Feel the Music - A Concert to Future
PROGRAMME
Paul Whittaker, British musician and coach, has been deaf since birth. Since 2012, he has been part of the internationally successful "Feel the Music" project of the MCO. In this lecture concert, he demonstrates how music can be created and experienced through all the senses.
Paul Whittaker OBE piano
Musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Interpretation will be provided in German Sign Language (DGS)
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Born in Huddersfield in 1964, Paul has been profoundly deaf all his life yet pursued a career as a Musician. A Pianist and Organist, he has a music degree from Wadham College, Oxford, a postgraduate performance diploma from the RNCM and holds ALCM and ARCO diplomas.
In 1988 he founded "Music and the Deaf", a charity to help deaf people enjoy music, which he ran for 27 years. In 1992, Paul began giving signed theatre performances, working on shows such as Les Miserables, Cats, Phantom Of The Opera, West Side Story, Carousel, My Fair Lady, and many more. He has also signed for The Sixteen Choir, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, and at the Edinburgh International and Aldeburgh Festivals.
In 2007, he was awarded an OBE for Services to Music and also holds Honorary degrees from the University of Huddersfield and the Open University.
In 2010, he gave the first ever signed BBC Prom - Sondheim at 80 - in the presence of Stephen Sondheim and with performers such as Judi Dench, Bryn Terfel, Simon Russell Beale and Maria Friedman.
Since 2012, Paul has been working with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on their "Feel The Music" project, bringing the joy of music to deaf and hard-of-hearing children to several countries around the world. Since May 2015 he has been working independently as a Motivational Speaker, and continuing to share his passion for music and encouraging people to achieve their potential.
Photo: (c) Paul Whittaker
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