Opera for Babies? Why, Yes!
RCS researcher Rachel Drury has been interviewed for the official Two Moors Festival Blog. We spotted the blogposting and thought we'd share it with you here!
An Interval with Rachel Drury of BabyO
Rachel's doctoral research was on Kodaly music education, and she has also played saxophone in 'The Farmer's Cheese', a musical work for use with hearing impaired children. See both her thesis and the music score here in the Whittaker Library (book details).
Calming the savage [little] beasts?
While you're practising your arias, you may wonder if the fruits of your labour could have anything pertinent to parents with toddlers. (Screams, tantrums, trainer pants - ah, the happy memories!)
According to the Sensory O initiative, it might be more relevant than you think. Here's a BBC report about it:- click here. (Feature by Pauline McLean.)
- Scottish Opera Sensory O website (Rachel Drury, composer to the project, is also a doctoral student and member of staff at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.)
- Opera Scotland website - details of the Sensory O Tour.
- Last year's Tete a Tete, the earlier Baby O project, again featuring our own Rachel Drury.
You might also be interested in the work of another of our students, Ben Fletcher-Watson, Theatre for Babies. (This link tells you about Oily Cart's latest production: 'Oily Cart: how to prepare your toddler for a trip to the theatre')
