Launch of Expanded Territories Exhibition

Friday 20th September saw the launch of an exhibition which is the culmination of weeks of hard work by HARNESSING CREATIVITY project participants… Wendy Jack was delighted to be chosen from a diverse range of high calibre ‘Creatives’ to participate in a flagship Arts Project for the Northwest of Ireland. Over these past few months she has been working within two separate creative teams to produce two very different proposals aimed at bringing economic benefits to Tyrone through artistic endeavours:

The Caledonian Range = Proposal for an Artist Residence and Film Centre in The Sperrins Mountains. As part of this exhibit Wendy Jack wrote and produced an original soundtrack for a film about the Sperrins and how this proposal could best fit within that inspiring landscape.

Go Gallivant = Proposal for an Interactive Book aimed at Children and Families. The team initially carried out some local research on potential characters, story-lines and locations leading to some sample animations. Wendy Jack then created a theme tune to fit the style and ethos of the proposed ‘book’. Wendy also took this opportunity to dabble in a little bit of ‘voice acting’ to bring one of the characters to life for the exhibition.

Both proposals are currently on display in The Dock (theatre & exhibition space) Carrick-On-Shannon. The plan is for the exhibition to tour the Island of Ireland in due course… with the next stop being in The Dublin Civic Offices from 6th December 2013.

The original music created by Wendy for this project will be released in due course… WATCH THIS SPACE!!!

 

Sperrins Artist Residence & Film Centre
Sperrins Artist Residence & Film Centre

Wendy Jack Music launches new website

Anchors aweigh – Woo hoo!! Please take a few minutes to explore and you’ll find lots of new content. One of the best features is that I now have this lovely new blog area. Basically this is where I’ll post my most important latest news (new releases, gigs, adventures on the road, new projects).

Ofcourse the WJM website will evolve over time so it would be great to hear what other features/content you think I should add – or perhaps what I should leave out! Really I hope that this website should facilitate a better and more direct interaction between me and you!! So leave me a comment below & tick the box to receive notifications of my new posts – direct to your inbox. While I will continue to post randomly on Facebook, Twitter, etc. their business models mean that most people will miss the majority of my news – unless I start to pay them for my posts to reach you… I don’t think I can afford that yet… so thank-you for connecting with me here!

Again, thank-you for all your support so far. Wend  x.

“Fairies” Released 08 November 2012

‘Fairies’ is now available as a digital download.

‘Fairies’ is my musical adaptation of a well known poem (‘The Fairies’) by Ulster poet William Allingham. Generations of Irish & British children first learned at least the first few lines during their early school years… Please help me to spread the word of my song and together we can breathe new life into Allingham’s work which is now over 150 years old. For example, it would be great if you could give a thumbs up, leave a comment and then share the youtube video with your friends). You can download the track using the button below. Thank-you for your support.

I look forward to seeing you at a concert soon.

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