https://rhiaparker.com Rhia Parker Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:57:19 +0000 https://rhiaparker.com en https://rhiaparker.com/About Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:29:38 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/About ABOUT <img width="1100" height="733" width_o="1100" height_o="733" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b61a6517088af3cf4ecb3472770f75362a57fd26432fadae8fd13e44461a315/Headshot-Barbican.jpg" data-mid="53765956" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b61a6517088af3cf4ecb3472770f75362a57fd26432fadae8fd13e44461a315/Headshot-Barbican.jpg" /> An Australian living in London, I am a recorder player, singer, composer, project manager and workshop leader. My work encompasses a diverse range of settings and contexts with a focus on connection, communication and quality. I have been fortunate enough to work with a wide variety of organisations who share my passion for creativity and access, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbican Creative Learning, NW Live Arts, Drumworks, Aldeburgh Young Musicians and Create. As part of my work with my quartet Breakfast Club, I have worked with migrant and refugee women in Athens, Greece and here in London. I have been teaching at the Guildhall School of Music since 2015 and I relish the opportunity to expose young musicians to life beyond the practice room and to expand their definition of what a career in music might look like. Within this capacity, I led a practical research project into music and dementia at two leading London Hospitals - Music, Memory and Me - as well as a health and wellbeing project working with mothers and babies under 6 months. This is part of a broader interest in the arts and health, for which I have worked as a musician for Music in Hospitals, and have led workshops in nursing homes and special education contexts with Create! As a composer and musician, I have performed my own work at the Adelaide Fringe Festival (Aus); the Sydney Fringe Festival (Aus); and the Curious Festival (UK). I was invited to the Bang on A Can Summer Institute (MA, USA) where I worked with a collective of international musicians and composers, before returning for a 5 week residency in New York. I perform with my ensembles Breakfast Club and Gold Vox, and I released my debut EP of original recorder duets entitled Ghost in 2018, whilst Breakfast Club released our album As Our Hands Move in 2023. <img width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/257f9b74cffcce273edc8e2dcc4ae476ff43b98c763b710022b72465eb038102/rhia-1z.jpg" data-mid="234800176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/257f9b74cffcce273edc8e2dcc4ae476ff43b98c763b710022b72465eb038102/rhia-1z.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4957127b9cdd978cb526c89038e2b8e49f01830734095a3af1b911299ff3a9ab/EE3R9788-copy.jpg" data-mid="234800268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4957127b9cdd978cb526c89038e2b8e49f01830734095a3af1b911299ff3a9ab/EE3R9788-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" 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Within this capacity, I teach on both the undergraduate and postgraduate music degrees, developing and delivering course content for Collaborative Skills, Workshops Skills and Socials Arts Practice. I also taught on the Leadership Masters course and the Performance and Creative Entreprise undergraduate degree. Within my classes, students explore collaboration as a means of generating new, creative material; develop their own artistic voice and reflective practice; and learn the practical skills to lead and faciliatate music workshops. They engage with group improvisations and composition writing with their peers in the classroom, as well as developing their leadership skills during placements in hospitals, schools, SEN contexts and community centres. It is so exciting to witness the journey of these young musicians, and to encourage them explore themeselves not only as artists but as citizens of the world.I love to teach and share my knowledge of social outreach methodologies and I am excited to support the next generation of creative leaders. In 2022 I undertook a Post-Graduate Certificate in Performance Teaching (tertiary stream) in order to support my teaching practice. <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cbdc91922616a1390541e6edb291de10819163fadb3668a68072534a8c3d373/5F4DBD2E-F0E7-46EA-9017-DC80C6B15878_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="234795075" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cbdc91922616a1390541e6edb291de10819163fadb3668a68072534a8c3d373/5F4DBD2E-F0E7-46EA-9017-DC80C6B15878_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e594509b5a1fde8863b69127ebf02ff0c47a3473383758f9f720281690d1caf6/358DBFCC-A538-475F-B72F-0793ED7FA0F2_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="234795112" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e594509b5a1fde8863b69127ebf02ff0c47a3473383758f9f720281690d1caf6/358DBFCC-A538-475F-B72F-0793ED7FA0F2_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6eea5e03b143f7d504ef24faa490ecc002c3646767c29f66a5eba8f911d65012/572AB5E9-1A6E-4555-8BA9-02569B446154_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="234795121" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6eea5e03b143f7d504ef24faa490ecc002c3646767c29f66a5eba8f911d65012/572AB5E9-1A6E-4555-8BA9-02569B446154_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Aldeburgh Young Musicians (Snape Maltings) I participated in the Aldeburgh Young Musicians Mentoring scheme between 2016 and 2021, offering a safe, confidential and supportive space for young people to explore their musicality. My mentoring practice comes from the incredible training of Jane Cook and Linden Learning and I love it as (like all the best things) it gives me the same amount of insight and reflection as it does the young people. Aldeburgh Young Musicians brings together some of the best young musicians to further develop their artistic and musical practice through workshops, rehearsals and performances. It really focuses on stretching the young musicians - to help them explore new ideas. The mentoring program has such a postitive impact as it seeks to provide a moment where the mentee can have the space to tackle difficult questions, celebrate growth, or simply be listened to. All my mentees are different ages, have different interests and backgrounds - but what unites them is an inspiring level of maturity and curiosty in what it means to be a musician.&nbsp; Waltham Forest Music Hub (London) Between 2016 - 2019, I led a teacher training program between the Barbican and Waltham Forest Music Hub. During this time, I ran CPD training for peripetetic music teachers to learn how to set up and run a creative ensemble for young people, as well as also being lead facilitator for a new Waltham Forest ensemble called Scratchmakers. It was such pleasure to work with the music hub teachers and to support them as they grew in confidence and skill. We ran three day projects with young people aged 8 - 12 exploring themes such as migration, the myth of Icarus, flight, and sleep and the young musicians made exciting, playful and beautiful music.&nbsp; <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34a87f6372447f84db3a1cfd2409d83899fbb29635725bca7515d0b7d9d0ccdf/IMG_8082.JPG" data-mid="234795041" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34a87f6372447f84db3a1cfd2409d83899fbb29635725bca7515d0b7d9d0ccdf/IMG_8082.JPG" /> <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1de5b04c8509c9b23926b77204488ff916d1a2a26aee9be0cc4b206464405aef/Saturday-rehearsal-58-of-138_1000.jpg" data-mid="234794869" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/1de5b04c8509c9b23926b77204488ff916d1a2a26aee9be0cc4b206464405aef/Saturday-rehearsal-58-of-138_1000.jpg" /> https://rhiaparker.com/Featured-Projects Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:35:36 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Featured-Projects Musician Composer Workshop Leader https://rhiaparker.com/Home Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:35:35 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Home <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22518e6cb90a9c958ffd5bd99856f44b8b593dd475f1c6eb51105ee966aa4b5a/G.V._2_o.jpg" data-mid="51774547" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22518e6cb90a9c958ffd5bd99856f44b8b593dd475f1c6eb51105ee966aa4b5a/G.V._2_o.jpg" /> https://rhiaparker.com/Text Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:35:36 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Text https://rhiaparker.com/Sounds Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:29:15 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Sounds Sounds Breakfast Club - As Our Hands Move EP<img width="2611" height="2298" width_o="2611" height_o="2298" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcb34d76e8bfb9278caefa1fa2d4e1984b84e9381554a3e3c01e0a5996cf4423/IMG_8412.jpg" data-mid="234792214" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcb34d76e8bfb9278caefa1fa2d4e1984b84e9381554a3e3c01e0a5996cf4423/IMG_8412.jpg" /> This album was a long and joyful labour of love. Recorded at Sands Films (London) and released in 2023, it is a collection of our most beloved compositions, arrangements and improvisations, and a celebration of what is means to make and create. At its heart, this album is about friendship and a love of making and playing together. My bandmates - Detta Danford (flutes), Evi Nakou (Flutes) and Natasha Zielazinski (cello/ banjo).Huge thanks to Zac Gvirztman for sound engineering and mastering. Available to purchase here, but here is a track off the album to listen to - our arrangement of the folk tune Fair Phoebe. Rhia Parker - Ghost: music for two recorders EP <img width="1417" height="1417" width_o="1417" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62cbf3b9ca9e42cd9274bfabf1438c2f282f6edeff47c094a335f6f04f3e503d/Final-Ghost-EP-cover.jpg" data-mid="53761651" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62cbf3b9ca9e42cd9274bfabf1438c2f282f6edeff47c094a335f6f04f3e503d/Final-Ghost-EP-cover.jpg" /> My EP Ghost - Music for Two Recorders was released in Novemeber 2018. Much love to my fellow travellor Danielle Jalowiecka for her exquisite playing; Malea Parker for the individually handmade CD covers; Fred Thomas for the sound engineering; Alex Bonney for the mastering and Jamie Doe for the production. You can buy a beautiful physical copy or 21st century downloads here. You can also buy the sheet music to all the tracks here as well. But as a sneak peek, you can hear the title track right here, right now: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://rhiaparker.bandcamp.com/album/ghost"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Ghost by Rhia Parker&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; I Know You (Rhia Parker) performed live by Breakfast Cub at the Union Chapel, London. Daylight Savings by Samantha Whates, arranged by Rhia Parker for two recorders and cello. &nbsp;&nbsp; O Bonne Douce Franse by Fred Thomas &nbsp;O Bonne Douce Franse: An anonymous medieval rondeau, in the Ars Subtilior style, preserved in the Chantilly Codex (late 14th Century)creditsreleased March 11, 2026Roberta Diamond - voiceRhia Parker - recorderMali Llywelyn - harpDave Shulman - clarinetFred Thomas - viella and musical direction https://rhiaparker.com/Namatjira Thu, 12 May 2016 15:38:39 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Namatjira Namatajira A Big hArt Production in collaboration with the Namatjira Family. <img width="480" height="720" width_o="480" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4df48d17cb322ce3005bd7ee5d7a4c173e4b83441aefd16553c3cae5aa8163ba/Trev_o.jpg" data-mid="51742907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/4df48d17cb322ce3005bd7ee5d7a4c173e4b83441aefd16553c3cae5aa8163ba/Trev_o.jpg" /> Albert Namatjira is one of the most revered names in Australian art history. His artworks gave many Australians their first glimpses into the heart of the country. The Namatjira family are holders of this celebrated heritage, and yet today face many challenges. The long term project has centered around an award-winning theatre performance, Namatjira, seen by 50,000 people, telling the story of Albert Namatjira, with his family on stage. I was so thrilled to be a part of this deeply moving show as we toured NSW and South Australia. Actors Trevor Jamieson and Derik Lynch absolutely lit up the stage every single night, and were a joy to share the stage with. I was also honoured to work alongside premier Australian artists Evert Ploeg, Robert Hannaford and Michael Peck, as well as members of the Namatjira family who created a beautiful chalk backdrop of the McDonald Ranges for every show. I don't think I'll ever forget the magic of taking the show back out to Ntaria for all the Namatjira family to see. It was such a pleasure to hand the musical reins back to my hero Genevieve Lacey (who composed all of the music) and to watch the story unfold in front of hundreds of people, under the star studded central Australian sky.&nbsp; Alongside the theatre production, the project has featured: a sell-out exhibition of watercolours in London, an exhibition of 5 generations of Namatjira descendant’s art in Parliament House Canberra, audiences with Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip and Prince Charles, public painting masterclasses, public talks, extensive media stories, community development workshops, a watercolour app, a soundtrack CD, intergenerational knowledge sharing, and work in the school at Hermannsburg. To read more about the inspiring work of Big hART, go here. <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c47053821fdfa7a043c802df710a59bd498a7003b139efff7e74157cebaf853/IMG_0178_o.JPG" data-mid="51742908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c47053821fdfa7a043c802df710a59bd498a7003b139efff7e74157cebaf853/IMG_0178_o.JPG" /> <img width="2048" height="1535" width_o="2048" height_o="1535" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/443b43eeb4a30ebd45214fa1554382a053d97ec3450216df15593ede82e13478/5. the namatjira company on stage at her majestys theatre in adelaide_o.jpg" data-mid="51742914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/443b43eeb4a30ebd45214fa1554382a053d97ec3450216df15593ede82e13478/5. the namatjira company on stage at her majestys theatre in adelaide_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfbbb7e4342acd3cb6c7da8b49dd97d62b6c600bc6985d4f869bdcc3a4aad2e9/IMG_0241_o.JPG" data-mid="51742910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfbbb7e4342acd3cb6c7da8b49dd97d62b6c600bc6985d4f869bdcc3a4aad2e9/IMG_0241_o.JPG" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd3d955d63ccd7d1a89d322bb539abc8976c2ecea5cbcbd0ba0510ae1a0cccb2/IMG_0276_o.JPG" data-mid="51742911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd3d955d63ccd7d1a89d322bb539abc8976c2ecea5cbcbd0ba0510ae1a0cccb2/IMG_0276_o.JPG" /> <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6afbd0c4bdce93a471f7124347a71892c755fb498af9407101d559fe2eabb0cd/IMG_0210_o.JPG" data-mid="51742912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6afbd0c4bdce93a471f7124347a71892c755fb498af9407101d559fe2eabb0cd/IMG_0210_o.JPG" /> <img width="1824" height="1368" width_o="1824" height_o="1368" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab8d937963227f9309798bf2c9468f18299dd3d8dc4b90770afa1cbc8f11c5e5/IMG_0052_1_o.JPG" data-mid="51742909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab8d937963227f9309798bf2c9468f18299dd3d8dc4b90770afa1cbc8f11c5e5/IMG_0052_1_o.JPG" /> <img width="1368" height="1824" width_o="1368" height_o="1824" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/613afe67bb63a3435ac5682cd2069639663b3da9ce3bb9df6bc3b78726289efb/chalk_o.jpg" data-mid="51742913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/613afe67bb63a3435ac5682cd2069639663b3da9ce3bb9df6bc3b78726289efb/chalk_o.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7a5cf31376dee6967e9f32f3bdd1aa078e9eae3f67bfa765863969907498459/rhia-1z_o.jpg" data-mid="51742915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7a5cf31376dee6967e9f32f3bdd1aa078e9eae3f67bfa765863969907498459/rhia-1z_o.jpg" /> https://rhiaparker.com/NW-Live-Arts Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:46:48 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/NW-Live-Arts NW Live Arts, London <img width="5667" height="3896" width_o="5667" height_o="3896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/925e820e1338f95fba1ba9431c1633e61eadcf3a8e73682307b98523363dc272/DSC01856-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2.jpg" data-mid="235228303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/925e820e1338f95fba1ba9431c1633e61eadcf3a8e73682307b98523363dc272/DSC01856-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2.jpg" /> In 2023 I was asked to join NW Live Arts as Participation Manager and lead facilitator. I was incredibly excited to join Caroline and her team, and to boost the profile and scope of NWLA’s social outreach projects. Each outreach project worked concurrently with the preparation and rehearsal of incredible live concerts, featuring musicians from around the world. My workshops were imbedded into the community surrounding the venue selected for the concert, such as St John’s Waterloo and Cecil Sharp House in Camden, and we invited particpants to join from organisations such as Write to Life (Freedom from Torture), Crisis, Women for Refugee Women and local homeless charities. I also invited several young musicians from the Guildhall School to join in project as part of their training in workshops skills. Each project resulted in incredible, origical music often intertwined with poetry and spoken words, and I was humbled by the generosity of spirit and creativity of the participants I was also really excited to put together a handbook articulating our philosophies, practices and methodologies, and to have an opportunity to more deeply consider our evaluative and reflective frameworks. It’s organisations like NW Live Arts who are helping to keep pushing the remit and the quality of the socially engaged arts projects that we do, and it was wonderful to be a part of it.&nbsp;You can read more about NW Live Arts here. <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afd4e81f2cdcc3a94aea4926b514a6615d3a0e102e8d7aaaa3e104c14fefb421/65219556-20b5-4d3d-a488-806820e70679.JPG" data-mid="235228301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afd4e81f2cdcc3a94aea4926b514a6615d3a0e102e8d7aaaa3e104c14fefb421/65219556-20b5-4d3d-a488-806820e70679.JPG" /> <img width="6048" height="4024" width_o="6048" height_o="4024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b294aca891ceb0b0ef2b75754c5e1a977c217574df4c5b62137a14a466a17ffe/FTP-Workshop--Milly-March---7.jpeg" data-mid="235228588" border="0" 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LSO Connect is a programme of activity with, by and for older Islington residents, offering opportunities for sharing stories and musical exploration in a positive, creative and kind environment.I have been running an annual multi-disciplinary project at the Claremont Project, an incredible centre based in Islington that runs a rich and varied programme of classes for over 55’s. Over the the years we have created countless new songs, worked with documentary film maker Tim Travers-Hawkins, choreographer Hannah Williams, met on zoom during the pandemic, and in 2024 we premiered an orginal work on the Barbican main stage accompanied by the full London Symphony Orchestra. I feel incredibly honoured towork with such an inspiring, encouraging, brave and creative community - it’s a highlight of my year. Alongside my work at Claremont, I also deliver other work for LSO Discovery including pre-concert workshops in the Barbican Foyer, music sessions for mothers and babies and the Monday Club - a monthly music workshop for disabled and/or neurodiverse adults, their supporters and carers.You can read more about the amazing work of the LSO here. &nbsp;Better Eyes, Better Ears - composed by the Claremont Connect Group 2021 Sparks - composed by the Claremont Connect Group 2023 <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d8f755c20d50b59cc16647fea7f8c6fadd72ed2c6378ca9d87ce3b849670f96/D1A06A35-CAEA-4C70-98FE-990F3920F7D1_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="234878324" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d8f755c20d50b59cc16647fea7f8c6fadd72ed2c6378ca9d87ce3b849670f96/D1A06A35-CAEA-4C70-98FE-990F3920F7D1_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="4498" height="3000" width_o="4498" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d10537265fc6ccc893f5f05f712ff613c1fa93dfdafa8c90cde73b1232d3015/LSO-Discovery_R8A4153.jpg" data-mid="235227928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d10537265fc6ccc893f5f05f712ff613c1fa93dfdafa8c90cde73b1232d3015/LSO-Discovery_R8A4153.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2a3689d7c07a9f278a19f8f6b7a49f757eef7459095baccff4773562fc2948e/LSO-Discovery_R8A4288.jpg" data-mid="235227929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2a3689d7c07a9f278a19f8f6b7a49f757eef7459095baccff4773562fc2948e/LSO-Discovery_R8A4288.jpg" /> <img width="4498" height="3000" width_o="4498" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fe23586640ed01b591d5028c34bfd4bdf332c87a13d61d8df6f9ff9466409bb/LSO-Discovery_R8A4409.jpg" data-mid="235227931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fe23586640ed01b591d5028c34bfd4bdf332c87a13d61d8df6f9ff9466409bb/LSO-Discovery_R8A4409.jpg" /> <img width="4498" height="3000" width_o="4498" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45cb755b690ca50f6dfda6d22883c97b3d8c10657e32ef29c6bcb413785edb67/LSO-Discovery_R8A4382.jpg" data-mid="235227930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45cb755b690ca50f6dfda6d22883c97b3d8c10657e32ef29c6bcb413785edb67/LSO-Discovery_R8A4382.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1df230bf931e7183f1736b127820a8b1b44d592e86790dbb27f4b0ffc894cc33/F4608CB8-0FBC-4EB3-98F7-22926630B35E_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="234878922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1df230bf931e7183f1736b127820a8b1b44d592e86790dbb27f4b0ffc894cc33/F4608CB8-0FBC-4EB3-98F7-22926630B35E_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="4498" height="3000" width_o="4498" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbf94eea38777b8f0f5a105bc4bfb0c808262d5b58455d450265b3cc3723ad86/LSO-Discovery_R8A4531.jpg" data-mid="235227934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbf94eea38777b8f0f5a105bc4bfb0c808262d5b58455d450265b3cc3723ad86/LSO-Discovery_R8A4531.jpg" /> &nbsp; Photo credit:&nbsp; Kevin Leighton https://rhiaparker.com/Asilo-Aniaton-Hospice Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:57:19 +0000 Rhia Parker https://rhiaparker.com/Asilo-Aniaton-Hospice Breakfast Club with Asilo Aniaton HospiceA four day project in partnership with the Onassis Cultural Foundation and the Asilo Aniaton, Athens 2016 <img width="1200" height="618" width_o="1200" height_o="618" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/829fc2171f20afd94a2768193fe80397bcf56e2102e1a6ccfe7bf68541b9c23c/13613635_1829559433934357_6373051459236356884_o.jpg" data-mid="234802539" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/829fc2171f20afd94a2768193fe80397bcf56e2102e1a6ccfe7bf68541b9c23c/13613635_1829559433934357_6373051459236356884_o.jpg" /> In 2016, my ensemble Breakfast Club was invited to curate a series of interdisciplinary site-specific performances, walks, discussions and workshops inside and around the local area of the Asilo Aniaton - a residental hospice for adults with a broad range of physical and learning needs. The project was created in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Dimitris Sotiriou, actor and poet Mihalis Sionas, hip hop artist Negros tou Moria and architects SWOP, alongside residents and staff of the Asilo. It was an absolutely incedible experience. 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