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New song for Bristol: ‘When Music Says A Thousand Words’
Bristol Beacon has released a new song as part of its ‘A New Song For Bristol’ project.
The new song is by composer Lloyd Coleman and was
created in collaboration with members of Bristol Youth Choir.
The song is part of Bristol Beacon’s exciting project, which called out to the
Bristol public to share their experiences of life in the city during the pandemic, through
words and music.
On making the track, Lloyd said: “When I was asked to create something for ‘A New Song for
Bristol’, I knew immediately I wanted to hear from young people and children living in Bristol.”
“The pandemic has been challenging and continues to challenge so many of us – but in the heat of public
debate, I feel the voices of young people are often drowned out. To redress this, ‘When Music Says a
Thousand Words’ is a tiny snapshot into the brilliant minds of members of Bristol Youth Choir.”
Lloyd is a Bristol-based composer who worked on the latest song for Bristol Beacon.
Lloyd is the Associate Music Director of Paraorchestra, the world’s first large-scale integrated orchestra of disabled and non-disabled musicians. He shares the experience of creating a track over Zoom: “It was completely joyous for me. At first, I thought about creating a more conventional new song or the piece that the children could sing after restrictions were eased, but the answers were so good I decided it would be more powerful to hear these voices verbatim.”
“I turned into more of an audio mini-documentary with music and that change of direction only happened after meeting the choir via Zoom.”
is needed now More than ever
Lloyd’s track is the fifth song released track shared from Bristol Beacon – with two more to come, which will be shared exclusively on Bristol24/7.
Watch ‘When Music Says A Thousand Words’ now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpoa-bLemoI
Main photo: Dominika Scheibinger
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