Tara Franks - Portfolio of work
Cellist, Composer,Creative Leader
(artist website tarafranks.co.uk in process of updating so please use this profile page to give an overview of the range of composition work I do)
I specialise in facilitating creativity and bringing people together through musical experiences of all kinds. My creative workshops involve voice, movement and body percussion with a strong value placed on embodied aurel collective music making. As a performer/composer I work across genres & art forms, with a focus on projects that have a collaborative approach. There is strong dialogue between my work as a facilitator and performer-composer, both in value to the approach and quality of creative output whatever the context.
Creative Workshops:
“the way you channel your art forms is simply phenomenal and inspiring, thank you for doing what you do” workshop participant testimonial
Creative workshop commissioners incl: Barbican, Aldeburgh Music, Royal Opera House, Music Masters UK, Music First, Turner Contemporary, National Gallery. Internationally - Sunland school of the Arts Mexico, Kobe University Japan, Korean Arts and Culture Services, South Korea
Led multiple largescale community performances at Union Chapel, Royal Albert Hall & Barbican.
About SoundsCreative Projects - the ‘neighbourhood projects’ structure (thriving pre-Covid) as founded in Hackney, East London (2014…) - stemming from my flagship project Tots Tunes
Testimonials from Vox Voices singers (a ‘SCP Neighbourhood Project):
"I can start a session of Vox feeling completely out of sorts and leave with a big smile on my face - it’s just so uplifting and fulfilling. I leave feeling rejuvenated and eager for the next week"
"... No matter how big or small the group is, the way we learn never fails to produce a beautiful and extremely satisfying sound almost immediately. Tara's emphasis on every choir member learning melody and all the harmonies creates an extremely empathetic group, which listens intently to the overall sound much more than any other choir I have experienced..."
More about Tots Tunes & the new Tots Tunes family band
