Events Archive 2008
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 | November/December 2008: WILLOW LANTERN WORKSHOPS AND PARADE The Arts Council's busy year of events came to a spectacular conclusion with four very well attended free willow lantern workshops at Fairfield School, Douglas. In conjunction with Douglas Corporation's switching on of the Christmas Lights, almost 100 bright and beautiful lanterns were paraded from the Town Hall in Ridgeway Street to the forecourt of the Villa Marina where carol singing took place to the sounds of the Onchan Silver Band. |
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 | November 2008: SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES: Master of the Queen's Musick |
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 | September 2008: SPORTS WRITING COMPETITION To celebrate 2008 National Year of Reading the Arts Council teamed with Douglas Library and Manx Sport & Recreation for this exciting Competition. There were two categories, Fictional Story and Factual Report and two age groups, 12 and under & 13-18. 1st Prize: The winner's entry is to be published in Outlook Magazine in November and they will receive a £50 Book Token and £22 Manx Sport & Recreation Voucher. 2nd Prize: £25 Book Token. The Winner of the 13-18 Fictional Story Category was Jack Duerden, with James Corlett taking second place. The 13-18 Factural Report Category was won by Hannah Stallard. The 12 and under Factual Report Category was won by Juan Bellando, with Jason Moore coming second and a Special Award for five year old Hana Lawrie. Millie Barrow was the winner of the 12 and Under Fictional Story Category with Liam Costain taking second place, and Ronan McFeely achieving a Highly Commended for his entry. |
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May - September 2008: BRASS BANDS SUMMER SEASON
Concerts took place on Sundays in the Villa Marina Gardens (weather permitting) or Colonnade Suite. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday concerts took place at either the Villa Marina Colonnade Suite or Loch Promenade Church. Click here for full programme for May/June, July/August and September.
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   | 28th to 31st August 2008: IOM FILM FESTIVAL 2008 Building on the success of the inaugural 2007 Festival the Island saw the return of Under the Stars outdoor cinema at the Nunnery and an expanded programme of events during the four days. As part of the Film Festival, a Showcase, Prize Giving and Reception for the Young FilmMaker of Mann and Short Film Competitions were held at the Manx Museum, when the category winners and commended films were shown, together with the overall winners' films in each competition. The Short Film Competition was won by John Craine with "Listening to the Silences". Glenn Whorrall won the Comedy Category with "Space Mann - Longtail TV" , the Music Video Category with "Wrong Directions", and the Animation Category with "Leon". |
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28th to 31st August 2008: IOM GUITAR FESTIVAL 2008
 | Visit www.iomguitarfest.com for a full programme of events. Supported by the Arts Council |
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12th & 13th July 2008: ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Villa Marina, Douglas
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To celebrate Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, the Arts Council were delighted to again bring to the Island the hugely popular RLPO. To near sell-out audiences, on Saturday, under the baton of Vasily Petrenko and featuring soloist Paul Lewis, the programme comprised Beethoven Overture, Coriolan; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Sunday brought an afternoon of Great Film Themes with conductor Carl Davis. The programme included music from James Bond, Spiderman, ET, Superman, Dances with Wolves, Harry Potter, Bridge On the River Kwai and Pirates of the Caribbean with the maestro himself singing "You've Got A Friend In Me" from Toy Story!
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28th June 2008: FREE SURVIVAL TRAINING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS!!
This was an introductory look at procedures, opportunities, connections and guidelines that can help develop artists' professional practice and opportunities. A workshop/seminar that helped Manx artists (emerging and also more established) to develop their professional practice so as to maximize opportunities for exposure, connectivity, work and 'best practice'.
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April 2008: AN AUDIENCE WITH JONATHAN MILLER
The Isle of Man Arts Council was delighted to present An Audience With Jonathan Miller, writer, theatre, opera and film director, TV presenter and doctor of medicine. Jonathan Miller has spent a lifetime in the arts, much of it in comedy, working with greats such as Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. Dr Miller performed to a sell out audience at the Erin Arts Centre.
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October 2007 to March 2008: THE ARTS COUNCIL'S PIANO SERIES
Between October and March, we were privileged to bring five remarkable young pianists from five music colleges throughout the UK. Lulu Yang came from the Royal Northern College of Music, Alexander Kanchavely from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Ciaran Scullion from the Queen's University of Belfast, Fionuala Moynihan from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin and Martyna Jatkauskaite from the Guildhall School of Music in London. Works included popular piano music by Beethoven, Chopin, Debusy, Liszt and Ravel and some lesser performed works by Scriabian, Bartok, Peter Sculthorpe, Finnesy and a work composed Ciaran Scullion himself.
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March 2008: PUPPET LAB - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
In early March 2008, the Arts Council brought the innovative Puppet Lab to The Studio Theatre with their exciting production of Beauty and the Beast. Ten performances were enjoyed by pupils from the Island's schools. This was an original take on the classic fairytale; the performers combined beautifully handcrafted traditional marionettes for live puppetry, with modern technology for on-screen animation. Linking visual narrative and video storytelling this new style of string puppetry was a fascinating mix of old and new mediums working together to produce a sensory feast, while enthralling and inspiring both children and adults.
http://www.puppet-lab.com/theatre/PuppetLab-BeautyandtheBeast.shtml
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March 2008: MUSIC ACROSS THE SEA..... Dances in Time of Celebration!
THE MANX YOUTH ORCHESTRA & THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA
An exchange trip during March 2008 saw two very special concerts performed together by the Manx Youth Orchestra and the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. These concerts, at both the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool on 2nd March and Villa Marina, Douglas on 16th March, were arranged especially to celebrate the links between the Isle of Man and Liverpool during Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture.
Barry Russell, composer, worked with local community groups on the Isle of Man (the IOM Women's Institute) and in Liverpool to devise a unique piece of music, Dances in Time of Celebration, especially for the occasion. Follow this link to see Isle of Man Newspapers' film of one of Barry's rehearsals with the WI.
Barry has worked with the Arts Council twice previously, with the composition of "Like the Wind" played by an all-Island ensemble at the 2007 Peel Bay Festival. He also worked extensively around the Island during the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's 2006 Residency, when he conducted his Supermarket Symphony at Shoprite in Ramsey and performed his self-penned Pub Operas at The Haven in Port Erin.
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January 2008 - CLAIRE MOORE: FREE MASTERCLASS "SONGS FROM THE SHOWS"In January 2008, West End actress Claire Moore came to the Isle of Man to work with young singers.
Claire’s West End credits include Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Christine in Phantom of the Opera, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Fantine in Les Miserables, Nancy in Oliver and most recently Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables.
This was Claire’s third visit to the Island to work with local talent but this time she concentrated on working with young people. Eleven teenagers took part in workshops at the Erin Arts Centre, overcoming nerves and working really hard with Claire’s advice and support. In the evening a recital was held when the participants could showcase the work they had done during the day. Claire also performed at the recital and blew everyone away with her renditions of Think of Me and Memory to name just two. The participants also sang with Claire, providing backing harmonies for Your Raise Me Up and Climb Every Mountain. All who took part enjoyed the day enormously and learnt a great deal from Claire’s talent and experience as well as her patience and support.
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