Audition Date May 5th 2023 11.00 – 13.00
Dates for rehearsals;
July, 3rd – 4th and 10th – 12th 2023
Dates for performances/ dress rehearsals;
Spraoi Festival (Waterford, Ireland) – August 3rd and 4th 2023 (with travel day either side)
Surge August 10th – 12th 2023
Freedom Festival (Hull, England) September 1st – 3rd 2023 (with travel day either side)
Venue; Glasgow City Centre (rehearsals and Surge Festival) on tour to Waterford (Ireland) and Hull (England)
Fee; £150/ day plus travel, accommodation and per diems for tour dates in Waterford and Hull
Surge is looking for a percussionist with an interest in physical performance for its upcoming performances of Beautiful Bones. The position involves working with a professional physical performer (Melanie Jordan) to lead a group of community performers as a musical and physical ensemble during the performances. The group will be directed musically by Stephen Deazley and physically by Alan Richardson.
Beautiful Bones is an outdoor theatrical and musical pandemonium for street performers, massed mixed ability trombone orchestra, a brass band and sound design. The position is ideal for up-and-coming musician/ performers.
Beautiful Bones unmasks a western cultural attitude towards our own mortality that tends towards avoidance, taking inspiration from world cultures that embrace and celebrate death as an integral part of life, e.g. the theatrical irreverence of Mardi Gras, the darkly comic undertones and dramatic colour of The Day of the Dead celebrations, and the abandon of the pagan festivals of Beltane and Samhain.
Essential Skills and Experience
Skilled in percussion/ drumming in a band or group
Percussion improvisation skills
Some experience of performing
Desirable Skills
Some facilitation experience
Experience of performing outdoors
To apply, please send a CV and short paragraph in reference to the skills and experience listed above (300 words max) to alan@surge.scot. Deadline: 26th April, midnight.
