Victoria & Albert Museum Presents 'Death of a Musical Genius: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Remembered,' Friday 5 October, 18.30 – 20.30

[H Beard Print Collection, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

Victoria & Albert Museum

Death of a Musical Genius: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Remembered

Friday 5 October, 18.30 – 20.30

Mark the centenary of the death of musician Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Born in London to an English mother and a doctor from Sierra Leone he epitomised the ‘pop idol’ of today.

Hear newly commissioned poetry by Malika Booker and Dorothea Smartt and original music composed and performed by ensemble Music Off Canvas. Plus listen to excerpts of Coleridge-Taylor's music and hear acclaimed artists, scholars and historians pay tribute to this great musician.

TALKS:

Writing 'From an English Point of View': Coleridge-Taylor at the Royal College of Music

Dr Katy Hamilton, Junior Research Fellow in Performance History at the Royal College of Music

Shaping the Genius: Influences and Evolution of Coleridge-Taylor's Music

H Beard Print Collection, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Richard Gordon-Smith, Composer, Conductor and Music Educator and Hilary Burrage, Executive Chair of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation

To Know Thy Self, Looking Beyond - Coleridge-Taylor from a Composer's Perspective

Errollyn Wallen MBE, Composer

LIVE PERFORMANCE: An Original Collective Laudation to the genius that was Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with poets Malika Booker and Dorothea Smartt and ensemble Music Off Canvas Introduced by Nkechi Ebite, The Books Project and Diana Roberts, Woodhouse Professional Development Centre Manager (RCM)

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Insight on Coleridge-Taylor

Featuring the musicians, poets, speakers from the evening, with audience Q&A.

£9, £6 concessions Book online or call 020 7942 2211

Jointly organised with the Royal College of Music, The Books Project and the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation. With special thanks to Black Cultural Archive and Historian Jeffrey Green

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com. We are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk]

Comment by email:
Thank you, Bill!  It will I think be a good opportunity for various of us in the UK ‘SCT community’ to meet up.  Hope so, anyway!  [Hilary Burrage]