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DIARY OF EVENTS
19th October: Mind your language. A course for string teachers looking at the use of language in order to have the most beneficial influence on our pupils. For more information click here.
27th - 28th October: 10am - 12.30pm. Fun with Folk Dance. A fun-filled course of folk dance and song for children aged 6 - 9 years old. For more information click here.
27th - 28th October: 2pm - 4.30pm. Get Your Folk On! Juniors. An exciting introduction to folk music and dance for children aged 9 - 12 years old. For more information click here.
27th - 31st October: Voicelab half term course. Voicelab invites children aged 7 - 12 with unbroken voices to learn the children's chorus part of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem for a performance in Royal Festival Hall on 9th November. For more information click here.
28th October: 10.30am - 1pm. Join Live Music Now for an interactive and fun morning of music making for families with children with special needs and their siblings. Tickets are free but space is limited. Please book by emailing bookings@livemusicnow.org
29th - 30th October: Southwark Youth Orchestra and Friends. An advanced orchestra course for grade 5+ players who either live or go to school in Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham or Greenwich. Performing a range of classical and contemporary repertoire. For more information click here.
29th - 30th October: The David Idowu Choir half term course. If you live or go to school in Southwark, are in year 9 or above and are passionate about singing then come and join the most dynamic youth choir in London. For more information click here.
29th - 31st October: 10.30am - 4.30pm. Get Your Folk On! Aged 12 - 18 and interested in folk music? Why not take part in the English Folk Dance and Song Society's creative holiday course dedicated to fabulous folk music making! For more information click here.
1st and 2nd November: Grand Union Orchestra present Undream'd Shores. Transporting you into a world of previously unimagined music and songs, Undream'd Shores celebrates what migration can bring to our society. A vivid musical picture of London today. For more information click here.
2nd November: 10am - 5pm. More Morris, Better Morris in schools and beyond. A dynamic day of presentations and practical sessions on the delivery of high-quality morris workshops, both in school and out. £20 including refreshments and lunch. For more information click here.
8th November: Friendly auditions for pupils aged 8 - 14 who would be interested in trying out for a dance and drama scholarship at Jasspa, James Allen's Saturday School for the Performing Arts in Dulwich. For more information click here.
8th - 9th November: The Ultimate Primary Music Weekend. Get fresh inspiration for your music teaching, meet like-minded people and saturate yourself with musical activities. Become even more of a music specialist. For more information click here.
13th November: 10am - 1pm. Super Singing at Secondary. Inspiration, teaching strategies and free resources for curriculum singing at KS3. In partnership with SingUp. For more information click here.
13th November: 2pm - 5pm. Quality Singing at KS2. Impove the quality of singing at KS2 through technique, pedagogy and resource selection. For more information click here.
15th November: 10am - 4pm. Digital Archive Day. An exploration into online folk song databases for beginners, folk enthusiasts and researchers. Free. For the information click here.
16th November: The Big Double Reed Day. A jam packed day of workshops and concerts to entertain and inspire bassoonists and oboists of all ages and abilities. For more information click here.
23rd November: 10am - 4pm. Animate Orchestra Taster Day. Aimed at young musicians living or going to school in Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham or Greenwich in school years 5 - 8. Participants will spend the day creating new music inspired by Mars from Holst's The Planets Suite. For more information click here.
23rd November: Folk Fiddle Workshop. How to bring traditional tunes to life and play them with an authentic feel. Folk Fiddle. How hard can it be? For more information click here.
26th November: 9.30am - 3.30pm. Creative Music Making in the Early Years. This one day course, run by early years expert John Webb, is for anybody who works in an early years setting. As well as including songs, movement activities and percussion playing, the course will also look at music-making in adult-initiated and child-led contexts, with an emphasis on creative, exploratory and play-based learning. To book a place please email jo@southwarkmusicservice.org.uk
28th November: 2pm - 5pm. Vocal Health Workshop. This workshop will give you all the information you need about looking after your voice when singing and teaching. For more information click here.
30th November: Rock Violin Workshop. How to create rhythm parts and to improvise solos in a rock or pop context. For more information click here.
6th December: East Dulwich Christmas Cracker. For more information about this event please click here. If you would like to register an interest to perform please see the notice board.
28th January: 10am - 3.30pm. Leading a Choir - starting out. This course, led by Gitika Partington, will look at the core skills involved in leading and directing choirs. For more information click here.
9th February: 2pm - 5pm. Composing and Arranging for the Voice. Vocal coach, Juliet Russell will lead this afternoon workshop, giving information about how to be aware of vocal ranges and vocal health issues when making arrangements and writing new music for the voice. For more information click here.
25th February: 2pm - 5pm. Singing Assemblies. Get them singing, keep them singing and learn while you sing! This training session led by Mea Jenkins will show how assemblies are a great time to develop a range of repertoire with the whole school. For more information click here.
3rd March: 9.30 - 4.30. Excellence in Primary Music Teaching. Explore the national curriculum, Ofsted music requirements, music education research and pedagogy. For more information click here.
4th March: 10am - 3.30pm. Gospel Singing. This course offers the opportunity to learn Gospel singing with vocal coach Mark De-Lisser. For more information click here.
18th March: Conducting Masterclass. This masterclass offers a fantastic opportunity to work closely for a whole day with one of the UK's finest, dynamic choral and orchestral conductors, Dominic Peckham. For more information click here.
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SUCCESS!
Go Gamelan! is delighted to be appointed by the Indonesian Embassy to run gamelan and puppetry projects as part of their education programme, 'Indonesia Goes to School'.
Led by Aris Daryono, a gamelan expert, teacher and composer who knows Indonesian culture inside-out, you will experience the most enjoyable, unique and memorable cultural experience. The project involves playing traditional gamelan music, making puppets, learning about Indonesian culture through show and tell, creating stories based on Indonesian legends with a performance at the end of the project.
The project is suitable for primary or secondary schools and includes 5 full days work which can be spread out over 2-3 weeks to accommodate schools' availability. Each project can take up to 3 classes. Thanks to the funding secured schools now only pay £750 per project!
If you would like more information email info@gogamelan.com or visit their website www.gogamelan.com
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SUCCESS!
Get Your Folk On!, the English Folk Dance and Song Society's (EFDSS) creative holiday courses for young musicians aged 12 – 18, have been running for three years, funded by Youth Music. Based at Cecil Sharp House, in Camden, these courses offer young people with varied levels of musical experience, the opportunity to explore folk and traditional music from the British Isles and beyond. Players of all instruments are welcome, and no previous experience of folk is needed.
We look at developing techniques specific to folk music including improvisation, learning by ear, ornamentation and arrangement. In our week-long summer course this year, young people had the chance to learn the banjo, melodeon or to try clog dancing. They learned and arranged tunes in small groups, and as a big ceilidh band (think Bellowhead!). In addition they had many more options to develop their folk repertoire and knowledge, and to listen, share and perform their music with each other.
‘I would really love to come to this project again as I will take so much away from it. I have learnt so much about folk music.’ GYFO Summer participant
‘I really loved playing folk music with lots of people. It created such a powerful sound and was very enjoyable to contribute to.’ GYFO Summer participant
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SUCCESS!
70 talented young Londoners were awarded four-year music scholarships to help them develop their skills as musicians, in the latest round of awards presented by the Mayor's Music Fund at a City Hall ceremony on Thursday 25 September.
Worth a total of £280,000, over four years, the Mayor's Music Scholarships will see the young people from London’s 32 boroughs being given an extensive programme of music tuition and support that they would not otherwise be able to afford. Established in 2011 by the Mayor to help talented children from disadvantaged families fulfil their musical potential, it brings the total number of primary school children to benefit from the scholarship scheme to 300.
The latest Mayor's Music Scholarships were presented by concert pianist and TV presenter James Rhodes, in a special ceremony sponsored by the Trinity College London. James Rhodes says: “I am so thrilled to have been invited to speak at the Mayor's Music Fund’s awards celebration. The charity does vital, life-changing work that inspires and nurtures our next generation of musicians at a grass-roots level, which is just what we need.”
As well as the award ceremony itself new scholars were also treated to a workshop in the morning led by Pete Letanker An excellent time was had by all as the children sang, played and created music to be performed to parents, teachers and Boris Johnson himself later in the day. The Mayor of London comments: 'Not every child can afford an instrument or the lessons they need to make real progress as musicians and the Music Fund is doing vital work to help hundreds of gifted youngsters towards realising their ambitions and achieve their full potential. In addition, as they develop as musicians these scholars are also gaining additional skills and experience that will be invaluable in all areas of their lives.'
If you would like to know more about the Mayor's Music Fund please visit their website at http://mfym.org.uk/
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The Noticeboard
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Hub Member's Profile: JASSPA
James Allen's Saturday School for the Performing Arts have been teaching Dance, Drama and Music at JAGS on Saturdays for over 20 years. They have 40 specialist teachers and their pupils come from over 80 local schools. Their Dance and Drama classes are high energy, but not commercial in style; dance is contemporary and drama is workshop based covering a broad range of techniques and material for performance. All dance and drama classes perform once a year in their on-site, purpose built theatre. There is much more information at www.jasspa.org.uk but above all they are a creative, encouraging school where pupils can explore performing arts to the very best of their ability.
JASSPA have just secured funding for up to 10 talented students to join them this term!
They are really keen to reach talented students but also those who would not necessarily have been able to afford the tuition otherwise. In order to maximise upon the funding this year they are holding friendly auditions on 8th November with a view to pupils starting with us on 15th November, so time is of the essence! Places will be offered on potential, flair for performance and a willingness to learn; we won’t be asking parents to fill in bursary application forms and no previous experience is required.
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