Projects

Names On A Wall

Joint project by Tanya Brittain and The Lost Gardens of Heligan sees the production of a Cornish EP to commemorate the fallen soldiers of World War 1.

The EP, which was recorded in Cornwall, was released on Armistice Day 2016 in a year that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

Written and recorded by Tanya Brittain and Sam Kelly of award-winning Cornwall-based folk collective The Changing Room, the EP’s final track will be sung in Cornish. Tanya’s poignant and well-crafted lyric writing and BBC Folk Award winner Sam Kelly’s stunning vocals perfectly capture the essence and mood of the story.

Song written by Tanya Brittain. Copyright control. A project in partnership with The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Heligan’s ‘Names on a Wall’ inspire EP to commemorate the fallen soldiers of World War 1. The title track, Names on a Wall, tells the story of the Heligan gardeners, who signed their names on the wall of the Thunderbox Room above the date August 1914, before they went off to fight for their country. Their departure marked the beginning of decline for the gardens at Heligan, and it wasn’t until 1990 when the Thunderbox Room was excavated that their names were discovered and their story came to light. The wall bearing the gardeners’ names is now recognized by the Imperial War Museum as a ‘Living Memorial’. The EP, which was recorded in Cornwall, will be released on Armistice Day 2016 in a year that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Written and recorded by Tanya Brittain and Sam Kelly of award-winning Cornwall-based folk collective The Changing Room, the EP’s final track will be sung in Cornish. Tanya’s poignant and well-crafted lyric writing and BBC Folk Award winner Sam Kelly’s stunning vocals perfectly capture the essence and mood of the story. “One hundred years ago today, men my own age were fighting for their country and fighting for their lives in WW1. What they went through is unimaginable. It’s a privilege to be involved in this project and to help keep their memory fresh in our minds,” says BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner, Sam Kelly. Song written by Tanya Brittain. All rights reserved. Copyright control.

The Big Cornish Sing

I secured Cornwall Council funding to deliver The Big Cornish Sing at the 2017 Looe Music Festival. This is a mass participation event was streamed digitally and reached 1.8million people worldwide.

If you missed it, here's a look at the Big Cornish Sing at Looe Music Festival 2017. Produced by Falmouth School of Film and Television.

Hey Human

I was commissioned to write a piece of choral music for a children’s choir for a climate change project devised by Re-Imagine Kernow and Sing! Eden. The aim of the project was to use the power of collective singing to engage a new generation and to give young people a voice. For this project I wrote a song called Hey Human which looks at the effect. of climate change from. the perspective of animals, birds and sea creatures and is one of the songs selected for 7 Songs for G7, part of Cornwall Council's Educational offer to support the G7 Summit. Featuring the voices of children from Marazion School and Stoke Climsland School in Cornwall, the song explores the effect of climate change from the perspective of Cornwall’s marine wildlife, birds and land animals.