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Work Overview
This work, for narrator and orchestra, is intended for an audience of kindergarden to primary aged children. The interplay between narrator and orchestra is rhythmically intricate, and it would helpful for the narrator to have a recording to practise with before rehearsing with the orchestra. Featured instruments in the orchestra are: oboe with glock, tuba, bass (main soloists) and other instruments with smaller solos: harp, vln, vla, vlc.
Ideally the work is performed with projections of the images from the children's book from which the work stems (also called The Happiness Box).
Work Details
Year: 2013
Duration: 40 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
Dedication note: For David Griffin and Leslie Greener and all those like them, who allow us to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity
Commission note: Commissioned by Robert Salzer Foundation, Rev. Dr Arthur Bridge, Symphony Services International.
First performance: by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly, Stephen Curry at The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium) on 8 May 2013
For further information about The Happiness Box, including the hire of score and parts, please visit www.thehappinessbox.com.au
Analysis
Resonate article: The Happiness Box by Bronwyn Lobb
Kit: Musical Stories : An Australian Music Resource for the Primary Classroom / Dr Joanna Drimatis.
Performances of this work
4 Nov 2018: at The Happiness Box (Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall). Featuring Gordon Hamilton, Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
30 Oct 2018: at SSO Schools Concert: The Happiness Box (York Theatre, Seymour Centre). Featuring Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gordon Hamilton.
23 May 2017: at The Happiness Box [QSO Education Concerts] (QSO Studio South Bank). Featuring Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
7 Nov 2015: at MSO: The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly.
6 Nov 2015: at MSO: The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly.
5 Nov 2015: at MSO: The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly.
4 Nov 2015: at MSO: The Happiness Box (Costa Hall). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly.
11 May 2013: at The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Brett Kelly, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
8 May 2013: at The Happiness Box (Iwaki Auditorium). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Curry, Brett Kelly.
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