ORCHESTRAL » The Twins and the Monster

Instrumentation:	2 2 2 2/ 4 2 3 1/ timp + 3 perc/ hp/ narrator/ strings
Duration:	35'

Programme Notes

This imaginative tale by award-winning author Tololwa M. Mollel is set in a forest in Africa, where two twins must outwit a fierce monster and heal their devastated village. John Estacio’s magical score sets the scene as an actor brings the story to life using carved masks, singing and movement.

Audio Samples

The Monster and the Parrot
Funga fungua hodi
The Birds and Conclusion

Synthesized orchestrations by John Estacio.
Althea Cunningham, Narrator

Premiere

February 13, 2001
EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: David Hoyt
Narrator: Althea Cunningham
Winspear Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

A mask used in the production of
The Twins and the Monster

Althea Cunningham as the Narrator
in The Twins and the Monster
premiere performance with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
in January 2001

Althea Cunningham
performing a scene from
The Twins and the Monster

Storywriter
Tololwa Mollel

(l to r) Onalea Gilbertson (Director), Tololwa Mollel (writer), Althea Cunningham (Narrator)
John Estacio (composer), Doug McKeag (producer, DANDI Productions)

Subsequent Performances

FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC
November 2, 3008
Conductor: Bradley Thachuk

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHETRA
December 2, 2007
Conductor: Evan Mitchell

GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY
Februarly 18, 2007
Conductor: David Lockington

EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA October 28, 2006 Conductor: William Eddins Winspear Centre Edmonton, Alberta Canada	TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA February/March 2006 (9 performances) Conductor: Gary Kulesha Narrator: Norma Lewis Roy Thomson Hall Toronto, Ontario Canada	EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 29, 2005 Conductor: Michael Massey Narrator: Norma Lewis National Arts Centre Ottawa, Ontario Canada
EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 2005 (5 performances) Conductor: Michael Massey Narrator: Norma Lewis Winspear Centre Edmonton, Alberta Canada	TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA January 29, 2005 (2 performances) Conductor: Gary Kulesha Narrator: Norma Lewis Roy Thomson Hall Toronto, Ontario Canada	CALGARY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA March 2004 (4 performances) Conductor: Rosemary Thomson Jack Singer Concert Hall Calgary, Alberta Canada
KITCHENER-WATERLOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA February 2004 (5 performances) Conductor: Dan Warren Narrator: Onalea Gilbertson Centre-in-the-Square Kitchener, Ontario Canada	VICTORIA SYMPHONY January 25, 2004 Conductor: Giuseppe Pietraroia Narrator: Onalea Gilbertson Royal Theatre Victoria, B.C. Canada	EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA October 2003 (6 performances) Conductor: David Hoyt Narrator: Althea Cunningham Winspear Centre Edmonton, Alberta Canada
ORCHESTRA LONDON May 2003 Conductor: Timothy Vernon Narrator: Onalea Gilbertson London, Ontario Canada	EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA May 2002 Conductor: David Hoyt Narrator: Althea Cunningham Winspear Centre Edmonton, Alberta Canada	OSHAWA SYMPHONY October 2001 Conductor: Marco Parisotto Narrator: Onalea Gilbertson Calvary Baptist Church Oshawa, Ontario Canada

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Score/Parts Rental

For more information on score and parts rental for The Twins and the Monster, contact John Estacio.
For more information about Dandi’s production of The Twins and the Monster, please visit www.dandiproductions.com.