2010

The performance of Score 7: COLLABORATE at Kingswood school on 16 October 2009 was twinned with a performance of the same score on 15 December 2009 at  L'Ecole Guillaume Manigat, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

At Kingswood's morning assembly on 20 January 2010, John Hirst and Bill Drummond told the pupils about their experience with working with the pupils in Haiti. It was also the launch of the appeal to raise funds for the needs of the pupils and the rebuilding and furbishing  of L'Ecole Guillaume Manigat. Tracey Moberly the artist who took the photos at the school was also there to show the prints of these photos.

Ongoing information about the money raised and what use it is being put to will be documented on these EVENTS pages. As of the 20 January the fund is over £2,000.

An exhibition of photographs taken by Tracey Moberly of local members of The17 on 15 December 2009 in L'Ecole Guillaume Manigat, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The photographs are hung as large scale unframed prints around the school. They depict members of The17 in formal and casual poses. They are brilliant.

DROP OF THE HAT is an online publication based on a blog  that started in January 2009 and ended 12 months later. The blog documented and explored issues arising from a performance based on SCORE 320: CHOOSE. The score was performed by Emily & James Unknown. They also wrote the blog.

This Haiti fundraising event has been organised by John Hirst and Karen Reilly. As well as there being a raffle and performances by The Neutrinos, BK & Dad and Death of Death of Discoteque, Bill Drummond will be leading a short performance of The17 with everybody in the bar at that particular time. This event is twinned with another event at The Bicycle Shop, 17 St Bennedicts Street, Norwich.

Bill Drummond will be giving a performance/lecture at this years by:Larm festival in Oslo.

Bill Drummond will be giving a performance/lecture at the Supermarket Art Fair in the Kulturhuset, Stockholm. His performance will be part of the Documentation / Non Documentation series of talks and discussions.

Bill Drummond was patron for the Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser @ The Roundhouse. His involvement in the event was undefined. What is known is that he wrote a piece for the events website - to read it click here. On the night he said a few words and lead the world premier of Score 357: LOUDER & LOUDER

This is a very intimate weekend literary festival. The performance that Bill Drummond is/was to give is even more intimate. The Boat House in question was the home of Dylan Thomas and Drummond's performance is on the top floor of this house. It being so intimate tickets for this performance sold out immediately and thus tickets bought for the whole weekend would not give access to this particular event. Thus Drummond's name had to be taken off the posters and flyers and published line up. This is a link to what else is/was available to be taken in at the Laugharne Weekend 2010. 

Read PB Poster 217 40 Posters In Stockholm to know what this event is. It is also one half of a performance of Score 358: TRANSLATE. The other half of this performance is/was  happening in a small area of North East London. It is also part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour.

Bill Drummond is/has performed Score 358: TRANSLATE in central Stockholm and a small part of Noth East London. This performance is considered part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. Further information and documentation elsewhere.

Bill Drummond has been invited to give a talk and lead a performance by The17 at the 2010 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Radio Drama Workshop. The EBU is based in Geneva and its Radio Drama Workshop is held in a different European state, every second year. In 2010 it is being hosted by HRT/Croatia in Zagreb. The Workshop is between 9 - 11 June. The overall title for 2010 is "Listen Again: The Power of Sounds"

Bill Drummond will be giving an hour long Performance/Lecture at An Lanntair, the evening before the performance of Score 8: TAKE.

An Lanntair is "a beacon for the Arts in the Highlands and Islands. Bringing you the very best in Arts, Events, Music and Cinema, Food, Shopping and Relaxation all day from 10am until late - Monday to Saturday."

This will be the annual performance of Score 8: TAKE. The Callanish Stones are an ancient stone circle in the middle of the Isle-of-Lewis. This performance is also part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour and will be twinned with a performance of the same score, to be performed near Almendres Cromlech, Evora, Portugal in June 2011.  If you want to take part in this performance contact admin@the17.org. Or turn up at the Stones at 7am on the 19 June.

This is one of the 40 graffiti being done as part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. To view all graffiti done to date click here.

This is one of the 40 graffiti being done as part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. To view all graffiti done to date click here.

This is one of the 40 graffiti being done as part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. To view all graffiti done to date click here.

This is one of the 40 graffiti being done as part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. To view all graffiti done to date click here.

Bill Drummond will be leading The17 through a performance of the UK premier of the score NIGHTCLUBBING at Camp Bestival 2010. The performance will include ten sessions with groups of 17 individuals. Each session will last up to 30 minutes and will take place through out Saturday 31 July, at an as yet undisclosed location on the festival site. The combined performance/recording will be played back through the main PA on the Sunday evening. Tickets can be bought from the Camp Bestival site here.

This performance is part of The17 City-to-City world tour.

Further information to follow.

The Institute of Music of Oldenburg University has invited Bill Drummond to lead a performance by The17 in Oldenburg as part of the Sounding D festival. Sounding D is organised by Netwerk Neue Musik. Sounding D is happeing at various cities across Germany including Oldenburg. In Oldenburg the festival is based at the city's railway station and takes on the name Bahnklang (Train Sound). Drummond will be leading a performance of Score 328: SURROUND

If you are a German speaker and want to know more or take part in this performance please click please visit:

http://www.musik.uni-oldenburg.de/medien/47863.html

http://www.klangpol.de/

This is The17's premier performance in Germany.

Kofomi#15 - KOMPONISTENFORUM Mittersill (Mittersill Composers' Forum) is a nine day forum for contemporary composers and musicians. It is situated in the small Austrian town of Mittersill.  Webern, one of the greatest composers of the 20th-century, lived and worked in the town for the last few years of his life before he was shot.

The first Mittersill Composers' Forum was in 1996. Bill Drummond is to be the composer in residence for this years forum. He will give lectures and lead workshops. While there he will also work on a new score that will be performed at the end of the week with The17. A 17 made up of everyone attending the Forum. Further information to follow

Bill Drummond will be one of the guest lecturers at the Do Lectures 2010. He will also be leading the performance of three scores by The17. To know what the Do Lectures are visit their site: http://www.dolectures.com/about-do/

As part of The17's world tour Bill Drummond will be launching a performance of Score 321: SHOW in Milton Keynes, England. On Wednesday 22 September 2010 he will be eliciting the 100 responses needed for this score, in bars and cafes across the city. 

This performance is twinned with another performance of the same score that John Hirst will be leading in Anchorage, Alaska at the same time (weather permitting).

The 200 collected response will then be used as text on 200 different editions of beer mats. These beer mats will then be distributed throughout bars in both Milton Keynes and Anchorage.  Written and photographic documentation of these two performances of SHOW may be added to the TOUR section of The17 site.

This score was originally scheduled to be performed in Milton Keynes and Anchorage in July but got postponed due to the unforeseen urge to commit graffiti.

Un-Conventions are "international music conferences for the grass roots of the industry". Drummond may be leading an intimate performance on a canal barge on the Salford Quays. He may also be leading a large scale performance of SURROUND across the city. Further information to follow.

This will be a performance of Score 4: AGE. The17 for this performance will include 85 of the residence of Cushendall. It is part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour and will be twinned with a performance of the same score in the city of La Antigua, Guatemala. Further information to follow.

This will be a performance of Score 4: AGE. The17 for this performance will include 85 of the citizens  of the city La Antigua Guatemal in Central America. It is part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour. This performance is twinned with a performance of the same score in the small town of Cushendall, N. Ireland. Further information to follow.

This will be a performance on the Isle-of-Man will be of Score 3: DRIVE. This performance is part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour and is twinned with a performance of the same score performed in Hong Kong in December 2010

There will be numerous performances given by The17 in this time in Kolkata/Calcutta. This will include performances of Scores 9 WELCOME, 13 CELEBRATE and 16 COMPLEMENT, versions of which will be translated into Bengali and there will be links to them in this section. These three performances in particular will be twinned with the performances of the same scores in Derry, N. Ireland in October and November 2008. They are also part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour.

Further information to follow.

Bill Drummond will be leading a performance by The17 at Guangzhou Live - International Action Art Festival in the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China. Further detail to follow.

This will be a performance in Hong Kong will be of Score 3: DRIVE. This performance is part of The17's Coast-to-Coast world tour and is twinned with a performance of the same score performed on the Isle-of-Man in November 2010