SNAP

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SNAP

• Sweden (Hälsingland)
• North Pennines (United Kingdom)
• And Ploërmel (Coeur de Bretagne)

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SNAP

• The SNAP project aims to achieve a mutual
  understanding by young musicians of the
  traditional music repertoire from each of the
  three partner regions, both within a live
  performance context and as professionally
  recorded (CD and DVD) for posterity.

SNAP is what people in England say when they
have the same idea at the same time.
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Finding Partners to share the Idea

• We in the North Pennines region of the UK have a
  history of successful LEADER transnational
  projects, especially in terms of music.

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CSERW

• In the Common Sounds of European Rural World
  project (2000-2001), musicians from the North
  Pennines played Northumbrian music in a small
  Italian mountain village, and musicians from the
  Molise region of Italy played their bagpipes in
  the North Pennines
• --gt Video Clip 1

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CSERW

• The CSERW project was successful on its own
  musical terms, within the context of the bagpipe
  tradition, and the partners also produced a joint
  website and tourism brochures in each partners
  language.

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CSERW

• Neither partner, however, envisaged actually
  learning the other partners music the project
  involved separate performance playing at an
  audience, rather than playing with the other
  partner.
• The bagpipes of each region are constructed in
  different keys, and so cannot be played
  together.
• We loved the project, and we loved each others
  music, but we could not think how to carry the
  project further.

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Fast Forward --gtSNAP03

• We in the North Pennines were delighted to be
  contacted in the summer of 2003 by a Swedish
  musical group from Hälsingland, who had seen
  something of our transnational experiences, and
  who wanted to explore the idea of a transnational
  project involving young musicians.

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SNAP03 Ignition!

• The arrival, in the small village of Allendale,
  Northumberland, of a coach-load of young Swedish
  musicians, and their performance in a favourite
  local pub, following a showcase set by young
  musicians from the northeast region of the UK,
  was electrifying!
• We realised we could make exciting music
  together!
• --gtvideo clip 2 (Southwind/Hälsingland Band)

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Suddenly Stunning SNAP04

• Working together and planning throughout 2004, in
  a further series of explorations, we put together
  a set of shared workshops in each others regions
  during June and August, which culminated in a
  joint concert in Järvsö, Hälsingland, and the
  recording of The First Gathering, the SNAP04
  CD.
• These workshops also resulted in a documentary
  VideoDisc CD SNAP04, in which young musician
  paricipants described their own reactions to the
  experience
• --gt video clip 3 Stanegard concert playing each
  others tunes.

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Simply Stunning SNAP04 CD

• The lovely and stunning SNAP04 CD was launched
  in the North Pennines and is now available to
  purchase for only 25.

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Whither SNAP05?

• Success in the formal exploratory project of
  SNAP04 meant a realistic chance of developing a
  larger project for 2005/2006.
• Meanwhile, prompted by additional interest from
  other potential European partners, further
  explorations in France during September 2004
  identified a best-fit partner from Coeur de
  Bretagne.

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Coordination SNAP05

• At a formal coordinators meeting in the North
  Pennines over the Easter weekend, the final
  crucial components of the SNAP05 project locked
  into place
• Most importantly, musical interactions between
  the musical leaders from each region meant that
  the formal SNAP05 project could move forward
  with a shared musical mission
• --gt video clip 4 musical tutors

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SNAP05 North Pennines

• During the first week of June, after the
  wonderful Hexham Gathering, perhaps the largest
  annual collection of young traditional musicians
  in one place in the UK, the first workshop
  session of SNAP05 commenced.
• At the end of four days of workshops, 8 young
  musicians from each partner region gathered to
  play their respective tunes.
• The concert concluded with the complete band of
  young people playing tunes from each of the
  regions, which they had all learned together.
• --gt video clip 5 3 regional tunes and a
  combined band play together in Allendale

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SNAP05 Ploërmel/Hälsingland

• SNAP05 will continue with musical workshops in
  Ploërmel during the first week in July, and in
  Hälsingland during the first week in August..
• The young musicians will play together in
  informal village hall concerts throughout Coeur
  de Bretagne, and in a joint Music Festival
  showcase performance.
• In Hälsingland, the work will involve polishing
  the repertoire, a prolonged recording session for
  the SNAP05 CD, and a live concert performance
  before an estimated 10,000 people.

August 2005
July 2005
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SNAP05 Immediate Future

• A SNAP05 CD will be professionally recorded and
  produced, for distribution and sale in each
  partner region
• We are investigating the creation of a SNAP05
  DVD involving professional video/film workers
  from each region
• The SNAP05 Tunebook, providing all the musical
  notation of the final recorded elements of the
  SNAP05 CD, will be produced by the end of 2005.
  This Tunebook will also involve some elements of
  a scrapbook design, showcasing useful historical,
  geographical and cultural background aspects of
  each partner region

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SNAP05 Local Support

• The SNAP project involves local businesses and
  enterprises in each region, providing much-needed
  support for local employers and employees in the
  touristic field.
• These important local support functions mean that
  the LEADER programme in the North Pennines is
  fulfilling its brief on the Improving our
  Quality of Life theme.

to Accommodation to Restaurants to Transport
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SNAP New Ideas and Self-Sustainability

• New ideas are always developing in SNAP, ranging
  from international folk music degree courses at
  university level, to a new transnational network
  of music promoters.
• In addition, the SNAP project is moving toward
  self-sustainability, with increased self-funding
  expected during 2006 by the young musician
  participants.

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SNAP From Idea to Action

1. Ownership the project concept must be shared
   and owned by each partner the SNAP idea
   encapsulates this premise
2. Feasibility budgets including travel, logistics
   and accommodation must be absolutely realistic
   and achievable, and the time scales practicable
   cashflow issues!
3. Organisation activities must be carefully
   organised, with each partner working to
   understand what the other partners want and
   expect. Each partner must be prepared to modify
   expectations, and delivery, to suit each other.
   Mutual resilience is crucial for projects to
   succeed.
4. Publicity in each area, publicity helps to
   encourage each partner that the project is valued
   in their partners region
5. Communication email and telephone contact offer
   immediacy which is important to all partners.

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SNAP05-UK Organisationsand Sponsors
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SNAP Concluding Comments

• Coeur de Bretagne, the new partner in SNAP,
  describing the experience of sharing in this
  musical adventure