Alligator Train
Composer, Orlando Gough. ‘Alligator Train’ – a commission from the Royal Opera House Education department, for an original contribution to their family concert series ‘Music, Myths and Monsters’. A singer and an 8-piece New Orleans-style jazz band (intended to perform as a traditional marching band, … Alligator Train
Open Port
Full title: ‘Open Port: We Turned On the Light’. Composers: Orlando Gough, Jeremy Avis. Lyricists: Caryl Churchill, Tamsin Collson. Commissoned as a mass choral event to mark the close of Stavanger’s year as European City of Culture. An original choral work for 40 local Norwegian … Open Port
Professional Suicide
In 2010 Tamsin took part in a writers’ course at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ‘The Singing Word’ was aimed at the developing the work of librettists and encouraging their collaboration with other opera practitioners, particularly composers on the parallel ‘Vox’ course. She was … Professional Suicide
Songs of the Marsh
This was a CPD project for primany school teachers in Southend Primary Schools. Tamsin and composer Peter Latenka were commissioned by Royal Opera House Education Department to work with primary school children and staff in Southend to develop their songwriting skills, both in lyrics and … Songs of the Marsh