AN innovative new project from La Folia comes to Salisbury this summer.
Evening Songs is a creative collaboration between La Folia, Exeter House Special School, Salisbury Cathedral School and Salisbury Cathedral.
Cathedral choristers and students from Exeter House Special School have joined together to devise something completely unique: an innovative Evensong service that represents each young person’s highly individual response to the Christian Liturgy.
The service will be sung by the composers themselves in Salisbury Cathedral at 5.30pm on July 12.
Following, La Folia’s Magna Songs special needs project performance in Salisbury Cathedral in July 2015, Ian Wicks of Salisbury Cathedral School wanted to share something of that experience with the choristers.
La Folia artistic director Howard Moody saw the opportunity to explore a long-held dream which is now becoming a reality - pupils from Exeter House and the Cathedral School are together devising words and composing music for Evensong.
The project is led by Howard Moody, voice animateur Emily Blows and Cathedral lay vicar Steve Abbott. Visual artist Susan Francis is working with Exeter House pupils to create designs for an order of service.
La Folia say the Evensong is completely innovative and such a collaboration has never happened in Salisbury Cathedral before and other Cathedrals are already showing interest.
Evening Songs is the first project to be funded through the singing trust, La Folia’s new fund specifically for special needs projects.
For more information go to lafoliamusic.org
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