by caro | Jul 23, 2024 | DD inspired education work
We recently completed Phase 2 of a partnership Doctor Who Remix Project. The partner was Music for Life, a non-profit music education provider in Cheshire who wanted to expand their service to include electronic music education. The project was exciting for us as it...
by caro | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
We are pleased to announce the Delia Derbyshire Day archive at John Rylands Research Institure and Library, Manchester, is now accessible. You can access the archive catalogue online via the Elgar online system. You can visit the collection in person at John Rylands...
by caro | Jan 11, 2024 | DD Day 2023, DD Day event Manchester, DD inspired education work
Summary of our DD DAY 2023 programme We are grateful to have been able to deliver our largest project yet, with wondrous support from Lottery players via National Lottery Heritage Fund and the support of many partners, volunteers, creative/heritage professionals and...
by caro | Dec 1, 2023 | DD Day 2023
Welcome to this smorgasbord of Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 broadcasts! With thanks to those who gave us a platform and helped to amplify the love and respect for the late great Delia Derbyshire as a key figure in the development of electronic music in the UK, at least....
by caro | Nov 6, 2023 | DD Day 2023
A guest blog post by one of our DD Day 2023 volunteers, Will Davis While working at the BBC as a trainee Studio Manager, Delia Derbyshire asked to be attached to the Radiophonic Workshop. This was set up to create music and sound effects for BBC programming, using...
by caro | Nov 2, 2023 | DD Day 2023, DD Day new art
DD Day 2023 – 4 new artist commissions producing 2 new audio visual works We are excited to be able to offer 4 artists commissions this year as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 ‘Doctor Who 60th anniversary heritage project’. Supported by...
by caro | Oct 12, 2023 | DD Day 2023
This year’s DD Day, on 23 November 2023 is centred around the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and its hugely influential theme tune, realised by Delia and her tape assistant Dick Mills in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, working from Ron Grainer’s musical...
by caro | Oct 9, 2023 | DD Day 2023, DD inspired education work
Wobbulator making activity for our DD Day 2023 Doctor Who 60th project As part of the 10 Inspirational Days we have designed and delivered in primary schools in Manchester, schoolchildren aged 9-11 have learned about the diverse original Doctor Who production team and...
by caro | Aug 15, 2023 | DD Day 2023, DD Day new art
4 new artist commissions producing 2 new audio-visual works We are excited to be able to offer 4 artists commissions this year as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 Doctor Who 60th anniversary heritage project. Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund, we are...
by caro | Aug 15, 2023 | DD Day 2023, DD Day event Manchester
From Left to Right: Rachael, Will D, Charlie, Daisy, Will S, Hayley. Photo by Shirlaine Forrest We are excited to have a team of 6 younger volunteers (aged 18-30) as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 programme of activities. Supported by The National Lottery...
by caro | May 25, 2023 | DD Day 2023
WELCOME TO DD DAY 2023 Welcome to our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 programme of activities. Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we are doing our best to provide electronic music education and inspiration, honouring the 60th anniversary year of BBC sci-fi...
by caro | Nov 9, 2022 | DD Day 2022, DD Day event info
Wed 23 Nov 2022, online DD Day 2022 will be an online (and no budget!) happening. As momentum builds each year internationally on this day, we invite you to share your inspiration and appreciation. We will also share some Delia-n related news and introduce our new DD...
by caro | May 13, 2022 | DD Day 2022
A few announcements from DD Day HQ as we prepare to return to a couple of music/science festivals this summer, honour a generous donation and let you know what we have planned for 2022 and beyond. 2022 is looking like a quieter year for us publicly as we reflect on...
by caro | Jan 27, 2022 | DD Day 2021, Delia Derbyshire Day 2021
A ROUND UP OF OUR DD DAY 2021 ACTIVITIES Our DD Day 2021 programme of activities is now officially complete. Our “Covid Creative Response” project which ran throughout 2021 was gratefully supported by Arts Council England and The Granada Foundation and...
by caro | Nov 25, 2021 | DD Day 2021, DD Day new art
Another DD Day completed, we now present to you the new art work that premiered on 23/11/21. The new works are informed and inspired by Delia’s work, working methods and archive collection based here in Manchester, UK. We find in our work that Delia consistently...
by caro | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorised
DD Day 2021 – 4 new artist commissions producing 2 new audio visual works We are excited to be able to offer 4 artists commissions this year as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2021 project. These will be 2 x new electronic music/sound and visual based art...
by caro | Oct 25, 2021 | DD Day 2021, DD Day event info, Delia Derbyshire Day 2021
Countdown to DD DAY 2021 We are pleased to announce another feast of activity taking place on Delia Derbyshire Day 2021, fixed in the cultural calendar as 23 NOVEMBER – the date Delia’s revolutionary realisation of Ron Grainer’s Dr Who theme first beamed into...
by caro | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
DD Day 2021 – 4 new artist commissions producing 2 new audio visual works We are excited to be able to offer 4 artists commissions this year as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2021 project. We – and our funders – felt it was particularly important...
by caro | Jun 2, 2021 | Delia Derbyshire Day 2021
WELCOME TO DD DAY 2021 Welcome to our Delia Derbyshire Day 2021 programme of activities. Supported by Arts Council England and The Granada Foundation we are doing our best to provide electronic music education and inspiration, especially at this time. The theme of...
by caro | Oct 12, 2020 | DD Day 2020, DD Day event info, DD inspired education work, More DD events
For information about DD Day 2021 – 23 NOVEMBER please click HERE Sorry, Musicians’ Union shared the link for DD Day 202o by accident ? Join us for DD Day 2020 – 23 NOVEMBER online, worldwide Delia Derbyshire Day is pleased to announce a feast of...
by caro | Sep 3, 2020 | DD inspired education work, More DD events
The new music from our Summer 2020 Found Sound music making project is ready to share! With sounds such as Alice the chicken clucking away, that cheek popping sound using your finger, slo mo swifts, eggs being fried and whisked and so much more, we created 3 tracks...
by caro | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Matthew Nicholls Foundation recently approached us to suggest we try out a found sound project with secondary school students in these unprecedented times. The Matthew Nicholls Foundation supported our Electric Storm 50 creative residency at Loreto College last...
