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[20 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Kings Heath Summer Playscheme : Space Project – Aug 2010

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We recently finished a fantastic week’s residency at the annual summer playscheme at Kings Heath Playcare Network. We being my favourite Drama specialist Pyn Stockman from Dramask hosting her inspiring Drama Workshops and myself under my Reckorder banner hosting music technology workshops.

We collaborated to create and devise a performance and soundtrack …

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[10 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Special Needs Soundtrack / Film making Project : Naseby Centre – 2009 / 2010

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A film made by the inclusion connect special needs group via a series of drama and music workshops run by Pyn Stockman (Dramask) & myself Marc Reck (Reckorder).
The sessions were filmed by Jack Brabant (Llewellyn Bailey) and all content was created by the Naseby lads (Inclusion connect Special Needs group)
The content was put …

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[5 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
A Macbeth Murder Mystery – Rookery Primary School Year 6 Event – July 2010

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Under the direction and creative facilitation of Pyn Stockman (Dramask) – Year 6 pupils and students created an ambitious end of year event that took place around the school building and grounds.
I was asked to collaborate to  create The Witches Room Sound Installation, which was to be a dark room that the audience …

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[3 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Beatlemania – Parkgate Primary School Coventry– May 2010

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Written and performed by year 6 pupils working with creative director and drama specialist Pyn Stockman. I was brought in to edit the audio recordings created by the cast source, and source samples and music to create short diary sections. The sound track was used in the final performance and acted …

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Jazz Project – Hagley Catholic School and Our Lady of St Kennelm – Feb 2010

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This jazz project was used to introduce Jazz to primary school kids.  In the Dramask workshops, responses to a jazz piece were recorded from all of the participants.
I was bought into to edit the recordings and mix the childrens  comments and response to a Jazz concert, with extracts from their research and some …

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
In The Garden – Foundation Children – Little Heath Primary School – Dramatic Storytelling Residency – Warwick Arts Centre – Feb 2010

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Inspired by outdoor creative play and the arrival of a tortoise puppet children took an imaginative journey to the top of a beanstalk and this is what they found … Through the use of the audio recordings each child was able to have a voice in the final sharing and I was bought …

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[5 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Continuing Adventures of Penguin Small Year 1 pupils – Little Heath Primary School – Jan 2010

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Dramatic storytelling residency at Little Heath Primary School (Warwick Arts Centre Education Department) in association with Pyn Stockman Dramask
Designed to improve speaking and listening skills and provide a stimulus to creative writing. Children worked with a 3 traditional tales, which were told through interactive storytelling workshops  with drama practitioner Pyn Stockman.
Through physicaliasation and …

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[20 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Soundtrack for Dramask WW2 project w/ young and old – Aug 2009

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A reedit of reminiscence accounts from people in the world war 2 first used in 2005 by Dramask as part of Home Front Recall Project. With added recordings of childrens imagined experiences of world war two, which were put to some music used in the performance.

WW2 Whole Soundtrack by marcreck
2nd workshop was a …

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[5 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]
Disco Diary – End of Year Rookery Performance – Aug 2008

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Written and performed by Rookery Schools Year 6 Students working with creative director and drama specialist, Pyn Stockman. I was brought in to edit the diary sequences and provide music that created an atmosphere but which the pupils might not previously have heard as they were also involved in creating songs for the …