Programme NOTES TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER MAMMOTH SOUND
RIPPLE ESCOLA DE SAMBA
DENBIGHSHIRE YOUTH COUNTY CHOIR
Mammoth Sound are a London based band, supported by CM Sounds, one of London's leading youth music organisations. The band started back in 2009 as a three piece, playing covers before beginning to write their own music more frequently. They have gradually grown into nine piece band and are mostly East London based. Since 2009 the band has played at venues such as the Jazz Cafe, O2 Indigo and the Royal Festival Hall in London as well as performing at the Underage Festival in London's Victoria Park. They have also been regulars on CM's Music Space Project for the past four years. The band may be from East London, but have many different influences and backgrounds, and they write their lyrics in many different languages!
Ripple Escola de Samba are from Ripple Primary School in Barking. The group was born out of a world music project and has since gone from strength to strength. The group has raised aspirations from the school to the wider community and celebrate the joy of expressing themselves through their music. Since the band formed, they have performed at the Pride of Britain awards in front of Prince Charles, the Purcell Room and at Turkey's International Children's Festival in Fethiye.
Denbighshire Youth County Choir was established in 2009 and is based in the Rhyl area of North Wales. It has over sixty members drawn from at least ten schools from all over the county of Denbighshire. The choir is a bilingual choir and in the last few years has had some wonderful opportunities, including performing in the chorus of a community opera, Britten's Noye's Fludde in front of 4,000 people at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. The choir is arranged and funded by Denbighshire County Council in partnership with the William Mathias Schools Music Service.
The first song the band will play is London Town which lyrically shows the two sides of London people don't always get to see or understand. The second song, Mind-Frame, pushes out words of positivity in both French and English. Vocals Kenny Mukendi, Santarna Scott Guitar Mackenzie Jamieson Keyboard Cal McCullough Bass Yves Barbe-Willson Drums Joe Goss Alto Saxophone Oneke Tebbs Tenor Saxophone Nick Willis Trumpet Sheila Maurice Grey
This summer saw a truly inspiring event with London 2012. Starting with the torch relay, which the group were a part of, and culminating with the handover to Rio de Janiero, the home of samba! Ripple Escola de Samba will show this transition through music, starting with the continuation of the London groove, wending its way via partido alto (a “baby� samba groove) before hitting the full carnival experience in Rio with the energetic batucada! Caixa Jeffrey Gomes*, Rahul Patel Surdo Solomon Asomah, Efua Coleman, Richie Prosperous-Bongale Repanique Rhianna Fearon, Yasmin Jamal, Brandy Prosperous-Bongale Tamborim Sevtap Altioglu, Kiran Bamotra, Joyce Bofenda, Alexandra Ciocan, Sabrina Harvey, Nimirta Jassi, Apinaya Jeyarajah, Fatou Jobe, Danielius Pavilonis, Alicia Reynolds, Jaanikha Vasanthakumar, Maiya Walker Ganza Amina Ali, Daniela Asomah, Jeffrey Kankam-Boadu, Isaiah Lacey, Muskan Masih, Matthew Oyewole, Michael Pedro, Josceleyne Sousa Alves, Bridget Strange Agogo Kiran Bamotra, Fiona Bofenda, John Coote, Toran Joyce, Liyah Lacey, Torez Lacey, David Oyewole
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SCHOOLS PROM 2012
The choir opens their performance with the well known Welsh song Ysbryd y Nos (Spirit of the Night), an atmospheric anthem made famous by the Welsh 1970s pop act, Edward H Dafis. Their second piece is the beautiful Welsh song Dangos y Ffordd (Show the Way) by Robat Arwyn, a song asking for hope, love and strength. Choir Sophia Adams, Carys Allen, Sarah Baines, Sophie Baker, Devonney Beckett, Hannah Bolger, Lisa Brown, Sophie Coghlan, Tamzin Cox Parr, Jessica Dalton, Millie Dalton, Harrison Daly, Elin Darnell, Ffion Darnell, Emily Davies, Hattie Davies, Beth Denson, Georgia Dowe, Harvey Dowe, Gwen Edmunds**, Mari Edmunds, Hope Evans, Ieuan Gittins, Ieuan Griffiths, Charlotte Harmsworth, Thalia Jeavons, Carla Jones, Cristyn Jones, Eleri Jones, Elin Jones, Holly Jones, Lowri Jones, Maddison Jones, Rhian Jones, Tesni Jones**, Tesni Jones, Sophie King, Catrin Lawson, Megan Lloyd-Williams, Sophie Lloyd, Natasha Maitland-Davies, Jamie Owen, Alice Roberts, Awel Roberts**, Elen Roberts, Imogen Roberts, Lucy Roberts, Mairead Ruane, Ffion Smith, Benjamin Steel, Emily Steel, Luke Tait, Bethan Tomkins, Amie Webster, Annabel Wilkinson, Leah Wilkinson, Elan Williams, Elin Williams, Courtney Wright