The Creative Hearts of Dr. Who Fandom Are Bigger on the Inside
Krypton Radio Newswire
When something comes along that sparks the imagination and grabs people by heart and brain alike, it often spawns a creative response from the people that make up the fan community springing up around that something. Today’s Video of the Day is all about that phenomenon, and in this case it’s the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. This offering – “Rose’s Theme / Doomsday” – shows one of the things the internet is good for: bringing creative people together so that they can create something wonderful.
So what is the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra? It’s a collection of Doctor Who fans who have formed a virtual orchestra, and they’ve gotten together under the direction of Stephen Willis of Surrey, England. He reasoned that the music of Murray Gold meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people, that a lot of Doctor Who fans were probably musicians themselves. He went about figuring out how to allow fans from all over the world to play some of the compositions written by Murray Gold together as an orchestra, and it worked. Our video today is their third offering. Participants submitted recordings for this work from November 2011 to January 2012.
This final mix includes a total of 177 submissions from 154 individual participants, ranging in age from 11 to 57, and who are located in at least 18 different countries across the world, including: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Spain, France, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland.
Arranged and co-ordinated by Stephen Willis
Assistant Co-ordinator: Robin LaPasha
| PICCOLO: Benton GordonFLUTES: Jessica Brinkley Erin Coldan Jennifer Crow Karleen Eng Kelley Erickson Jenna Giere Benton Gordon Nikki Imberger Resilda Lala Leanne Larson Katie Laski Miriam Longman Nicole Maneth Xavier Martín Geri Muller Rachel Reyes Emily Savela Jutta WagnerOBOES: Lawrence Dinh Nicole Maneth Rebecca Rodgers Shaina WinrichCLARINETS: Heather Ackroyd Cassie Cudworth Matt Hines Jesstin Jacobs Ambrose Kranitis Karly McAvenia Jonathan Naritoku Pau Pagès Mitchell Pawsey Ella Shurr Jessica Stahl Linus Wan Stephen Willis Delphina Yancho BASS CLARINET: ALTO SAXOPHONES: |
BARITONE SAXOPHONE: Alec MacDonaldBASSOONS: Miriam Fuchs Matt Hines Caitlin Parker Brandon Winrich FRENCH HORNS: Shaun Lim Jeremy Rodgers Shannon Smith Laura Testa Allured Oceana Trelawney Matt WalkerTRUMPETS: David Baldridge William Baldridge Richard Ferraro Glenn Thomas Hvidsten Jin Hyun Matt Johnson Stephanie Kimball Claire Leske Graeme Mealey Melissa Rowlands TROMBONES: TUBAS: CYMBALS & MARK TREE: TIMPANI: DRUM KIT: GLOCKENSPIEL: CONCERT HARP: SANDOURI & KANUN:
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VOCAL SOLOISTS: Heather Ackroyd Allie Savage Rachel Adcock Catherine Geiger CHOIR: Heather Ackroyd Monika Berberich Shayna Boardman Xenia Bulizhnik Susan Chakmakian S. Clay Ulrike Czogalla Katie Daniels Greg Ebdon Glory Friend Victoria Gray Rachael Hapeman Susan Henry Paula Herrington Ishee Nicole-Anne Keyton Felix Lam Kostya LaPasha Robin LaPasha Gillion Machota Karly McAvenia Graeme Mealey Vanessa Aisha Mostafa Viktorija Murane Kristen Murphy Anna Neprostaya Kelsey O’Leary Simi Panesar Camila de Camargo Pereira Melody Raidy Allie Savage Ma?gorzata S?abosz Marcey Taylor Lucy Webb Stephen Willis Shiwei YuPIANO (SOLO): Natalie OdienLEAD GUITAR (SOLO): Steve Foxon ELECTRIC GUITAR (RHYTHM):
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Jentrie Matheson Steve Foxon Jonathan OdateELECTRIC BASS: Tom Boulton Matt Birdsall David Burson Gil Disatnik Janet Jiacinto Jonathan Odate Alice PinsonVIOLINS: Ida Andersson Elliot Beagley Xenia Bulizhnik Sophie Crawford Allyn Custer Sharon Evans Anne Gauché Ze Goon Lisa Hannon Alison Liang Jonathan Liou Miriam Longman Jentrie Matheson Chiara Mezzavilla Natalie Odien Nikhil Ramaprasad Duncan Swan Clarisse Thomas Dayna Townsend ‘Valzaye’ ‘ViolinistBAKA’ VIOLAS: CELLOS: DOUBLE BASSES: |
The next piece will be “Dalek Suite” (featuring music from Series One to Five). To take part, watch for instructions an the upcoming promo, via the links below.
We can hardly wait. In the meantime, listen for their first three finished pieces on Krypton Radio. Pretty awesome stuff.
