Workshop
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: July 2017.
An important part of my project was to create some awareness of Klangsteine within the UK. Apart from a brief visit by Klaus Fessmann back in the nineties, this instrument has
remained largely unknown. With the help of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Huddersfield University (Researcher Fund), Yorkshire Evening Post, Loving Leeds Blog and many others.
I managed to reach over 300,00 people through an event I held at the Yorkshire Sculpture Parks 40th-anniversary celebration event 'a weekend of wonderful things'. Both myself and Hannes were invited to exhibit our project stone, conduct a number of workshops and perform live in the YSP Chapel.
The event was a huge success and welcomed over 500 people into the chapel throughout the day. The morning session had been set aside for a private ticketed (free) workshop with the afternoon functioning in a less formal fashion. This allowed people to just drop in and experience the stones. We were both on hand to answer any questions and also give advice on playing techniques. Towards the end of the day, we gave a thirty minute performance which included a solo by Hannes, a solo from myself (using the virtual sound stone) and finally a collaborative piece on both stone and laptop.
Hannes Fessmann solo at the YSP: video by Steven Halliday
Steven Halliday solo at the YSP: video by Steven Halliday
Steven Halliday/ Hannes Fessmann collaboration at the YSP
The music was received well and we had a number of interview requests which included
BBC Radio Leeds, Yorkshire Evening Post, and the Metro daily. Unfortunately, due to Hannes's schedule, it was only possible to do a feature in the Yorkshire Evening Post.
