The work began with field trips to five cities in March 2007, working with local communities to record local musicians, residents and ambient sounds that represent their city.
The results of this work have been used to create interactive soundmaps for each city - where visitors can remix sounds and voices to create their own compositions.
The project culminates in a live tour across Portugal in May 2007 with musicians William Parker, Victor Gama, and Guillermo Brown ("The Folk Songs Trio"). In each city, The Folk Songs Project will create an ambient backdrop of sounds from that city, against which the musicians will create an improvised performance.
Lisbon, Culturgest: May 10
Teatro Cine, Torres Vedras: May 11
Fundao de Serralves, Porto: May 12
Theatro Circo, Braga: May 18
Teatro Municipal da Guarda: May 19
See the website below for details.
The website is an ongoing repository of sounds and musics - we welcome any new submissions to be featured in the site.
Cinco Cidades was conceived and executed by The Folk Songs Project, in partnership with Pangeiart.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
