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1 September 2014 CMEH Update Welcome back to a new school year. Welcome to the Autumn 2014 edition of the Cornwall Music Education Hub newsletter. This termly newsletter will provide you with an update of recent hub activity and events and let you know about forthcoming plans. I would like to thank our partners and supporting organisations for their ongoing support. To keep up to date with Hub developments, register on www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org to receive email alerts or follow us on Facebook and Twitter A Level & BTEC Conference 2nd October 2014, Keay Theatre, St Austell Music Education 9.00am – 3.15pm A one day FREE event especially Conference for all A level and BTEC students Thursday 23rd October 2014 from across the county, designed Wadebridge Showground, PL27 7JE to motivate and inspire them This day will offer an exciting variety of speakers, at the start of their studies. workshops and networking opportunities for both Conductor and former Education school and community music educators. Director of the London Keynote speaker - Joe Broughton, Musical Director of the Co-Create Project Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Workshops by BBC Learning, Bailey will open with an insight Philharmonia Orchestra and Music for Youth into the life of a professional musician. This will be followed £75 per person, lunch included by workshops in performance, Please book early to avoid disappointment. composition and managing an To book: www.cornwalllearningonline.co.uk Course Code: MEC1 event, all led by experts in each * Discount rate of £40 per person available to small schools (<100 field. In addition there will be pupils), freelance musicians and second delegates. information stands relating to music career opportunities and sharing sessions for teachers. For more information contact : Cornwall Music Education Hub E: [email protected] Carew House, Beacon Technology Park, Dunmere Places are free. Road, Bodmin PL31 2QN To book places for your students @CMusicHUB W www.cornwallmusichub.org contact Nicola Cawrse [email protected] Booking Essential Cornwall Music Education Hub Carew House, Beacon Technology Park, Dunmere Road, Bodmin PL31 2QN T: 01872 327900 Follow us on Twitter @CMusicHUB Join us on Facebook W Visit us at www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org 2 Penzance Youth String Orchestra on the Isles of Scilly The members of Penzance Youth String Orchestra basses on open enjoyed a week long residency on the Isles of Scilly top boats, tractors, in August, performing 5 concerts on 5 islands over quad bikes and 5 days. The 20 piece ensemble were an ideal size trailers was a new for the wonderful new community centres on each experience for of the Off-islands and the Town Hall on St. Marys, all the players. presenting a programme of enormous variety. Returning by boat, From Bach to Bartok to Bluegrass, PYSO introduced rocked by the sea, many new sounds and musical experiences to the with the sun setting over the western isles and a audience who were guided through the programme star filled sky revealing itself in the darkness – this by director Tim Boulton. There were outstanding must be the best possible way to relax after giving solos for flute, voice and double bass too, with everything in a concert. players stepping forward from among the ranks of The tour was made possible thanks to generous the orchestra. support from Five Islands School, The Council of the Audience numbers exceeded anything the players Isles of Scilly, Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, PYSO or their hosts had anticipated, with a total of some Society, Cornwall Music Education Hub, and many 500 people attending concerts over the 5 days – very generous people on the Isles, including the equivalent to nearly 30% of the population of the audiences who together donated more than £2,000. Isles. But most impressive was the level of listening The players raised a further £1,000 from 2 concerts in and audience attentiveness and appreciation, with Cornwall, and were able to fund the entire eight day the young musicians encouraged to give their tour without parental contributions. personal and collective best. Future PYSO concerts this autumn include The logistics were challenging, but made to flow performances for Henry’s Little Big Gig and St. Ives easily with help from many people on the islands. Festival in September, and a Music For Youth Primary Travelling to concerts with 3 cellos and 4 double Prom at Hall For Cornwall in October. GCSE Concert Hot tickets to 27th January at the Hall for Cornwall Hall for Cornwall The Hub will be running its first concert especially On Friday 17 October Music aimed at Music GCSE students. The day time concert for Youth is coming to the will give an overview of musical styles, from Baroque Hall for Cornwall in Truro to the present day and will look at set works relevant for the Primary Proms, where local young musicians to all three major exam boards. perform for primary school children. The concerts aim to inspire the next generation of musicians by The concert will be led by conductor and former enabling the young audience to experience live Education Director of the London Symphony music in a concert hall setting. Nearly 2,000 children Orchestra, Patrick Bailey with live performances by will attend the free concerts and get the chance to an ensemble of professional musicians. participate in a fun finale. Details of the full programme and timings will be The charismatic Pete Letanka will present the available soon. concerts, and performances from local groups Places at this concert are available to all current GCSE will include a choir, Canzonetta, brass band St students but the concert would also be relevant to Keverne Youth Band, the Penzance Youth String Year 9 students who are considering studying music. Orchestra and No Poet’s Hear, a group playing more Places cost £3 per student (teachers/chaperones are mainstream music. free). To book a group please contact Nicola Cawrse Although the concerts are sold out, teaching – [email protected], with details of numbers resources providing follow-up classroom activities (adults and students), which exam board you use are available to download for everyone at and any access requirements. www.mfy.org.uk/primaryproms. • www.cornwalllearning.org • www.cornwalllearningonline.co.uk • 01872 327900 • 3 Ten Pieces is an exciting new initiative for primary schools, led by BBC Learning, focusing on classical music and creativity. Ten Pieces will run over the academic year 2014/15. Starting in the autumn term with a week of cinema screenings for schools across the country, the project will culminate in a major celebratory finale in the summer of 2015. The Cornwall Music Education Hub is proud is be working with the BBC on this project, starting with the screenings of the Ten Pieces film at cinemas in Penzance, Truro, St Austell and Newquay. These screenings are now full but schools can request a copy of the DVD by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with ‘School DVD Request’ in the subject line. Training for school staff linked to the Ten Pieces project will be run at the Hub conference on 23rd October. In addition, during the Spring term, musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra will be delivering workshops in schools where students compose their own music responses to the Ten Pieces. These musicians will also work with local families as we set up Cornwall’s own ‘Family Orchestra’. The Hub’s Ten Pieces Festival at Heartlands The Hub will be running a music festival next summer where schools, ensembles and community groups will be invited to perform one of the Ten Pieces, or music inspired by one of the pieces. As well as performances, there will be also be a range of music workshops. The festival will take place in June 2015 to coincide with iOrchestra’s Music Lab visit to Heartlands. Subsidised access to music Looe Cluster Project The Hub, through funding made available from the As part of the Story Republic schools programme Dedicated Schools Grant, is able to provide subsidies in the Looe cluster of schools, we explored ideas to any students who meet the following criteria: around work and trades through creative writing • Students eligible for Free School Meals (excluding and musical composition. The latter element the universal entitlement for all under 7’s), Children was led by Andy Baker from the Bournemouth in Care and children of currently serving British Symphony Orchestra who led sessions on Services personnel - eligible for subsidy of up to composition and song writing in Looe Academy, £5.00 per lesson Looe Primary, Pelynt, Duloe, Polperro and Trenode • Students/parents on Disability Living Allowance - with children aged five to fourteen and their eligible for subsidy of up to £2.50 per lesson teachers. The children from each school came • Students on FSM, Children in Care and Services together for a sharing of their work as part of the Children are also able to access subsidised Story Republic installation at Looe Academy and instrument hire and membership of a CMEH drew a huge audience. ensemble. The Story • Students should be learning through a provider Republic aims to who is registered with the Cornwall Music Education support literacy Hub. A list of Registered Providers and details on through the arts how to become Registered Provider can be found and is managed on http://www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org/ by KEAP. The subsidised-music-lessons musical element was funded through the Hub. First Access - free whole class instrumental teaching In order to increase take-up of our whole class instrumental teaching programme, ‘Learning Music Togther’, we have changed how it’s charged and delivered from September 2014. Previously, these sessions have been subsidised on an ongoing basis.