Never-before-seen drafts of children s classic on view at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
John Vernon Lord, The Giant Jam Sandwich. Courtesy of the artist.
DITCHLING
.- A new exhibition opened at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft this Spring, to mark 50 years of revered illustrator John Vernon Lords life and work in Ditchling. Lord is one of Britain s most recognised and respected illustrators, owing both to his own practice, and his pioneering contribution to education across almost six decades. Lord has illustrated many classics of English literature including the work of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Aesops fables and James Joyce and is regarded as a pillar of the local arts community in Ditchling where he has lived since the 1970s. Also an author in his own right, Lord has written and illustrated a number of childrens books including The Giant Jam Sandwich (1972), which has since become a modern classic.
NATS names Jeffrey Ryan first place winner of 2021 Art Song Composition Award
posted on 8:00 AM, February 4, 2021
Drumroll, please… the 2021 winning composition is “Everything Already Lost”
Composer
Jeffrey Ryan has won first prize in the National Association of Teachers of Singing 2021 Art Song Composition Award for his work,
“Everything Already Lost.” As first prize winner, Ryan will receive $2,000 and the work will be performed at the 57th NATS National Conference, which is slated for July 2022 in Chicago. Additionally, the Cincinnati Song Initiative also will program the work on a future concert as part of its Americana series.
Ryan’s “Everything Already Lost” is an art song cycle for baritone and piano featuring the poetry of Jan Zwicky. The cycle premiered November 19, 2020, in a virtual concert by Music on Main and recorded at Chan Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, with Tyler Duncan, baritone and Erika Switzer, piano. The work is a four-song set.