Saturday, July 12th, 2025
The Lullaby Project: Archive Launch & Choir Performance
Le Tacheron Farm Rue de Dielament JE3 5HX Jersey
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The Lullaby Project
warmly invites you to a joyful and heartwarming afternoon to celebrate the launch of the Lullaby Project Website and Lullaby Archive — a culmination of music, stories, and community gathered through the unique, island-wide Lullaby Project. Come and get to know the newly launched digital lullaby archive, join us for a magical live performance by the Lullaby Choir and explore our interactive Lullaby Trailer. Enjoy tea, coffee, and cake surrounded by nature and community spirit. This event marks the official launch of the Lullaby Project website and lullaby archive, and celebrates the journey and completion of a remarkable three-year community arts project.
This event is free, but due to high demand and limited seating, it is important to
reserve a ticket.
The event will take place at Le Tacheron Farm, Saturday 12 July from 3pm.
T
he Lullaby Choir's performance will take place between 4pm - 5pm.
About the Lullaby Project
Created by artists Esther Rose Parkes and Susanne Kudielka, the Lullaby Project began by collecting lullabies from across Jersey — forming a "Lullaby Portrait" of the island. This first phase included community workshops supporting people in writing their own lullabies, lullaby singing events and sharing the collected lullabies through sound installations at events such as Children’s Day, the Festival of Words, and Scoop Summer Fayre.
With nearly 70 lullabies collected in 17 languages, the second phase commissioned six musicians to create choral arrangements based on the lullabies in the archive — many of them original lullabies written by members of the community. The resulting repertoire features songs in Dutch, Urdu, Māori, Jèrriais, Ukrainian, and English, reflecting the diverse voices and cultural backgrounds of Jersey’s residents.
In the third phase, a choir was formed and rehearsed from September to December 2024, culminating in four public performances and professional recordings. What began as a time-limited project has grown into something much more lasting. The Lullaby Choir has blossomed into a close-knit group and has just received one year of funding from the Jersey Community Foundation from September 2025, ensuring its continuation as a living archive of lullabies.
For more information, please contact:
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
https://www.themovingartscollective.com/events
https://www.themovingartscollective.com/projects/lullaby-project
Instagram:
@themovingartscollective @estherroseparkes
The Moving Arts Collective is a group of performers, writers,musicians and visual artists who aspire to engage and bring together the arts community of Jersey by initiating collaborative projects that enable physical gathering, thinking, conversations, sharing, making and presenting art.
The Lullaby Project has been produced by the Moving Arts Collective and is
co-commissioned by ArtHouse Jersey. It has received support from The One
Foundation, Jersey Community Foundation with funds from the Channel Islands
Lottery and the Connect Me Government Grant.