ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates some of the parallels between Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs (CoMA) and the work of Cornelius Cardew and, the Scratch Orchestra, to what extent that work has impacted on or informed the ethos of CoMA, and to what extent CoMA is continuing work left undone by Cardew. The Cornelius Cardew Ensemble was formed in 1995 as the ensemble-in-residence at the now defunct University College Bretton Hall, a faculty of the University of Leeds. Members of the Cornelius Cardew Ensemble were deployed to work with a range of groups with a view to creating a newly devised performance for the city's Roman amphi theatre. The ensemble worked with two youth choirs, two folk bands, an accordion orchestra and children from an institution for abandoned street children a total of 180 children and young people. Susan Bisatt worked for a number of years as vocal animateur for Calderdale Music Service alongside a range of other workshop and education based activity.
