Tara Franks
Cellist Tara Franks composes, curates and facilitates a myriad of creative projects working across genres and art forms. Her work centres around collaboration, both when working with other professional artists and within the community. As co-founder of acclaimed string duo Balladeste, she has been interviewed on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3, Soho Radio and NTS. She has worked with renowned artists including; Kae Tempest, Akala, Jocelyn Pook and Jasdeep Singh Degun and is a core member/composer of contemporary trio Quest Ensemble. Tara also collaborates on cross-arts projects for theatre, dance and visual artists, including creating the sound score for the acclaimed show ‘Foreign Body’ by Imogen Butler-Cole.
An integral part of Tara’s work involves leading participatory creative projects for all ages with a particular focus on collaborative composition, improvisation and collective singing. She founded social enterprise SoundsCreative Projects back in 2011 (including the award-winning family project Tots Tunes) and has led creative composition projects and training for organisations including; Barbican, Royal Opera House, Aldeburgh Music, Music Masters, Kobe University Japan & KACES South Korea and Sunland Mexico.
