Jon Calver
"When I was first told me about the invitation for Historyworks to tender for an Art Work for Cambridge to mark the Tour de France I was buzzing with ideas and discussing how we could build on our years together of making sound poems and installations and walking trails. It has been a fantastic creative journey bringing this altogether for the idea of a walking trail of songs geo-located around the city, shaping up how we will generate the voices for the Cycle of Songs, using our heritage practice, the singing traditions with Cambridge, to build a new soundscape to match the iconic architectural landscape".
As I begin to prepare all the kit and microphones for the recording sessions I’m looking forward to a collaborative exchange of ideas with the team of Choirs & Composers and working in partnership with my co-director at Historyworks, Helen Weinstein, with Choir Director Rowena Whitehead and with Marcus Romer at Pilot Theatre on the artistic vision and choreography of the live events. I can’t wait to hear what’s been composed to celebrate the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in Cambridge on the 7th July.
I was a chapel chorister for 4 years at Keble College Oxford having previously sung in a Festival Choir and in the chorus for a number of operas and operettas. At the BBC I've had 19 years' experience as a sound engineer including much time spent with Radio 3 and Radio 4. I still engineer a broad range of programmes including: Comedy (I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Cabin Pressure) Music (Private Passions and The Playlist Series) Readings (Book at Bedtime and Book of the Week) and Documentaries (Voices from the Old Bailey and Noise a Human History)
You can read more about my track record and our projects at Historyworks here: http://historyworks.tv/about_us/people/jon_calver/
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