Beverley Composer Seeks Support For Recording Project

Kerrin Tatman, a composer from Beverley, is kickstarting a new project in commemoration of the 2017 Hull City of Culture bid.

‘Fly Into My Vapour Arms’ is phase one of the project – a crowdfunder to raise money to get two compositions professionally recorded: “Amy Johnson’s Last Flight”, which tells the story of the famous aviatrix in her mysterious last days as a pilot, and a setting of Philip Larkin’s poem “Coming”.

It is part of a larger project which he is working on – a song cycle celebrating famous past and present Hull figures.

Once recorded, the material will be used to promote to organisations, such as Hull City of Culture, to back a concert in the city during 2017, which will feature the première of the song cycle, as well as other local composer’s works.

This is part of Kerrin’s ambition to provide outlets for classical composer’s to get their works performed, as opportunities are currently far and few between. He also hopes to shoot a video to help visualise the project.

The crowdfunder is now live with only days left to raise the base figure of £250, although Kerrin hopes to raise £700 in total through overfunding and other means to fulfil the project to its full potential. If you would like to back ‘Fly Into My Vapour Arms’ please click here: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fly-into-my-vapour-arms

In return for your donation there is a reward structure offering digital and CD copies of the pieces, plus tickets to the concert in 2017. Kerrin’s other local composing projects include writing for ‘NO SOUP!’

Productions between 2008-2010, and winning the 2008 National Centre for Early Music Young Composer’s Competition for his piece ‘Stabat Mater’, which was performed by the Tallis Scholars in Beverley Minster.