A Song For Our Time - winner announced
London theatre news: Monday 3 August 2020
Competitions - Music
Looking At The Moon, by Amir Shoenfeld and Caitlyn Burt, is announced as winning song from the search for ‘A Song For Our Time’, marking 20 weeks since theatres closed.
Artwork designed by Rebecca Pitt
Amir Shoenfeld and Caitlyn Burt bag the winner's title for their song Looking At The Moon which outshone hundreds of songs from across the globe in the search for 'A Song For Our Time'.
Organisers of the competition, Danielle Tarento and Paul Wilkins, said ...
"We were absolutely overwhelmed at the response to this search, with over 260 submissions from across six continents.
The standard was incredibly high, with new songs from world-class songwriters from all four corners of the globe.
Narrowing them down to a shortlist of three was unbelievably difficult and we are so grateful to Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for helping us to make the final decision.
We are delighted with the chosen song, 'Looking At The Moon' and thank Amir and Caitlyn for sharing their message of hope with us."
The winning song has been recorded by West End and Broadway star Hadley Fraser and is introduced by Acting For Others Ambassador Samantha Bond ...
All proceeds are going to Acting For Others, who provide financial and emotional support to all theatre workers in times of need through 14 member charities.
Cast
Performed by Hadley Fraser
Song introduced by Samantha Bond
Backing vocals
Lizzie Bea, Danny Becker, Caitlyn Burt, Natalie Chua, Christopher Dickins, Laura Frances, Gabriela García, Natalie Green, Alex Hammond, Tom Hier, Sarah Ingram, Devon-Elise Johnson, Kurt Kansley, Shane McDaid, Gemma McMeel, Manuel Pacific, Sam O'Rourke, Ben Sell, Samuel Thomas, Laura Thomson, Paul Wilkins
Band
Keys - Amir Shoenfeld
Violin 1 - Jessie May Smart
Violin 2 - Victoria Stephenson
Cello - Rosalind Asprey
Guitar - John Gregson
Clarinet - Diane Hammond
Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements by Amir Shoenfeld
Musical Supervison by Mark Aspinall
Video filmed, edited and mixed by Ben Robbins for The Umbrella Rooms
Artwork designed by Rebecca Pitt
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