Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2015 Families’ Concert Benjamin Britten - The Little Sweep from Let’s Make an Opera 2:30pm, Saturday 1st August, Townsville Civic Theatre Conducted by Nicholas Daniel Valda Wilson (Soprano) Orava String Quartet Benjamin Martin (Piano) David Selig (Piano) Timothy Constable (Percussion) Other vocal soloists, young and older from the local community, to be selected through auditions Choir: Amadeus Singers Creative Team: Director: TBC Conductor: Nicholas Daniel Project Coordinator: Amy Zaghini Chorus Master: Anne Milanovic Stage Manager: TBC Lighting: Townsville Civic Theatre Sound: Townsville Civic Theatre Stage Crew: Townsville Civic Theatre Set Design/Creation: TBC Costumes: TBC Props: TBC Rehearsal Pianist: TBC The Little Sweep is an opera for children in three scenes by the English composer Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier. The short opera tells the tale of a young sweep who gets stuck up a chimney and is rescued by plucky children who plot to keep him safe from his brutal master. Following on the heels of AFCM’s hugely successful performances of Britten’s Noye’s Fludde and Maxwell Davies’ Cinderella AFCM’s 2015 production will be conducted by Nicholas Daniel and feature festival artists including Valda Wilson, the Orava String Quartet, Benjamin Martin, David Selig and Timothy Constable. Duration approx 45 minutes. ADULT $20, MEMBER $15, CONCESSION $18, CHILDREN (17 YEARS & UNDER) $10. Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2015 Families’ Concert Brief – The Little Sweep 1 AUDITIONS: Thursday 7th May 2015 From 4pm – 7pm Townsville Greek Community Centre, 799 Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810 Those auditioning will be required to sing an excerpt from The Little Sweep accompanied plus a piece of their own choice A Capella. AFCM General Manager Sue Hackett, Chorus Master Anne Milanovic and Families’ Concert Project Coordinator Amy Zaghini will help facilitate the auditions. Call backs as required. AFCM are currently seeking local performers to fill the following roles: Character: Performed by Black Bob, a brutal sweep-master/ Tom, the coachman from Woodbridge Clem, his son & assistant/ Alfred, the gardener at Iken Hall Sam, their new sweep boy TBC Miss Baggott, the housekeeper at Iken Hall Juliet Brook, child of Iken Hall TBC TBC Gay Brook, child of Iken Hall TBC Sophie Brook, child of Iken Hall TBC Rowan, the nursery-maid to the Woodbridge cousins Jonny Crome Valda Wilson TBC Hughie Crome TBC Tina Crome TBC Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2015 Families’ Concert Brief – The Little Sweep TBC TBC Extract to perform at auditions on the following pages: Pg 3-4 Pg 27-29 Pg 3-4 Pg 27-29 Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 Pg 51-55 Pg 69-72 Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 n/a Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 Pg 24-25 Pg 40-42 Vocal Range: Character suitable for: NB the age of the characters are flexible Bass Male Tenor Male Treble Male Approx 8 – 13 years old Female Approx 14 – 17 years old Approx 13 years old Approx 10 - 17 years old Female Contralto Soprano Treble Soprano Soprano Treble Treble Soprano Approx 15 years old Approx 8 - 13 years old Approx 8 – 13 years old 2 Rehearsals: Rehearsal times will be Tuesdays 5.30pm – 7pm & Sundays 2pm – 4.30pm. Each rehearsal will be broken down into a schedule that the cast will receive a week in advance and not every performer will be needed at each rehearsal. First rehearsal will be Sunday 17th May 2015 (11 weeks of rehearsals) Compulsory Rehearsals • • • • • First Rehearsal with the Director – Sunday 31 May from 2pm – 4.30pm venue TBC School holiday workshops with the Director – 27-28 June & 4-5 July First Full Run with Cast & Orchestra – Wednesday 29 July from 5pm – 7.30pm venue TBC Second Full Run with Cast & Orchestra – Thursday 30 July from 5pm – 7.30pm venue TBC Tech Run Cast & Orchestra – Saturday 1 August from 10am – 12pm at Townsville Civic Theatre Links: To download audition music please visit http://www.afcm.com.au/young_afcm/auditions.php. Good performance of The Little Sweep on youtube starts at 1:06:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVvQrwXTuY0 Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2015 Families’ Concert Brief – The Little Sweep 3 Please compete the following form and return to [email protected] so that we can allocate you an audition time on Thursday 7th May 2015 from 4pm-7pm at the Townsville Greek Community Centre. Audition Form Name: Age: Email: Phone number: Singing Teacher/Choir: Performance experience (if any): Vocal range: Availability: Do you have any dates you cannot attend rehearsals? (incl. school holidays) For children under 18 years To the parent May we use your child’s photograph in printed publications produced by the AFCM? Please circle May we use your child’s photograph on our web site? Yes / No Name of adult signing: Relation to child: Signature: Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2015 Families’ Concert Brief – The Little Sweep Yes / No Date: 4
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