n

[Faz Shah]
\nSharing this music with a young audience is so important. We\u2019ll be doing two types of music in the show, incidental music and composed pieces. We\u2019re all about having fun with music and giving audiences something to join in with, but it\u2019s good to sit, listen and learn as well so we want to have a good balance of both.<\/p>\n

The show is forty minutes in its entirety, it will be interactive, with things for the audience to do and join in with. We can\u2019t wait to welcome people and kick off this new programme at The Stoller Hall, which aims to bring people together and build understanding and compassion. <\/p>\n

Visit our What\u2019s On page to book tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n

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