Cara Tivey
Pianist & Composer
Original music, composition & piano improvisation in a wide range of styles & genres for :
- Film, theatre, TV and radio productions
- Creative collaboration with artists and performers
- Functions and events – weddings, festivals and parties
- Art exhibitions, dance and spoken word performances
- Lyricists, poets and authors
- Music workshop sessions
I can also lead workshops in small groups for breathing, voice production, diction, singing and drama games.
About Me
Classically trained, I have been a professional pianist since leaving drama school in the early eighties. I started working with seminal Birmingham bands Basil Gabbidon (founder member of Steel Pulse) and The Au Pairs and then went on to complete a stint with Everything But The Girl. I was sidekick to Billy Bragg for six years, toured the world with Park Life era Blur and recorded with The Lilac Time.
I have worked for many years in education, lecturing in performing arts with visually impaired students. I approach all tasks creatively, exploring ways to make the subject accessible.
Recent work includes collaborations with dubstepper Geode and drum and bass artist Amoss. I now perform in my own right and compose hybrid classical/jazz pieces for piano at my Herefordshire home.
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Buy Wave Motif, a recent collection of solo piano compositions.
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The Vibration Continues
Last year, during the first lockdown, I decided to apply for Arts Council funding. Having spent a day of improvising on the piano with Rachel Starritt during the Story of Books literature accessibility project, I wanted to explore our musical relationship further. I...
‘Hush Now’ – Accessibility project
In January 2021, Estelle van Warmelo, Creative Director at Feral Productions, Hereford, invited me to work on ideas to make their forthcoming digital production ‘Hush Now’ accessible to a visually impaired audience. This would draw on skills I learned whilst teaching...
The Ford Collective
The Ford Collective is a group of artists, theatre makers, artisan workers, indeed anyone connected to the arts in the wider sense who have come together to raise the profile of the arts in Herefordshire and to maintain a presence during Lockdown. I was invited to...
Song writing collaboration with variety artiste Naomi Paxton
Song writing collaboration with variety artiste Naomi Paxton. ‘Butter Your Paws’ was performed at the Pheonix Arts Club on March 12th 2021.
Blind Bookworms Book Club
The Story of Books launches the Blind Bookworms Book Club in a three-day multi-sensory event at 20 Castle Street, Hay on Wye, on Thursday 20th, Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd February.
PrimadonnaFest 2019
PrimadonnaFest invited me to perform at their inaugural event in August 2019. I played a selection of my compositions for piano on the PettaFiesta stage. Beautiful Suffolk countryside provided a perfect setting for my hybrid of pastoral jazz/classical piano music....
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