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HUBNEWS HubNews December 2017 Performance at Royal Albert Hall P5 Forthcoming events P6-7 Bespoke Music Project Grants P11 Trumpets of Norwich School at Hostry Festival concert. Photo: Becky Demmen. Welcome to Norfolk Music In this issue 2 New Music Foundation Hub’s newsletter! Degrees in Norwich In this issue of our new-look termly newsletter we bring Music Therapy in Norfolk you details of up-and-coming events and opportunities for 3 Around the regions Norfolk’s children, young people and schools, along with some of the highlights of the past term - and what an incredible term Event spotlight it has been! 4 WCIT Watch In October we launched Songwriter; pleased to play a part in Norfolk’s 5 Performance spotlight an online songwriting community and celebration of Black History Month 6-7 Forthcoming events competition for young people aged with an evening of Caribbean food 8 – 18 living in Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and steelpan workshop for families. 8 Community Music Cambridgeshire, Essex. Since the Also in October we partnered with launch partners have been planning the Hostry Festival to welcome A King’s Ransom and running workshops for young Julian Lloyd Webber MBE as patron 9 Vocal strategy singer-songwriters looking for fresh of the Festival’s Classical Concert, ideas, collaborations and a place to a celebration of Norfolk’s young 10 Partner news test out material. Further, Songwriter emerging musicians – see page 5 for The Orchestrate! Project workshops are being planned for a full write up by one of our young February half-term in Holt, King’s Lynn reviewers. 11 News from Norfolk and Great Yarmouth. Then in November we were most Schools At the end of October we were proud to support (continued inside) Bespoke Project Grants Bringing music to life 1 Norfolk Music Hub | norfolkmusichub.org.uk Continued from front the amazing Norfolk County Symphonic Wind Band at the Music New Music Foundation for Youth Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall; see page 5 for the full write up. Degrees in Norwich Also in November we partnered Access Creative College (the new name for Access to with St George’s Theatre, the Young Norfolk Arts Trust and The Wharf Music) is launching two new music foundation degrees for Academy along with pupils and first entry in September 2018. teachers from Great Yarmouth’s The two-year courses will be You can find out more at a Edward Worlledge Primary Academy delivered from dedicated space at the dedicated Higher Education Open and Gorleston’s St Mary and St Peter Access centre in the Epic building on Day taking place on Tuesday 12th Catholic Primary school in a ‘Friday Magdalen Street in central Norwich. December between 4-7pm. The Afternoons’ singing celebration. The qualifications are accredited by venue is 114 Magdalen Street, There are many opportunities and Nottingham Trent University and there Norwich, NR3 1JD. events to look forward to over the will be opportunities to do a top- More information and Open coming months, as you will see in up further year to give you a full BA Day booking can be found this newsletter. Keep an eye on our degree if you would like. Students will at accesscreative.ac.uk and website too, which is also getting a benefit from the extensive industry applications are now open via UCAS. makeover! norfolkmusichub.org.uk connections and partnerships which Access also has a full range of Access has nurtured over the years, well-established further education About the Hub including Latitude and Sundown music courses covering Music Norfolk Music Hub is a partnership Festivals and BBC Introducing. Performance, Vocal Artist, Music of every organisation and school The Music Performance FdA Production, Sound Engineering, who engages with Norfolk’s children welcomes instrumentalists and Songwriting, Music Business and and young people in music making. vocalists and covers advanced Artist Development. New for 2018 is These organisations share what musicianship, arranging and a suite of non-music courses in digital they do, communicate with each composition, recording skills, media and computer games. other and are committed to the performance and business practice. highest quality of music education. The Audio & Music Technology It is funded by the Department of FdSc is for producers and sound Education which is administered by engineers looking to gain advanced Arts Council England to create more skills in the science of sound, opportunities for children and young production, recording and mixing, people to get involved in music and business practice. throughout the county. Music Therapy in Norfolk Music therapists are rigorously trained, work under supervision with continuous professional development & are regulated by the Health Professions Council. Registered charity: 293339 • Please read more about music therapy in schools on the [email protected] following websites: www.bamt.org MSNN was set up at the request of the senior music advisor, www.belltree.org.uk Emyr Evans, in 1983, to address the lack of resources www.suffolkmusictherapyservices.co.uk for teachers of children with special needs in the county www.keychanges.org schools. The British Society for Music Therapy encouraged • For availability of MTs contact Annie Henriques, BAMT us. Area co-ordinator for Norfolk at [email protected] Music therapy (MT) is an established clinical discipline • For funding through the charity: [email protected] which has been widely used for years, to help people whose lives have been affected by injury, illness, disability or At our AGM in Dereham at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th emotional distress. Verbal skills are not essential in MT. February 2018, MTs will report on their newly formed Co-op MT is a cost-effective form of psychotherapeutic and how it will offer improved services, linking with MSNN & intervention. It is known to have a unique, positive effect on an arts therapies Hub in Norwich. the brain, body and emotional health of the client. Raising If you could come to, or skype into our AGM please awareness of its benefits and increasing its use, particularly RSVP by contacting Susan Pyke for details; preventatively, can help to avoid future expensive support. email: [email protected] or tel. 01362 692743. 2 3 HUBNEWS Around the regions West schools joining them after Christmas In the West of the region, the Hub was to work towards the pleased to include Springwood High performance next year (see page 9). School’s Molly Paffett in a masterclass East Norfolk Sixth Form College, with Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko is delighted to welcome the return of hosted by Gresham’s School, where A Level Music to its studies on offer. she was joined by fellow pupils who There is also the opportunity for Year 9 came to observe the lesson. Photo: Becky Demmen. students to study GCSE Music at East Year 4 pupils at St.Michael’s Norfolk Sixth Form on a Monday night, Academy, King’s Lynn, took part in taster session to experience the as well as stepping stone to A Level an excellent composition project in outstanding work conducted by the classes on a Tuesday evening. November led by King’s Lynn Festival, Music Service’s very own Joanna where they performed alongside Clinton? professional musicians in a lunchtime Central and South recital. Also, Classical Music Rocks East Music making both in schools and has had a brilliant tour this term – don’t ensembles are thriving in the Central forget: your school can still sign up for The East of the county has got straight and South area. Highlights of the term the inexpensive and brilliant concert into the musical swing this term, with have been the High Schools’ Choir series! many children from schools performing Festival at St Andrew’s Hall in Norwich, in the Great Yarmouth Schools’ Music a trip to the Royal Albert Hall (see page North Association’s (GYSMA) ‘Festival of 5), the first rehearsals for CASMA and Carols’ event at the Hippodrome in late the launch of Into Opera’s children’s Two North Norfolk pupils were included November. Children from several other opera (see page 8) where the common in a concert hosted by Julian Lloyd schools in the area also joined forces goal has been uniting schools in all Webber MBE for The Hostry Festival with young singers from Norwich for aspects of high quality performance. in October (see page 5): harpist Diana the Friday Afternoons performance at Individual schools continue to shine Edwards (Gresham’s School) and St George’s Theatre, singing specially including Old Buckenham High School pianist Paige Broadhurst (Alderman commissioned music by Luke Styles who put on a fantastic student lead Peel High School). Well done to them! for the annual event. Inter-house Music Evening and growth The North Norfolk String Ensemble Local high schools have started in new partnerships such as Hempnall is settling in nicely in its new home working with Creative Collisions on a Primary School and the Wymondham at the Fishmonger’s Hall, Gresham’s project entitled ‘Requiem’, with primary Symphony Orchestra in concert. School – why not drop in for a free Do you teach music or do you know someone learning to sing, or to play an instrument? There’s a place for them at EVENT Norfolk County Music Festival. SPOTLIGHT The Festival runs from Monday 5 to Thursday 15 March, Bursary online. throughout Norwich, supporting amateur musicians and Last year’s bursary recipients singers to develop their talents. From classical piano and were Browick Road School, Year 3/4 strings, through to funk bands, African drumming, jazz, Choir. They and their singing teacher Clare Walker have percussion, school choirs, guitars and ukulele orchestras – had extra singing workshops with vocal strategist Krista it offers something for all learners.