Anthea's Garden
A$10,486
of $7,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 11th Oct 2015 at 11:59AM.
To all the lovely people who supported our campaign on Pozible.com, thank you so much for your support. We reached 150% of our target and we couldn't have done this without you!
A PERFORMANCE of the Anthea's Garden children's book with live musicians, pictures and narration will occur on...
Saturday 31st October @ 11am
Saturday 31st October @ 2pm
Sunday 1st November @ 11am
Venue: La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, Victoria.
Click here for more information and for bookings
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IF YOU MISSED OUT ON SUPPORTING THIS CAMPAIGN BUT WOULD STILL LIKE TO PURCHASE a copy of the "Anthea's Garden" book with a free download of the audiobook with music, you can now make a purchase at: www.katherinerawlings.com/shop
For up to date information on all things Anthea's Garden go to www.katherinerawlings.com/antheas-garden
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Hi I'm Katherine Rawlings the composer and creator of Anthea’s Garden. I'm really excited to be able to share this beautiful artwork with you. This project has been over a year and half in the making and brings together composer, author, illustrator, percussionists, sound engineer and arts/music educators to create a beautifully illustrated children’s book with music.
Anthea’s Garden is about a little girl who has a series of dreamlike, magical adventures. She has shrunk to the size of a mouse and explores her garden where she finds a runaway pot plant, her giant cat, fairies dancing, and a parade of insects. Set in a suburban backyard in Melbourne, the story encapsulates the magic of childhood through the power of the imagination and children’s instinctive fascination with nature.
Anthea’s Garden is a tribute to Anthea McKie (1980 – 2003): a close friend and fellow creative artist. Anthea had wanted to illustrate children’s books and I had intended to ask her to illustrate the pictures for this work, when I learned of her unexpected passing. Instead, the themes explored in the musical content became a reflection of my memory of Anthea herself. Her interests, and things that she loved inspired the creation of Anthea’s Garden.
The History of the project:
Commissioned by Carmen Chan for her Master’s recital entitled “Children’s Games”, Anthea’s Garden was originally a piece of music written for solo percussion (marimba, vibraphone and glockenspiel) and multimedia (completed May 2003). With illustrations by Kelly Hobbs, this first edition was premiered by Carmen on the 12th of June 2003. The sheet music for this 2003 edition was never published and appeared in its entirety in concert only once. As it was originally written for a Master’s recital, the music was intentionally quite technically difficult to play. Over ten years later, Carmen suggested that I arrange the piece for percussion duo to ease its level of difficulty and to make it more accessible to less advanced players. I immediately embraced this idea, however the inclusion of another player opened up a range of musical possibilities that were previously impractical. For this reason, the new percussion duo version of Anthea's Garden, while referring closely to the 2003 edition, has been significantly rewritten.
I've always loved illustrated children's books. The original Anthea's Garden had simple black and white pencil illustrations that were projected onto a screen as the music was being performed. This intended to convey a similar construct as a children's book, but music was used instead of words to convey the story, with much left open to the imagination. It wasn't until I had my first child however that my love of illustrated children's books was re-ignited, and it is perhaps because of this reclaimed love that my interest in creating a children's book with a new edition of Anthea's Garden came about. Anthea's Garden began as a collaboration and I was again interested in finding out what could be achieved by sharing this project with other artists. This is where the very talented artists' Ailsa Wild (author), Simon Howe (illustrator) and Collision Theory (percussion duo) come in.
I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with such incredibly talented artists with such a diverse range of skills. The first time Ailsa worked with me she was a circus performer, just a few years on, she has authored two children's books: The Squid the Vibrio and the Moon, and Zobi and the Zoox, appeared frequently at writers festivals and in circus shows and has recently been picked up by a publisher to write a series of fiction books. As much of this project was organised while I was living in Hong Kong, her experience, involvement and support has been invaluable in ensuring that things ran smoothly back here in Melbourne. The project has been over a year and a half in the making. I finished the new percussion duo edition of the music for Anthea's Garden in May 2014. I returned from HK to Melbourne to record the music with Collision Theory (Arwen Johnston and Amy Valent Curlis) and I was completely blown away by how awesome the music sounded on the big resonant instruments of vibraphone, marimba and glockenspiel. Working with the musicians of Collision Theory and with sound engineer Frank Pierce was incredible, and I can't wait to see their live performance of Anthea's Garden on the 31st of October & 1st of November (details for this event can be found at www.katherinerawlings.com ). The recording for the music was completed in July and the words in December of 2014. Simon our illustrator came on board in early 2015 and has been working tirelessly over the last few months to bring the visual elements for the Anthea's Garden project to life. I think Simon's illustrations speak for themselves. Simon has always continued to surprise and amaze me through his unique vision and the incredible quality of his work. The culmination of all these artists work has far surpassed anything I could have imagined and resulted in the production of a truly beautiful children's book with music.
Now we need your help! The book is in the final stages of completion and we are working hard to ensure that this book will be delivered to you well in time for Christmas. We are asking you to support our project by pre-ordering the book on Pozible
so that we can cover the costs of production, printing and postage. We also need your help to spread the word. If you know anyone with kids or someone who just loves music and picture books, sharing this campaign with them will be absolutely invaluable to its success. Thank you for your support and all that you do.
The Anthea's Garden book is for kids 3 years old and over. The music is for all ages.
项目的背景
你好，我是秘密花园的作曲家和创始者Katherine Rawlings. 我很高兴去和你分享这个艺术作品。项目已经准备了一年半，汇集了作曲家，作家，插画家，打击乐手，录音师和艺术/音乐教育工作者。他们创造了一个美丽的图画儿童音乐书。
秘密花园是一部关于梦幻小萝莉在睡梦中的奇妙探险记。有一天她突然变成一个mini型小人并在她的花园里面探险突然她发现一个奇妙的盆栽植物，猫，仙女舞，和昆虫的游行。故事发生在墨尔本的郊区，通过无尽的想象展示了一个魔幻般的童话世界以及孩子对大自然的喜爱。
秘密花园是为了赞扬 Anthea McKie (1980 – 2003): 我最好的朋友是一个非常有创造能力的艺术家。Anthea 本来想阐述儿童读物，本来我打算请她为图片配图，但是却得到她意外逝世的消息。相反，在音乐主题的探索上，成为了我对她的回忆。她个人非常喜欢秘密花园。
项目的历史：
她师父的演奏会主题是“儿童游戏”，秘密花园原来是一首乐曲独奏打击乐（木琴，电颤琴和钟琴）和多媒体（已完成2003年5月）写的。插图是由Kelly Hobbs做的，首次出版是在2003年六月12号。在这之前从来没有出版过，只是在演唱会上出现过一次。最初写这个是为了研究生的朗诵，音乐在技术上是非常难打的。十年后，Carmen建议我安排一张打击乐二重奏，去缓解音乐的困难，并使其更容易获得少量的高级玩家。我马上接受了这个想法，但是包含其他玩家开辟了一系列的音乐可能性，这在以前是不切实际的。出于这个原因，秘密花园的新敲击二重奏版本，和之前的2003年版本密切联系，但是也做出了意义重大的改写。
我非常喜爱阐述儿童图书。秘密花园最开始是用黑白两色的铅笔描绘出来并放在大屏幕上伴着音乐。这意在传达一个儿童读物的结构，只是用音乐来替代语言，要人们尽情的去发挥他们的想象。直到我有了自己的孩子，我的儿童读物的创造能力才又一次的被激起，这也许是因为我想在秘密花园中创建一个新的版本。我在尝试寻找其它一些艺术家和我一起合作秘密花园。这里有一些天份很高的艺术家Ailsa Wild（作者），Simon Howe（插画）和Collision Theory（打击二重乐）。
我觉得我非常幸运竟然有机会可以和这么多有天份的艺术家合作并讨论一些多元化的问题。第一次我和Alisa一起工作她在马戏团表演，短短几年，她撰写了两个孩子的书：鱿鱼上的微生物和月亮，Zobi和Zoox，频频出现在作家节和一些展览中。很多项目是我在香港的时候举办的，她的经验，参与和支持是非常宝贵的，这样才可以确保事情顺利的在墨尔本完成。这个项目已经准备了一年，并完成了一半。我在2014年五月结束了秘密花园的二重奏版本。之后我从香港回到了墨尔本去录制音乐的撞击理论（Arwen Johnston和Amy Valent Curlis）我完全被这些电颤琴，马林巴琴和钟琴大共振仪器音乐所吸引。与音响工程师一起工作简直难以置信，我真的是迫不及待去看秘密花园在10月31号&11月1的展览了（具体信息请看www.katherinerawlings.com音乐的录制会在7月完成词会在2014年12月之前完成.Simon是我们的插图家在2015年初一直在位我们的秘密花园一直努力着。我认为simon的插图是自己和自己对话。Simon一直让我惊喜，通过他独特的眼光和他令人难以置信的工作质量给我带来惊喜。所有这些艺术家作品的高潮已经远远超过任何我所想象的，并导致生产一个真正有意义的儿童音乐书。
现在我们需要你的帮助！这本书现在已经进入了最后的阶段。我们会努力让这本书在圣诞节之前出现在你们的手上。我们需要您在pozible上来支持我们的项目，去覆盖生产，印刷和邮寄费用。我们还需要你的帮助。如果你知道谁非常喜欢音乐或者插画书，和她们分享这个会是你最好的选择。非常感谢你对我们的帮助。
秘密花园适合3岁以上的孩子去看。音乐是没有年限的。
秘密花园是一部关于梦幻小萝莉在睡梦中的奇妙探险记。有一天她突然变成一个mini型小人并在她的花园里面探险突然她发现一个奇妙的盆栽植物，猫，仙女舞，和昆虫的游行。故事发生在墨尔本的郊区，通过无尽的想象展示了一个魔幻般的童话世界以及孩子对大自然的喜爱。
秘密花园是为了赞扬 Anthea McKie (1980 – 2003): 我最好的朋友是一个非常有创造能力的艺术家。Anthea 本来想阐述儿童读物，本来我打算请她为图片配图，但是却得到她意外逝世的消息。相反，在音乐主题的探索上，成为了我对她的回忆。她个人非常喜欢秘密花园。
项目的历史：
她师父的演奏会主题是“儿童游戏”，秘密花园原来是一首乐曲独奏打击乐（木琴，电颤琴和钟琴）和多媒体（已完成2003年5月）写的。插图是由Kelly Hobbs做的，首次出版是在2003年六月12号。在这之前从来没有出版过，只是在演唱会上出现过一次。最初写这个是为了研究生的朗诵，音乐在技术上是非常难打的。十年后，Carmen建议我安排一张打击乐二重奏，去缓解音乐的困难，并使其更容易获得少量的高级玩家。我马上接受了这个想法，但是包含其他玩家开辟了一系列的音乐可能性，这在以前是不切实际的。出于这个原因，秘密花园的新敲击二重奏版本，和之前的2003年版本密切联系，但是也做出了意义重大的改写。
我非常喜爱阐述儿童图书。秘密花园最开始是用黑白两色的铅笔描绘出来并放在大屏幕上伴着音乐。这意在传达一个儿童读物的结构，只是用音乐来替代语言，要人们尽情的去发挥他们的想象。直到我有了自己的孩子，我的儿童读物的创造能力才又一次的被激起，这也许是因为我想在秘密花园中创建一个新的版本。我在尝试寻找其它一些艺术家和我一起合作秘密花园。这里有一些天份很高的艺术家Ailsa Wild（作者），Simon Howe（插画）和Collision Theory（打击二重乐）。
我觉得我非常幸运竟然有机会可以和这么多有天份的艺术家合作并讨论一些多元化的问题。第一次我和Alisa一起工作她在马戏团表演，短短几年，她撰写了两个孩子的书：鱿鱼上的微生物和月亮，Zobi和Zoox，频频出现在作家节和一些展览中。很多项目是我在香港的时候举办的，她的经验，参与和支持是非常宝贵的，这样才可以确保事情顺利的在墨尔本完成。这个项目已经准备了一年，并完成了一半。我在2014年五月结束了秘密花园的二重奏版本。之后我从香港回到了墨尔本去录制音乐的撞击理论（Arwen Johnston和Amy Valent Curlis）我完全被这些电颤琴，马林巴琴和钟琴大共振仪器音乐所吸引。与音响工程师一起工作简直难以置信，我真的是迫不及待去看秘密花园在10月31号&11月1的展览了（具体信息请看www.katherinerawlings.com音乐的录制会在7月完成词会在2014年12月之前完成.Simon是我们的插图家在2015年初一直在位我们的秘密花园一直努力着。我认为simon的插图是自己和自己对话。Simon一直让我惊喜，通过他独特的眼光和他令人难以置信的工作质量给我带来惊喜。所有这些艺术家作品的高潮已经远远超过任何我所想象的，并导致生产一个真正有意义的儿童音乐书。
现在我们需要你的帮助！这本书现在已经进入了最后的阶段。我们会努力让这本书在圣诞节之前出现在你们的手上。我们需要您在pozible上来支持我们的项目，去覆盖生产，印刷和邮寄费用。我们还需要你的帮助。如果你知道谁非常喜欢音乐或者插画书，和她们分享这个会是你最好的选择。非常感谢你对我们的帮助。
秘密花园适合3岁以上的孩子去看。音乐是没有年限的。
资金如何被使用？
资金将用于整个项目（作曲，插图，文字，表演，录音）完成创建成品，以及书的印刷，制作和发行成本的工作。如果我们通过我们需要的目标，在2016年下半年我们会把这些钱放在创建秘密花园的iBook上面。
我的一些其它工作？
我在创造上面已经走了15年了。在这段时间我公司的音乐种类涵盖了各种乐器和独奏／钢琴交响曲。大部分乐曲包括了30多种
http://www.katherinerawlings.com/shop/或者也可以从澳洲音乐中心可以看。我曾经是2003年Dorian Le Gallienne的得奖者，我的音乐在澳洲及海外进行多种表演包括墨尔本交响乐团，乐团维多利亚的泽尔曼纪念交响乐团。我的音乐已经在3MBS和PBS电台以及几个有特色的短期电影上：我的音乐都可以在我的主页上免费收听www.katherinerawlings.comat http://www.katherinerawlings.com/some-of-my-works/...可以看更多的作者Ailsa Wild，插图Simon Howe，表演家
Collision Theory和音乐指导家Frank Pierce。你可以点击相关的链接。
http://www.katherinerawlings.com/shop/或者也可以从澳洲音乐中心可以看。我曾经是2003年Dorian Le Gallienne的得奖者，我的音乐在澳洲及海外进行多种表演包括墨尔本交响乐团，乐团维多利亚的泽尔曼纪念交响乐团。我的音乐已经在3MBS和PBS电台以及几个有特色的短期电影上：我的音乐都可以在我的主页上免费收听www.katherinerawlings.comat http://www.katherinerawlings.com/some-of-my-works/...可以看更多的作者Ailsa Wild，插图Simon Howe，表演家
Collision Theory和音乐指导家Frank Pierce。你可以点击相关的链接。
挑战
音乐和有声读物都被录音。这本书已经接近尾声。最大的挑战对于我们来说是宣传和经费书的制作和印刷成本。这是你进来的原因所以我们需要你的帮助，使这个项目获得成功。通过承诺和预订购图书的圣诞节（或者因为你知道你的孩子一定会喜欢他们），你会直接带动了项目的成功，使我们能够向公众提供这个美丽的工作。如果你有朋对我们的书感兴趣，请帮助我们与您的朋友分享这本书。
How The Funds Will Be Used
The funds will be used to pay for all the work that was done by the project team (composition, illustration, text, performance, recording) to create the finished product, as well as the printing, production and distribution costs of the book. If we pass our required goal we will be putting the money towards creating an iBook of Anthea's Garden that will be made available in late 2016.
The Challenges
The music and audiobook have been recorded. The book is nearing completion. The biggest obstacle for us now is publicity and funding for the production and printing costs of the book. This is where you come in. We need your help to make this project a success. By making a pledge and pre-ordering your books for Christmas (or just because you know your kids will love them), you will be directly contributing to the success of the project and enabling us to make this beautiful work available to the public. If you have friends who you think may be interested in our book, please help us spread the word by sharing this campaign with your friends.