In January 2023,  Bemerton Good Neighbours Scheme launched a new community music project in partnership with London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). Over 6-weeks at Jean Stokes Community Centre, musicians from the LSO and elderly Islington residents collaborated to make music together. 

Artist and Audio maker Jack Miguel came in to record the music being made in the group and to speak to some of the staff and the residents on the programme about their experience. This audio doc/collage in the result of those conversations and recordings. 

Commissioned by the LSO, special thanks to Natasha Zielazinski & Detta Danford and all the participants and staff at Jean Stokes

Circling Birds - Cally Rhythmics X LSO connect

The Turning of the Leaves is a meditation on the subject of masculinity with reference to the First World War and the phenomenon of intergenerational trauma. It's named after a ceremony that takes place in Manchester Cathedral, in which a page is turned in the Book of Remembrance on alternate Wednesdays.

Drawing on research, interviews and participation in mens groups and influenced by the work of Carl Jung, Ted Hughes and the many voices of Kendrick Lamar, the installation is concerned with the challenges facing men today amidst inherited narratives of power, violence and invulnerability. 

Written and directed by artist and poet Jack Miguel in collaboration with award winning filmmaker Taz Tron Delix and electronic musician and sound artist Josh Grey-Jung, long form lyrical text is brought to life through multi screen video projection and a dynamic score produced in surround sound. The outcome is a complex, original and compelling vision of the human psyche.