Katrina Porteous, Events

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	Events Diary 2011 19th December: Barter Books invites you to an evening of original music and poetry Horse with Peter Zinovieff and Katrina Porteous Barter Books is delighted to present a brilliant new work, Horse, performed live by its creators, Northumbrian poet Katrina Porteous and composer and computer music pioneer Peter Zinovieff. Written for the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival in November 2011 at The Sage Gateshead, Horse was inspired by the 3,000-year-old Uffington chalk figure that leaps across the Oxfordshire landscape. Scored for voice and two computers, Horse mixes the sound of a Cornish ferry with human voices to conjure echoes of the Cretaceous sea, the dragon beneath it, and recollections from our deepest past. 'A mysterious and moving interaction of sounds' – Radio Times Place: Barter Books, Station Rd, Alnwick, Northumberland Date: Monday, December 19th, 2011 Time: 7.30pm Entrance: £3. (Wine & cheese afterwards.) Please join us! Doors open at 7:00pm – no need to book a seat. BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival, The Sage Gateshead, Hall Two Sunday November 6th, 7.30 – 8.00pm *Between the Ears: Horse* By Katrina Porteous and Peter Zinovieff Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3's series of innovative feature making, is performed for the first time in front of a live audience. Northumbrian poet Katrina Porteous and composer and synthesizer pioneer Peter Zinovieff have created a new work for Free Thinking, inspired by the three thousand year old Uffington chalk figure that leaps across the Oxfordshire landscape. Scored for two voices and two computers, 'Horse' mixes the sound of a Cornish ferry with human voices, to conjure echoes of the Cretaceous sea, the dragon beneath it, and recollections from our deepest past. Katrina Porteous has written eight long poems for national radio in the last decade, together with many shorter pieces. She has been described by Senior Features Producer Julian May as 'extending the boundaries of the genre'. Peter Zinovieff is the inventor of the legendary VCS3 synthesizer, used by Pink Floyd and Brian Eno, and has inspired and collaborated with many writers and composers, including Harrison Birtwistle, for whom he devised the libretto of 'The Mask of Orpheus'. He has derived the music for 'Horse' entirely from the sampled sounds of a chain ferry. Produced by Julian May. Voices: Katrina Porteous and Steve Robertson. An event not to be missed! Free Tickets: 0191 443 4661 http://www.thesagegateshead.org/ Saturday November 26th, 9pm BBC Radio 3 90-93FM Broadcast of Between the Ears: Horse Available thereafter to download free from the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking website. 2010 Publication of Bednelfysch and Iseland Fish: Continuity in the Pre-Industrial Sea-Fishery of North Northumberland by Adrian G. Osler and Katrina Porteous, in The Mariner's Mirror vol 96 no 1 (ISSN 0025 3359). 2009 Clarty Boots and Inky Fingers A 272-page book celebrating the centenary of Seahouses First School and the wider school history of Seahouses, Beadnell, Bamburgh and the surrounding villages. The book is edited by Katrina Porteous on behalf of the Old Parish of Bamburgh Local History Archive, and is the outcome of a year's work by the group and Seahouses First School, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It mixes personal memories with detailed research from school log books, newspapers and archives, and over 200 illustrations. Available from the Old Parish of Bamburgh Local History Archive, Sheltered Housing Community Centre, Stone Close, Seahouses, NE68 7YW, price Ł9.95 + postage. All proceeds go to the Old Parish of Bamburgh Local History Archive. www.seahouseslocalhistory-archive.co.uk An interview with Katrina appears in the new edition of the on-line poetry magazine for Northumberland, Acknowledged Land: www.acknowledgedland.com