Spring 2014 Newsletter Issue 05 Spring Term news from the About the Hub North Music Hub The Welcome to the first Music Hub newsletter of 2014. Please check Music Hub was out the diary dates for future events and enjoy reading about music set up in early making successes across the county. 2012 and works in partnership with local and national arts programmes and organisations. Its objective is to deliver the government’s commitment to improving the quality of local music services and Little Big Sing in our performance is monitored by Arts Primary schools in the Ripon and Rural concentrated, sang and performed a Council . Partnership came together in October range of actions extremely well. to take part in a Little Big Sing. The There are great The idea for the Little Big Sing came event took place at Holy Trinity Church, opportunities to be out of discussions during Ripon Ripon over two days, with 360 children part of the Hub and Arts Collaboration Group meetings. from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 this edition contains The event was organised and led taking part each day. information about by Sandra Langley (Headteacher at how and when you The children sang songs which Holy Trinity Infant School) and Cathy can get involved they had learned in school following Roberts (Education Development in music making a CPD session for staff, and the Adviser: Creative and Performing Arts) across the county. individual schools performed and – and a great time was had by all. taught everyone their song. They Schools taking part in the Little Big Sing were: CE Primary School, Bishop Thornton CE Primary School, Burton Leonard CE Primary School, Fountains CE Primary School, Grewelthorpe CE Primary School, Greystone Community Primary School, Holy Trinity Infant School, Kirkby Malzeard CE Primary School, Markington CE Primary School, Moorside Infant School, North Stainley CE Primary School, Ripon Cathedral CE Primary School, St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, St. Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Sharow and Skelton CE Primary Schools.

Supported using public funding by We’ve got brass – case study from Fiona Beetles, Headteacher, Sutton CP School One of our school development We planned for the lessons streets delivering fliers with the plan priorities in 2012/13 was to be delivered to Y4 pupils number to call to register votes. to improve the teaching and because we felt that they were We made full use of electronic learning of music across school. the right age to begin learning a communication too, with a I’m afraid to say it had become ‘real’ instrument, and their class parent setting up a Facebook a bit of a poor relation in the teacher, a musician herself, has page and twitter site, and we curriculum and many of us had a real drive and enthusiasm for used NYCC contacts to spread lost our skills when it came to the subject. At the same time I the word across our North music offered brass tuition to staff and Yorkshire Family. to my great delight 15 of them So we set to improve things and And we won - £49,990. signed up. We have had such along the way we rediscovered fun, so many laughs and get Our community brass band will fun. The first year was about together each Friday lunchtime be made up of children from staff skills – inset time when for a half hour lesson with the our school who are new to Cathy Roberts encouraged us ever-patient Ian. playing, existing players including to believe that we could teach parents, teachers, grandparents, music (using NYCC schemes of I decided to take a chance extended families and other work) and even enjoy singing. and apply for a Peoples Million members of the community. Lottery grant to reinstate our Planning for 13/14 was given We’ve got brass - and if you are village community brass band. a boost when we were offered interested in supporting us in any I explained that we already had instrumental tuition through the way please contact us a staff brass band and many Wider Opportunities programme www.wherelearnersgrow.co.uk members of the community (WOP). We had tried hard to ‘get used to play in a brass band. instrumental playing going’ in the past but with little success so we We progressed through the saw WOP as our big chance. various stages and in mid We put forward a request for our October got the great news tuition to be all ‘brass’ based, that our project had reached because it’s part of our history. the finals. There was a press embargo until 30 October Sutton in grew up when we could at last tell our around a textile mill in the Aire community – and then the valley in the heart of Yorkshire rollercoaster really began. We brass banding country. The were filmed for ITV Calendar history of the village is well news and made sure that we documented and rumour has it were able to feature brass that it had its own brass band. players in the community, hear The NYCC Music Service and see ‘our’ musicians and agreed to our request and found even sought to recreate the us a brilliant brass teacher, Ian original photo we had found on Davies, who has a real passion the village website. On the day for brass. of voting children, staff, parents Sutton’s got brass - then and now and Governors took to the

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Music hub news updates Ofsted Report - what Hubs must do next Many of you will be aware of the recent Ofsted report about the provision of schools music curriculum and the impact Hubs have on it. The report comments on one of the extension roles rather than a core activity. If the role of Hubs is to change, however, we need to be prepared. Whilst no North Yorkshire schools were inspected as part of the report, the strategy board is meeting with Arts Council England (ACE) to address some of the recommendations it contains. A full response and analysis of the recommendations as they apply to North Yorkshire will be featured in the next issue of this newsletter, once any changes to the role of Music Hubs have been fully established. North Yorkshire Music Hub - Coming up - annual feedback report from Music Centres 40th Anniversary Arts Council England concert, Leeds In December we received a very positive feedback report from Town Hall ACE on the progress in Year 1 of North Yorkshire Music Hub. Strengths highlighted included our core delivery programmes, This year marks the 40th particularly Wider Opportunities; partnership working with anniversary of our first Music NYMAZ, Live Music Now, NYCC’s Q and I Service and City Centres, and to celebrate we of Council; and how “cold spots” are identified and then are putting on another joint projects developed to counter them. concert at Leeds Town Hall. It will take place on 3 April, ACE recognised the challenges of working across such a vast and all six Music Centres will area and highlighted the need for information sharing, which is be providing an ensemble being done through this magazine and signposting by NYMAZ. each, with over 400 musicians taking part. They also identified the need to capture data from all schools. Although our data return from schools was high in comparison We have chosen Leeds as it to other Hubs, we did not get a 100% return. The strategy is the only venue with enough board will discuss this and seek more effective ways of back stage area and seating to accommodate such a engaging with all schools. large concert. It is also an The Hub has been given a “low risk” rating, which means that internationally renowned venue we are meeting the aims of the National Plan. We still think which pupils will remember there is more we can do, however, and are keen to explore new playing in for the rest of their opportunities. Please get in touch if you are involved in music lives. education and feel you have something to offer to Hub activity. Tickets are available from Leeds Town Hall Box Office.

3 Regional Forum County Bands projects international tours To develop the regional forums, the strategy board has agreed to support Following 2013’s very successful European visit, the 10 projects that will provide links North Yorkshire Schools County Bands are touring the between local schools and community Netherlands in July. They will be based in the historic organisations. city of Valkenburg. The regional meetings last term were held Last summer’s five day tour of France and Belgium at the Music Service’s Saturday morning began with two days of intense rehearsal at Ashville music centres. These provide a range of College in followed by a concert on the last ensemble opportunities for pupils. We evening in the College grounds. will be forwarding details of this terms meetings when we have them, and you In Europe the bands were based at schools travel can also download a proposal form from company NST’s Le Chateaux in Ebblinghem the NYMAZ website and toured France and Belgium, giving concert http://www.nymaz.org.uk for full details. performances in Brussels, Arras and Ostend. The Concert Band is made up of 50 musicians which Hub Charter split to form the County Big Band and Woodwind Consort. All three ensembles performed throughout As we start the second year of the tour, playing a varied repertoire which was very hub funding, the strategy board, in well received by the concert audiences. consultation with the Arts Council, has drawn up a charter that affirms the For more information about the July 2014 tour please relationships and mission of the hub and contact Chris Hirst 01609 536805/07791 752361 or its partners. This is available from the [email protected] hub page on the CYPS info site and the NYMAZ website http://www.nymaz.org.uk/. The work of the hub is still developing, as are the relationships it is building with partners, and its mission remains the same - ‘To offer all children and young people in North Yorkshire access to a diverse range of high-quality music experiences and progression routes through coherent partnership working’. There are challenging times ahead as funding and the future direction of music hubs remains unknown. However, we firmly believe that the above mission statement should continue to reflect the The bands at Ashville College before the 2013 tour nature of our work regardless of any funding changes.

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Harrogate Welcome to the new music centre - Music Centre Managers cigar box guitar The start of this academic year welcomed three new music centre workshop managers to the county’s Music Service. Hannah Hebden, Su Harrogate Music Centre had McCormack and Pip Jopling have now taken over from Chris Hirst a celebrity visitor in October in , Sue Hallows in and Anne Heaton in . - “Chicken-bone John”, aka Hannah John Wormald. Hannah moved to Selby 14 years ago from , where she Chicken-bone John came worked as a secondary school teacher. Since then she has worked along and held a guitar in many schools in the Selby area both as a classroom teacher and making workshop where as a piano and flute peripatetic teacher.“I have worked at Selby around 20 adults signed up Music Centre for several years and welcomed the chance to take for the day and each made over the reins from Chris. The staff and students at Selby are a cigar-box style guitar. It fantastic. We hope to continue their excellent work this year.” was a great success with Su some very playable guitars Su McCormack has left her position of Head of Music at Richmond as the result of a day spent School to concentrate her efforts with the County Music Service. sawing, chiselling and Su has been associated with Northallerton Music Centre for nearly sanding, as well as eating 20 years and takes over from Sue Hallows. Su looks forward some great food provided to continuing Sue’s work to develop a centre of excellence that by the Parents Association. students, parents, teachers and NYCC music service staff can Most people who took be proud of “My aim is to continue to develop a thriving Music part were not members of Centre in the area whilst listening to colleagues, the students Harrogate Music Centre, but and parents on new initiatives we could offer.” following this success the Pip centre is now considering a Prior to taking up his new post, Pip lived in in York and taught guitar similar type of event for its and violin with North Yorkshire Music Service in the Harrogate area. members. “I hadn’t had the chance to work at Skipton Music Centre before my appointment so I didn’t entirely know what to expect when I started. All our staff and members on Saturday mornings have been very welcoming however, and I’ve really enjoyed my first term at this fantastic music centre.” Find out more There are six music centres across the county and they all welcome new members of all abilities to join them for rehearsals on Saturday mornings. Please contact your nearest music centre for more information: The event was suggested by David Foley, one of the members Harrogate Stephen Price 01609 534 979 of Harrogate Music Centre Northallerton Su McCormack 01609 536 715 Parents Association who also Scarborough Nigel Blenkiron 01609 533 249 attended and helped organise the day. Selby Hannah Hebden 01609 533 853 Skipton Pip Jopling 01609 534 795 Bob Butterfield 07581 639 528

5 Northallerton Music Centre news Northallerton Pomp and Circumstance at The Sage Music Centre An enthusiastic audience of over 1000 heard Northallerton Music Centre students perform at a showcase Gala Concert at helps Pudsey The Sage, Gateshead. The gala concert, which only happens every three years, gives the students experience of playing at Two ensembles from a professional concert venue and gain invaluable exposure to Northallerton Music performing in front of a large audience. Centre - Northallerton Area School Concert Band and Over 240 students aged from seven to 19 took part throughout Northallerton Area Wind the day, with eight ensembles and specialist groups - including Orchestra - joined together the very popular fanfare and ukulele groups - performing. The to perform music from Film programme for the evening ranged from traditional classical and Musicals to a packed favourites through to musicals and film scores. audience at The Forum, The finale brought the audience to its feet – a special arrangement in November. The evening of Pomp and Circumstance, co-ordinated and directed by raised a staggering £1200 Northern Area Wind Orchestra conductor and peripatetic music for Pudsey’s appeal for teacher Trevor Wilson. Keeping with the last night of the proms Children in Need. theme, the choir waved their Union Jacks throughout. The audience also heard performances by Applegarth Primary School Choir, Crash Bang Wallop Youth Theatre, members of Northallerton Amateur Variety Company and Rhodesbros. Northallerton Music Centre ended its year with a free Christmas Concert where the Junior Ensembles String Orchestras and Wind Bands played at Allertonshire School. Thank you for the music – Sue, Ian and students enjoy the special performance. Goodbye to Sue Hallows The Sage Gala concert was also a triumphant finale for Sue Hallow’s career as Northallerton music centre manager. Students and staff had worked on a secret project to honour Sue’s years of leadership - an arrangement of ‘Thank You for the Music’ with words relevant to her life and work. After its The evening ended with a rousing performance Ian Bangay, head of instrumental music with the finale of ‘You Raise Me Up’ performed by all the musicians Music Service and compare for the evening, presented Sue directed by the music centre’s with mementos of the evening and past Gala Concerts before Alan Owens. everyone gave her a fantastic farewell.

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Scarborough Jazz Festival gets SAYSO with EASY Scarborough The EASY (Eastern Area Schools Youth) Jazz Orchestra played an Spa Orchestra important part in Scarborough’s 13th annual jazz festival last year. Scarborough Area Youth The popular event is held in September, and for the last ten years Symphony Orchestra – band members have been actively involved in all aspects of the SAYSO - had another great festival, from giving out publicity material in the town’s pedestrian opportunity to play with precinct to rehearsing with festival stars. professionals at their own A workshop is usually held in the Sun Court, British summer venue last term. weather permitting and last year didn’t disappoint. By 10.00am SAYSO is the senior on the sunny festival Saturday the band was working with orchestra at Scarborough professional musicians from the Jim Hart Quartet. As it was the Area music centre. In 2012 start of the academic year, EASY Jazz, had many new members, they performed with the Spa including the drummer and pianist, so working with Jim himself on Orchestra, the country’s last vibes and bass player Mark Janisch was an ideal way to settle in. remaining civic orchestra, Jim and Mark were so friendly and easy to work with that by and in September they 12.30pm the band was ticking over nicely and the members were met up again. The young able to take a break and check out the other artists performing in musicians were able to share the Spa Grand Hall. The band’s day with them finished with a one a three hour rehearsal on hour set played to a well filled Sun Court and a thank you from some of the Spa Orchestra’s the festival’s promoter, Mike Gordon. regular material which ranged EASY Jazz played at the Spa again at the end of the year, joining from the classics to “Palm SAYSO and all the other ensembles of Scarborough Area Music Court Orchestra” pieces. Centre for the Christmas Gala Concert. It featured professional That evening both orchestras clarinettist Graham Quilter, who played the Artie Shaw Clarinet played together to an Concerto with the Big Band. Singers from , Lady Lumley’s appreciative house in the Spa and Pindar schools joined in for the grand finale - the 12 Days of Grand Hall and received a Christmas with full orchestra and choir, including fabulous indoor rapturous response from the fireworks! audience of regulars, parents and SAYSO supporters. One young member came off the stage beaming from ear to ear and said to me, “that was awesome! I’m going to be a professional musician”. SAYSO’s year came to a fitting finale when they performed in the Music Centre’s Christmas Gala Concert in December.

The concert was particularly well supported with an audience up at least 25% on 2012.

7 GCSE music students embark on Adventures in Sound Over 50 GCSE students in Creative and Performing Arts education had the opportunity to development advisor Cathy Roberts develop their musical potential when said “This was a very exciting project. It they took part in Adventures in Sound, gave students a wonderful opportunity a creative composition project. The both to work with an experienced project enabled them to explore and composer to help them to develop their improve their composition skills under skills and to hear professional musicians the guidance of a talented composer perform their compositions. It has also and two professional musicians. The given music teachers from Richmond culmination was a live performance School, St Francis Xavier School, of the students’ compositions at School, Risedale Sports and Richmond School last October. Community College and Northallerton College additional skills to help them The students worked with Kate continue to raise standards and Pearson, a highly regarded composer attainment”. who has been commissioned by English Touring Opera, Opera North, Feedback from the students was great, Sing Up and others. With a brief including this from Helen Bookall, St to stretch the music students and Francis Xavier School: “I found the introduce them to new challenges, project helped me with my composition Kate’s first workshop focused on skills and improved my self-confidence composing vocal pieces based on one to perform in front of others. It has also word or mood, with students choosing helped me realise that I want to perform images and words with which they when I get older”. made a connection, and designing (Kate at the their own mood boards as stimulation workshop) for their own composition. Two young professional musicians from Live Music Now, Aron Kyne (keyboards) and Anna Snow (vocals) worked alongside the students, helping to improve their musical techniques and composition skills. NYMAZ ran the six-month project in partnership with NYCC’s Quality and Improvement Service and Live Music Now. The project was financially supported by NYCC, the Radcliffe Trust and the Michael Tippett Musical Foundation.

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Creative industries unmasked Hundreds of young people from across North who have successful careers in the creative Yorkshire headed for Harrogate in November. industries.” Their mission was to discover how an Guest speakers at the discovery event included: industry that employs more than 1.5 million • Russell Prue, a nationally renowned ‘ICT people in the UK and Evangelist’ and broadcaster, who has worked boosts the economy with schools and organisations across by £36 billion a year the country looking at new and existing can offer them a bright technologies and how they can be used in future. learning. Creative Industries Unmasked was the first • Chrysalis Arts, an award-winning company event of its kind in North Yorkshire. It offered a specialising in art in public spaces, artists’ showcase for young people, their parents/carers professional development and strategic and school staff the chance to find out more development work. about a diverse range of career opportunities. • Jonathan Sands OBE from Elmwood, Students had the chance to talk and meet with the multi-award winning brand design Further and Higher education providers to learn consultancy. about the courses and training available for • BBC York presenter Jericho Keys, well known careers with arts, music, theatre, film, design, for bringing new music to the fore through jewellery making and heritage organisations ‘BBC Introducing’ The free event took place at the Pavilions There were a large number of exciting stalls of Harrogate and was organised by North from a range of creative industries including Yorkshire County Council, North Yorkshire Music a scale model of a theatre lighting rig. The Hub, NYMAZ and CapeUK, the region’s Arts event was also supported by the Arts Council, Council bridge organisation. Over 400 young Youth Music, The National Skills Academy and people and their parents/carers attended and Creative and Cultural Skills. some of the positive feedback included: Music was provided “It was really useful meeting arts professionals, throughout the and talking with them direct”. event by various musicians including ‘”It really helped me to see the range of creative the Cambrai and careers that are out there”. Heavy Cavalry Band, based in “The people we talked to were lively and Catterick, and passionate about their jobs and genuinely keen musicians from the to help”. Live Music Now scheme and the “I learned that if you really want to do something in Royal Northern life, you should just get on and do it”. College of Music. Cathy Roberts from NYCC said: “We organised Creative Industries Unmasked to give young people the opportunity to learn about the opportunities available to them, and speak to, and learn from, a wide range of people

9 NYMAZ Networks The NYMAZ Networks are funded by the National Foundation for Youth Music. NYMAZ runs networks that enable fees apply, discounts music professionals and practitioners for network members) to access training, share best practice • Opportunities to network (online and and network with peers. Membership offline) with peers to share learning is free and is part of NYMAZ’s and effective practice commitment to coordinating music education in North Yorkshire, building • E-bulletins featuring the latest policy skills and expertise across the county. updates, research and sector news Two of the networks are focused Forthcoming dates for your diary: around specialist areas: • NYMAZ Early Years Music • NYMAZ Early Years Music Network Conference: Saturday 8 Network: open to all those with an February, Ripon Racecourse interest in music with early years, • I’m Inclusive Music Festival whether that be music practitioners, (including a full programme of playgroup leaders, children’s centre CPD events as part of the NYMAZ workers and managers SEND Music Network), Saturday 1 • NYMAZ Special Education Needs March, Ron Cooke Hub, University and Disability (SEND) Music of York Network: open to all those with an Please visit www.nymaz.org.uk for interest in music and children with further details about both events SEND, including music practitioners, special school staff and SENCOs. You can join both networks via: www.nymaz.org.uk/networks; Membership for each network is FREE email [email protected] and includes: or call 01904 543382 • Invitations to Continuing Professional Development training events and conferences (nominal

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The Alternative Folk Book Project Children, and older people too, from two These encounters and experiences formed the villages in North Yorkshire - Sleights and basis of the children’s writing of contemporary Nawton - had the opportunity to discover their folk songs back at school. local heritage through the Alternative Folk Book The brand new songs had topics that included project. a gentleman meeting his future wife at the The project explored existing local folk music village dance, a Whitby sailor’s disaster at sea, traditions and devised new folk songs, which and a typical day for children in Nawton. They reflect their community’s history. were written with help from the musicians and class teachers and recorded onto CD for every Two professional musicians, Amy Thatcher participant to take home. and Hannah Rickard, were invited to work with primary schools and care homes in The project concluded with two celebration both villages. Amy and Hannah began by events, where the new songs were performed introducing the project with a performance by the children to an audience of friends, family which demonstrated examples of traditional and local residents, including a residents from songs from across England and Scotland - and Esk Hall and Omega Oak Barn, who were everyone was encouraged to participate. delighted to hear their own stories transformed into song. The children, pupils in years three to six at Sleights, Rosedale and Nawton Primary Schools, then began to explore folk songs in more detail through workshops with the two musicians, which involved looking at the structure of songs, the aural tradition, and local songs from Yorkshire. The Sleights Primary School children spent some time with residents of Esk Hall Care Home and visited Whitby Lifeboat Museum, whilst children This project was supported by the LEADER Small Scale Enhancement Scheme funded and administered from Nawton and Rosedale primary schools by District Council and Scarborough District visited Ryedale Folk Museum and interviewed Council. This money has been made available through residents of Omega Oak Barn Care Home the Rural Development Programme for England which about their memories of the local area. is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union. The project was delivered by Pied Piper and Musicport working in partnership with NYMAZ.

11 Swaledale Festival Percussion Project This Swaledale Festival and NYMAZ project enables children to make, and play, their own percussion instruments under the guidance of the experienced carpenters at Gayle Mill. Four days of workshops were held there in November. Around one hundred children from local primary schools helped to make and finish two wooden percussion instruments each, including jingle sticks, woodblocks, guiros, shakers and ‘lagerphones’. The woodworking team at Gayle Mill, led by Michael Thomson, masterminded the drilling, sawing, nailing, gluing and testing procedures superbly and musicians Gary Hammond, Rosi Keatinge and Malcolm Creese were on hand to offer musical guidance. There were woodworking demonstrations from Michael and his team, and a guided tour of the historic Mill led by Gayle Mill’s education officer Laura Hodgson. And the project doesn’t stop there. The next stage involves workshops with artists Margaret Murphy and Jill Eagle, with the children decorating and personalising their instruments. Gary Hammond, Sam Pirt and Rosi Keatinge are holding a series of music workshops in which the children will learn and rehearse new music, which is being specially written for them by Gary and Sam. Finally, on 6th March the children will take part - playing the instruments they have helped to make - in a professional concert by the Hut People (duo) and Forro Porro (quartet) at the Influence Church (formally the Zetland Centre) in Richmond. The children will be able to keep their instruments afterwards. During this extended project, the children will have explored a range of subjects and issues, including history, heritage, water power and turbines, recycling, wood, carpentry tools, design, decoration, sound generation, musical instrument construction, world music, safety procedures, teamwork and performance. The Swaledale Festival Percussion Project is funded by Youth Music as part of the Musical Inclusion programme for North Yorkshire, The Co-op, The Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust, and The Ministry of Michael meets the students Defence.

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Whitby remembers the Diary dates NYMAZ Early Years Music spirit of WWII in style Network Conference: Whitby Music Centre ended another successful year with Saturday 8 February, Ripon performances by the Esk Valley Senior Band (EVCB), the Racecourse centre’s choir, and the advanced wind group Sirocco. NYMAZ twilight CPD session: Tuesday 25th February with Ali Mac at Brooklands School explores creative percussion work with SEND pupils. This session is open to staff from all schools, please visit www.nymaz.org.uk for more information. I’m Inclusive Music Festival (including a full programme of CPD events as part of the NYMAZ SEND Music Network), Saturday 1 March, Ron Cooke Hub, University of York visit www.nymaz.org.uk for further details about both EVCB starred at one of Whitby’s best attended events – a dance events which formed part of October’s Whitby World War II weekend. Residential summer The WWII had drawn a lot of visitors to the town and many of courses – County them came along to dance, all wearing the fashions of the time. Orchestra and Choir The evening was a great success, with the band playing music July 6-11 2014 Giggleswick from the era – and they’ve already been booked to do a repeat School performance later this year. Application forms and more information: Hawsker Methodist Church hosted the choir’s first ever ‘go Orchestra – Anne Heaton it alone’ concert. The choir performs frequently but this was 01609 535177 anne. their first without any of the centre’s other ensembles present. [email protected] Sounding superb, they played to a large and appreciative Choir - Susan Marks susan. audience – and certainly gained the confidence to do more [email protected] ‘choir only’ events. Free school workshops Sirocco provided the music for Whitby Community College’s and transition days open evening in December. Sirocco tends to be the centre’s for primary schools – in busiest ensemble, receiving requests to play on a regular basis. partnership with secondary They are already booked to play at a local wedding in May. schools in July. For more information please email [email protected]

13 Arts Council awards Selby Music Centre’s £100,000 to put brass band success artists into county Selby Music Centre’s newly formed brass band was libraries a real hit at Harrogate’s “Brass Factor” competition in November. They performed against some tough North Yorkshire County opposition, and some even tougher judges, to be placed Council’s library service has a well-deserved second. won a boost of £100,000 from Arts Council England to put Selby Music Centre runs many varied ensembles, for artists into libraries to work with more details contact Hannah Hebden, Selby Music communities – thanks to the Centre Manager: [email protected] Skipton Rewind initiative we featured in the summer edition 2013 of this newsletter. As part of a three-year Creative Residencies Programme, 24 artists from different creative backgrounds will be based in eight libraries to work with library users and other community members on a range of projects. The inspiration for the initiative came from the North Yorkshire library service’s acclaimed, “Rewind!” project, that won the national “Libraries Change Lives” award in 2012. In this project, based in Skipton, young people The centre’s brass band is open to both children and adults, were supported at the library by a many having come through the fantastic WOPS sessions run in professional musician to devise, the area over the last few years. fund-raise and stage their own gigs and events. Something big is The Creative Residencies Programme will use libraries as happening... a resource for people to explore to the way North Yorkshire County Council trades the nature of their communities with schools. through the arts and their own creative potential with the help of We’ll be telling you about North Yorkshire County a professional artist. Council’s new service provision for schools later this term. We’ll have improved ways of working with you, responding to what you’ve said we need to do. Watch out for details.

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North Yorkshire Music Hub and Live Music Now Project at Brooklands School Live Music Now (LMN) percussionist Ali Mac And it’s not just the pupils - music co-ordinator spent Friday mornings at Brooklands Special Rachel Parsons says that ‘all pupils thoroughly School in Skipton last term, working with pupils enjoyed this wonderful experience. It’s made to develop their musical and creative skills. me realise just how much of the curriculum can Their work culminated in a performance at the be taught through drumming - maths, literacy, end of term. geography, fine and gross motor skills, social skills and music of course!’ Although the pupils worked towards their final performance at the end of term when they performed the world premier of their new composition as part of Brooklands School’s Performance Day, they still have more music making to look forward to. One group of pupils worked with Ali each Ali Mac’s trio Three Jazz will be visiting the week to write their own original Samba school in February to provide pupils with an inspired composition. Using a range of musical unique interactive performance taking them techniques and approaches, they developed through the vibrant world of jazz inspired music a piece which moves from a rain forest storm - from Blues to Latin, Klezmer to Funk. through Brazil, concluding with an up-tempo street party featuring Samba music performed This project is also providing school staff with on traditional Brazilian instruments, junk support in their own musical development. instruments and school percussion. With funding from NYMAZ, Ali Mac will be delivering a twilight CPD session on Tuesday Success was steady throughout the term, 25th February at Brooklands School to with all the pupils involved demonstrating explore creative percussion work with SEND musical progression, as well as showing pupils. This session is open to staff from all increased confidence. They moved from schools - please visit www.nymaz.org.uk for reluctant participants to leading sessions as the more information. ‘conductor’ and playing a key role within the composition and performance process. Feedback from the pupils involved showed just how much they enjoyed it: “It’s always brilliant” “It’s fantastic - I love the tambourine” “My favourite instruments are the shakers” “My favourite part of Ali’s session is when I drum on my own” “I love drumming the storm scene” The Brooklands project is being delivered by LMN in partnership with the North Yorkshire Music Hub with additional support from the Craven Trust.

15 The North Yorkshire Music Hub - find out more and get involved We’re running music hub forums across the county every term and useful partnerships and possibilities are already developing. The make-up of the meetings has been encouraging, with groups ranging from community and town brass bands, professional orchestras, primary and secondary school teachers and local music societies. Please get in touch with us if you’d like to be added to the invitation list and we’ll let you know where and when the next forum for your area will be – please email [email protected] or ring 01609 532 783.

We’re developing plenty of projects that you can take part in – these are just some of them: Buy in services • Continuous professional development All partners involved in the hub run programmes for school staff, particularly in workshops, concerts and other bespoke supporting schools to deliver music in the musical projects for children and young curriculum. people on a bought in basis. If you have a • Providing an instrument loan service, with specific project that you would like to launch discounts or free provision for those having or just require some advice on setting up your instrumental lessons with NYCC Music own, our partners will be happy to discuss Service. your needs. The following examples may be • Providing access to large scale and high of interest: quality music experiences for pupils through working with professional musicians and • curriculum guidance/delivery; venues. • working with professional musicians; • Setting up an online area where you can find • catering for pupils with specific SEND out more information and share examples of needs; and great partnership working in the county. • bespoke CPD. If you’d like to be added to our mailing list, NYMAZ are also the signposting organisation want to tell us about your projects, or find out for the hub and are happy to add your more about our plans, please email organisations details/activities to their website. [email protected].

Contact us County Music Centre, CYPS Business Support, SB114 South Block, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AE Tel: 01609 532783 Email: [email protected]  Or visit our website at: www.northyorks.gov.uk

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