TRASH - City Songs 2024 - produced by BIG EARS FESTIVAL
Music is EVERYWHERE!
This piece was composed to demonstrate that bottles, cans, pipes, and found items can be used to make compelling music. Big Ears asked Fulton High School’s percussion class to compose a piece for found items based on the music of Maestro Cyro Baptista, also a collaborator on this project. Fulton teacher David Miller, Cyro, Third Coast Percussion’s Sean Connors, and the kids made the percussion, project producer Matt Morelock wrote a simple melody, and teenage choreographer Julianna McMurray choreographed a piece for the IGNITE! Dance Ensemble.
Percussion:
Fulton High School Percussion Ensemble: De'Von Kaiser, Wyatt DeVore, Carlos Hernandez, Abigail Nelson, Lake Marler, Raidyn Ferby, Sydney Cannon, Ismaila Bojang
David Miller
Cyro Baptista
Matt Morelock
Chad Melton
Ben McLaughlin
Seth Hopper
Jon Whitlock
Sean Connors, Third Coast Percussion
The Hanfords at Architectural Antics
Carey Hodges
Choreography:
Julianna McMurray
IGNITE! Dance Ensemble: Julianna McMurry, River Nies, Elier Estrada-Giralt, Nevae Morrow, Sam Stinnett, Iris King, Emma Corns, Ellie Corns, Kathryn Thomas Durr
https://www.dancersstudioknox.com/abo...
Audio recording:
Ben McLaughlin, https://benmclaughlinmusic.com/red-mo...
Seth Hopper, / peopleholdingmics
Video production and editing:
Amos Oaks, Knoxville Community Media
Indigo Eleora
https://www.knoxcm.org
Location Filming:
Knoxville Museum of Art, https://knoxart.org/
Architectural Antics, https://www.architecturalanticstn.com/
“Trash” is part of City Songs: Knoxville, a community video project of the Big Ears Festival that celebrates music, creativity, and the city we call home. City Songs was created by Jebney Lewis and Aurora Nealand and the Knoxville edition launched in 2022.
https://bigearsfestival.org/city-songs/