Lee Patterson
The London Musicians’ Collective is one of the most important organisations in the field of experimental music working in Britain today.
It’s support for improvised music and the sonic arts via its’ annual festival and periodicals, remains unsurpassed by any other organisation in the country.
It’s support for my practice, through the provision of several opportunities to perform at well attended, high profile events in the capitol, has proven to be invaluable to my development as an artist. It has lead to the development of new works and many performance opportunities, as well as fruitful collaborations internationally.
Indeed, it is the organisations’ ability to function on the regional through to the international level, that has lead to its’ reputation as a national treasure. Working, as it does, with U.K artists as well as those from around the world, bringing them together to share their work, audience and critical response.
Throughout its’ thirty-odd year history, the LMC has been instrumental in the career development of a number of internationally renowned musicians and artists with reputations that span the globe, to remove the opportunity for future practitioners to develop in a similar fashion is gross folly and hugely destructive to the cultural reputation of this country.
The withdrawal of funding to this organisation will lead to a tragedy not only on a local or regional scale, but also nationally and internationally.
Lee Patterson, Manchester, 10/01/2008.
It’s support for improvised music and the sonic arts via its’ annual festival and periodicals, remains unsurpassed by any other organisation in the country.
It’s support for my practice, through the provision of several opportunities to perform at well attended, high profile events in the capitol, has proven to be invaluable to my development as an artist. It has lead to the development of new works and many performance opportunities, as well as fruitful collaborations internationally.
Indeed, it is the organisations’ ability to function on the regional through to the international level, that has lead to its’ reputation as a national treasure. Working, as it does, with U.K artists as well as those from around the world, bringing them together to share their work, audience and critical response.
Throughout its’ thirty-odd year history, the LMC has been instrumental in the career development of a number of internationally renowned musicians and artists with reputations that span the globe, to remove the opportunity for future practitioners to develop in a similar fashion is gross folly and hugely destructive to the cultural reputation of this country.
The withdrawal of funding to this organisation will lead to a tragedy not only on a local or regional scale, but also nationally and internationally.
Lee Patterson, Manchester, 10/01/2008.
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