Yesterday we spent a beautiful crisp December morning at Bishop’s Cafe and Tearooms sharing an exhibition of artworks created in our latest Little Lights art cafe series. The event celebrated creativity, community, recovery and hope. Friends, family & supporters gathered to celebrate the rich array of drawings, paintings, collage and 3D artworks made by participantsContinue reading “Pop-up exhibition”
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A choir of heroes
We could not be more proud of our *AMAZING* Unsung Heroes choir who worked so hard to produce a triumphant performance this Saturday 18th November 2023. 50 year 6 pupils from 13 Asset Education primary schools across Suffolk took part in a fun-packed day of rehearsals at Snape Maltings led by choral director Tom Appleton.Continue reading “A choir of heroes”
Unsung Heroes Concert
We can’t wait! Final rehearsals are now underway for our forthcoming Unsung Heroes concert. On Sat 18th Nov children from across 13 East Anglian primary schools will join together to rehearse and perform 14 new songs co-created with Suffolk composers through our Unsung Heroes project, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund. The project enabled 5 andContinue reading “Unsung Heroes Concert”
HerStory International Sharing
Last month we were invited to share our HerStory film to subscribers of Sunday Morning with Twitchy Women, a regular live event hosted by California-based Parkinson’s advocate Sharon Krischerblog. 33 people tuned in to view the film and take part in a Q & A about the film afterwards. Several of our HerStory participants kindlyContinue reading “HerStory International Sharing”
Join our team
Cohere Arts CIC are seeking two assistant choral leaders for freelance project work in East Anglia Oct-Nov 2023. This year, Cohere Arts have been working in partnership with Suffolk Archives, Asset Education and Britten Pears Arts, on Unsung Heroes, a schools project made possible with funding from Heritage Lottery Fund. Children from 13 Suffolk primary schools have taken part inContinue reading “Join our team”
Unsung Heroes
Cohere Arts are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund to support Unsung Heroes, a new project engaging children with their local heritage through archive research, songwriting and performance. Working in partnership with Suffolk Archives, Asset Education and Britten Pears Arts, the project will see 4 Suffolk composers working with children fromContinue reading “Unsung Heroes”
Work experience with Cohere Arts
We recently had to say goodbye to lovely University of Suffolk student Maisy Ritchie, who joined us for a work placement at the beginning of 2023. Before she returned to her studies, Maisy talked to us about her experiences and career aspirations. Why were you interested in doing a placement at Cohere Arts? As partContinue reading “Work experience with Cohere Arts”
R & D Residency at Sutton Hoo
We are hugely excited to announce that Cohere Arts were recently awarded funding from Arts Council England to support the research & development phase of a new performance project in collaboration with National Trust’s Sutton Hoo site. To kick start the project, this week Cohere’s artistic director Amy Mallett completed a 5-day residency at SuttonContinue reading “R & D Residency at Sutton Hoo”
Live harp accompaniment at Gentle
Our first Gentle seated yoga session of 2023 offered a special treat as we were treated to a visit by Suffolk harpist Xenia Horne who provided live, responsive accompaniment to the session, which took place at Woodbridge Community Hall on Friday 6th January. We were delighted to welcome 31 participants to the session, which isContinue reading “Live harp accompaniment at Gentle”
Crowdfunding success
Thanks to the generosity of Aviva Community Fund, and many kind donors, we are excited to announce that our recent crowdfunding campaign raised just under £2ooo towards VOICE! – our initiative supporting young people to use the arts to express their concerns around climate crisis and environmental sustainability. We are looking forward to co-producing someContinue reading “Crowdfunding success”