The Lullaby Project: Archive Launch & Choir Performance

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.

Itinerary:

3pm: Welcome, cake, tea and coffee, browse our lullaby collection.

4-5pm: Lullaby Choir Performance and launch of the Lullaby online archive.

5-6pm : Stay and celebrate with us.

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: thelullabyprojectjersey@gmail.com

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.