performance by narrator and orchestra for children
Information for orchestras; Bryony Marks; Australian composer; music for children; orchestra and narrator; The Happiness Box; inspiring story
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Conductor/Artistic Director
Narrator
Technician
Sound system (for narrator)
Screen (above or behind the orchestra)
Lighting (if appropriate to venue)
Scores and parts (hard copies or pdfs)
Narrator's text (pdf)
Illustration cues for technician operating the projector (pdf)
Image files (jpegs)
Illustrations by Leslie Greener, 'The Happiness Box', The Australasian Publishing Company, Sydney 1947. Reproduced with permission from the Greener Estate. The front and back cover illustrations, and the middle insert entitled 'In the middle of the flower sat Bumble, the bee who knew everything', appear in colour in the book. The other black and white illustrations have been colourised for performance by Neale Mar.
Photos of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing The Happiness Box, conducted by Brett Kelly with Stephen Curry as narrator, reproduced with permission from the MSO.
The Happiness Box was commissioned by Symphony Services Australia, the Robert Salzer Foundation and Father Arthur E. Bridge AM for Ars Musica.
