Black Lives Matter: Twisted Passion/New Era by ITT Music

Created as part of an international collaboration between the Irene Taylor Trust and Civic Orchestra of Chicago to explore themes around the Black Lives Matter movement.

These 2 tracks and connecting music were created together by:
Emma Williams (ITT)
Sara Lee (ITT)
Philip Bergman, cello
Abby Black, horn
Luke Lentini, violin
Lyricist/vocalists: Benjamin, Double M, MONTELL THE GREAT

In response to not being able to work together in person, ITT and our partners in Chicago devised an ambitious online project, utilising the skills of 23 people including the ITT project team, young musicians from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and a number of lyricists and vocalists who have benefitted from ITT’s prison and community programmes. The driving force behind the project was the desire to respond in a creative way to the events surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, and to create a set of 6 new songs focusing on past events, the present day and our hopes for the future. Groups met online to devise musical and lyrical ideas and structures, worked offline to create and record their individual parts and then came back together online to hone the ideas and shape each song into its final form. The result was 6 very different but extraordinary songs, all beautifully crafted and unique in content.

More info about ITT is on our website: https://irenetaylortrust.com/
More info about the Civic Orchestra of Chicago: https://cso.org/institute/civic-orchestra-of-chicago/

The project was supported by The Leche Trust and the Charles Hayward Foundation
http://www.lechetrust.org/
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/