FORCED DEPORTATION: CGTN

Producer Simon Morris CGTN and his team meeting with Judy Kinnin

The Sound Agents introduced Judy Kinnin to Producer, CTGN: Simon Morris to give Judy an opportunity to talk about the effects on her family after the deportation of her father Chaung au Chiang

Click the link here to read the article and watch the video: I just want to know

LAN FONG TALKING ABOUT COVID

 The Sound Agents met with the Chinese Friendship Group to talk about the effects COVID had on the group as a preliminary consultation to start filming Dancing Back to Health funded by LCC, CEV and Awards for All. 

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

 The National Lottery Heritage Fund made it possible for The Sound Agents to make a pilot film of musicians and artists who represent generations of Liverpool Art School Bands from the 1940's to the late 1970's. They all have a life time achievement of careers in the music industry and the arts. 

From Mersey Beat, The Almost Blues, Deaf School, Albert Dock, Yachts to It's Immaterial 

Professor of Sound and Visual Arts Colin Fallows, led the discussion at the British Music Experience (BME), Liverpool

Professor Colin Fallows, AL (Bluesman Peters) Martin Dempsey

Martin Dempsey, John Wood, AL (Bluesman) Peters, John J. Campbell

Professor Colin Fallows, John Wood

THE SOUND AGENTS ON DRIVE TIME

The Sound Agents are talking about the importance of Art Schools in Music and Culture on BBC Radio Merseyside on Monday at 3.30 to Helen Jones on Drive Time via Zoom

Book now to join the musicians and artists talk about music and watch the National Lottery Funded film

Then Along Came Lennon: A First Hand Account of Liverpool Art School Bands made on art schools and pop! BRITISH MUSIC EXPERIENC EVENT

DANCING BACK TO HEALTH

 

The Sound Agents have received funding from Awards for All and Liverpool city council CEV grant to make a documentary with the Chinese Friendship Dance group. The film will record the group meeting for the first time after a 2 year period of shielding during the COVID-19 Pandemic, recording their personal stories of the effect the pandemic had on them and their transition from a lack of confidence to performing live in front of an audience. The film will be on Culture Liverpool website CNY 2023

LIVERPOOL IRISH MEMORIES

 

Are you Liverpool Irish? We are planning an oral history of Irish and duel heritage families who came to Liverpool between 1930 - 1970

Please do get in touch for more information: Thesoundagents@gmx.co.uk

REMEMBERING MR C.K. CHEUNG

 

                                                                

Mr C. K. Cheung was a gentleman who devoted himself to the Chinese community and Chinese education in Liverpool. He was Headmaster of the Wah Sing Chinese School in Duke Street for 50 years. Mr Cheung was a Master of Calligraphy and will be sadly missed. 

The Sound Agents and Liverpool Chinese Supplementary School held a celebration of Mr Cheung's life on Tuesday 24th May in St Michaels in the city, Grenville Street South at 2pm, funded by the Austin Smith grant.