EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
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JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY |
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Sarah has been the musical director for JMU's public musical theatre performance adapting project since 2005. |
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Pool of Blood - Liverpool Everyman Directors, D Llewellyn, A Sherlock and R Merkin Musical Director S Llewellyn Lyrics G Winstanley, A Sherlock, JMU Drama students JMU Drama Liverpool Culture Company A macabre musical extravaganza exploring murder and mystery stories from Liverpool, some fact, some fiction, some still unknown. One of the central stories to this production was of James Maybrick, a Liverpool cotton merchant whose diary was presented in 1992 claiming he was Jack the Ripper. His wife Florence Maybrick was convicted of his murder in1889, she poisoned him. "Dark choral harmonies merge with gloriously malevolent, toe-tapping tunes in this blood-curdling rock opera cabaret." Gaynor Wright, Creative Education Manager, Liverpool Culture Company |
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JACK THE RIPPER Music S Llewellyn, Words G Winstanley |
POOL OF BLOOD SONG Extract of opening number |
COLD COLD Extracts of songs from the Pool of Blood |
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800 YEARS - ST GEORGES HALL - LIVERPOOL Directors- D Llewellyn, A Sherlock, J Hogarth Musical Director S Llewellyn Lyrics G Winstanley , A Sherlock, JMU drama students In 2008 Liverpool hosted European Capital of Culture and in association with the culture company JMU created a musical of 800 years of Liverpool History which was performed at the magnificant St Georges Hall Liverpool. |
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extract of lyrics by G.Winstanley. all rights reserved |
TAVERN SONG |
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SAILOR ' SONG |
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The Thoughful Dresser- Zeligs Liverpool 1 Director David Llewellyn Music Director S Llewellyn Lyrics G Winstanley A burlesque cabaret evening with three course meal was created by students from JMU adapting the Thoughtful Dresser into song, vignettes, sketches, stand-up-comedy. Photographs from this production will soon be up on the site. |
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Dress Me |
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| Make Mine an Androgyne |
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L8R Liverpool World Museum Three simultaneous shows performed in mutli performance spaces at the Liverpool World Museum. Adaptations of The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the internet society 2nd Life. Directors A. Sherlock, R. Merkin, J.Freez |
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L8R Soundscape JMU Drama extract of installation sound piece for Liverpool World Museum using fragments & sound |
L8R Hypnotist Song song written with students of JMU drama for a hypnotic movement piece in Brave New World adaptation |
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ASPIRE |
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BRENT ARTS |
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Sarah is currently leading a 6 month project with Aspire working with children with disabilities ranging from autism, cerebral palsy and attention deficit disorder in Liverpool and Knowsley. |
Sarah has written and directed music for three outdoor community productions in association with Brent Arts. |
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PRINCESSES SONG GROUP |
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| THE BOOTS CATS RAP |
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TEACHING |
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| Sarah has been teaching since 1997. She currently teaches piano at Belmont School . Sarah has limited availabilty but does offer lessons in piano, theory, composition and saxophone on a private one to one level in Finchley, London. For lesson enquires please contact Christine. christine@tonal.org.uk |
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