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Comment by Jeffrey Morris 17th April, 2009

I like the Musical Instrument Amnesty idea. However, can we move it on to another stage? Here is a further idea, hopefully a practical suggestion.

The first element would involve the creation of an ensemble of a 100 acoustic guitar players! The receivers of guitars from the music instrument amnesty and other non-professional musicians will be auditioned by Londoners via a ‘You Tube’ or a broadcast television venture. The ensemble would work together and develop a concert of a hundred guitars for performance prior to the Olympics in 2012. This will be an integral part of the Cultural Olympiads.

Further ventures – in parallel with the above – would involve an ensemble of a hundred drummers/percussionists, again using musical instrument amnesty donations. Also, I envisage a similar venture with reed instruments, another based on vocals/choirs, and lastly brass. Five ventures representing the five continents of the world and the five rings of the Olympic flag.

Building on the ‘Music Instrument Amnesty’, this venture could reveal talent within London in the same way that ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ did for 47 Year old Susan Boyle!

The final venture – a mix of them all – a performance of the five ensembles could form part of the opening or closing ceremony at the London 2012 Games.

Are you interested in taking a lead on developing this creative venture Mayor Johnson? Perhaps Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber and other creative partners within London’s diverse communities could work together?

This venture should reflect 21st century London! The music composed could see Andrew Lloyd Webber working with the likes of Goldie, Nitin Sawney and others. It could draw on the ancient and modern traditions of our current diverse music masters.

London has a unique multi-faceted cultural resonance, so let it be expressed through music across the world in 2012. It would certainly be unlike the ‘Best of British’ farce at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Games.
This People’s Ensemble would be the unique music of international London – a city that will need in 2012 to prove that it is truly world class.

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The first venture, the creation of an ensemble of a 100 acoustic guitar players! The receivers of guitars from the amnesty will be auditioned by Londoners via a ‘You Tube’ venture in conjunction with the GLA. The ensemble will work together and develop a concert of a hundred guitars for performance prior to the Olympics in 2012. This will be an integral part of the Cultural Olympiads.

Further ventures in parallel would involve an ensemble of a hundred drummers/percussionists, again using musical instrument amnesty donations. Also I envisage a similar venture with reed instruments, another based on vocals/choirs, and lastly brass. Five ventures representing the five continents of the world and the five rings of the Olympic flag.

The final venture – a mix of them all – a performance of the five ensembles, maybe as part of the opening or the closing ceremony of London 2012.

Jeffrey Morris – jeffreymorris1 [Email address: jeffreymorris1 #AT# googlemail.com - replace #AT# with @ ]

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Whilst I may not generally be a fan of Boris, this is one idea which I think is actually viable. I’d just like to represent the young musicians when I say that the number of people who can play instruments is diabolical.

I play both the bassoon and the oboe to a high standard, and also coming on a treat on the bagpipes, and I urge anyone who wants to play an instrument to do so, and quickly!

In light of the fact that the ‘credit crunch’ is largely ficticious, there has never been a better time than to buy a clarinet or a euphonium!

Good luck!

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Putting an ad. in your local newsagent does work, and if you have kind public spirited newsagents around you, as I have, they will do it for free.

You can also e-mail your local paper and ask for coverage. If you explain the scheme, they will give at least a short paragraph.

I know that both of these methods gets results, because instruments have been donated in my area, hopefully some direct to the TIME OUT. One wonderful lady has given a pair of congo drums. She could have sold them on E-Bay for over £500, but was inspired by the Mayor’s scheme to give them to City Hall for kids.

EVEN IF YOU ONLY STICK UP ONE AD. SOMEWHERE, HELP THIS SCHEME UNTIL 31ST MARCH, BECAUSE IT IS HUGELY WORTHWHILE.

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