Newsletter Issue 18 Summer 2018 The North Yorkshire Its objective is to deliver the There are great opportunities About Music Hub was set up in government’s commitment to be part of the Hub early 2012 and works in to improving the quality of and this edition contains theHub partnership with local and local music services and our information about how national arts programmes performance is monitored and when you can get and organisations. by Arts Council England. involved in music making across the county. World War 1 Centenary Concert Harrogate Convention Centre 29 March 2018 ENTER Supported using public funding by Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 World War 1 – One hundred years on On 29 March we marked the centenary “It gave all the of the end of World War I with a performers and fantastic concert in Harrogate. the hundreds who came to see Travelling from across the county to the Harrogate them a unique Convention Centre, an audience of over 900 opportunity to witnessed an evening of music, dance and the reflect on the reading of letters from the front line to mark significance of the centenary. The concert organised by North the war for our Yorkshire Music Service saw over 500 children country and our and young people from across the county taking county’s history.” part. Performers included the North Yorkshire County Youth Orchestra, County Brass and Ian Bangay, Head Saxophone Ensembles, Selby Music Centre of North Yorkshire Folk Group, Harrogate and Northallerton Music Music Service Centre string players, County Youth Choir and said “We wanted Selby Music Centre Brass Band. They performed to mark this event along with the Band of the Royal Armoured and thought it was Corps, based in Catterick Garrison and dancers important we made the connection between the from the Harrogate District Dance Company. children taking part and their relatives that served. We involved over 12 primary schools and Richmond Leader of North Yorkshire County Council, Carl Secondary School as well as gaining support from Les said: “This was a very moving and brilliant the Green Howards Museum in Richmond, who concert. North Yorkshire has many talented young helped us with the projections. The primary school musicians and artists across the county and we choirs performed the traditional songs of the day and are pleased to support them as best we can, Emma Calvert, Assistant Head of Service had been even in a time of austerity for local councils. to each school to work with the teachers and pupils. “It was a very poignant evening as this marked I am so proud of all who took part. The standard the centenary year of the end of a war which was amazing and I must thank all the Music Service touched nearly every family in the county, as staff involved in this memorable event as well as was shown by the photographs of participants the fantastic Band of the Royal Armoured Corps.” in the war and their connection with the great grandchildren playing on stage. 2 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Thank you and a fond farewell This year the Music Service will be saying goodbye to some long serving staff and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them. Nigel Waugh, Andy Firth and Hillary Waddington have worked for the service for many years. Nigel has been a vocal teacher in the Skipton area and has coached on the County Choir courses since they were set up. He is retiring and we wish him all the best for the future and a happy retirement. Hillary was Head of Music at Harrogate High School before joining the service and has worked in and around Harrogate for many years. She is also retiring and our wishes go with her. Andy Firth is based in Scarborough/Whitby and has been an instrumental teacher for some time. He joined us having spent years as a musician in the Army. He also worked at both Whitby and Scarborough Music Centres. Andy is retiring from the service. Pip Jopling is music Centre Manager for Skipton. Pip recently got married and is moving down south to take up a new post of Head of Music in a primary school. Pip recently set up the new County Guitar Ensemble and I would like to thank him for all his hard work in the Skipton Area. We will also be losing Emma Calvert who is Assistant Head of the Music Service. Emma has been appointed Head of Music Service for East Riding and it is a well-deserved promotion. Emma has been a big part of the Senior Leadership Team and will be missed by her colleagues. However it also opens up some possibilities for some partnership work with East Riding which we are both keen on. On behalf of the Music Service we wish them all the best for the future. 3 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Schools immersed in music Staff from the music service had two wonderful days at the start of June in Kellington Primary School and St Mary’s RC Primary School, Richmond. We worked with the whole school on each day as part of the offer that we have for schools taking up the Gold Whole Class Music Packages. Each school has had a whole year of whole class music making, culminating with our teachers spending a full day with every class in the school introducing them to a variety of instruments and experiences. Children played djembe, violins and cellos, trumpets and trombones. We are always so impressed by the enthusiasm for music that the children have in these days and by their ability to pick up an instrument for the first time at 9am and be performing to parents and the rest of the school by the afternoon! If you would like to find out more about the various whole class music packages that we offer to schools throughout North Yorkshire please call Jane Atkinson on 01609 534980 or contact your NYES Relationship Manager. “I liked singing jelly on a plate.” “We learnt the names of music notes, I liked that.” “I loved playing the violin. Please come back next year!” “We learnt the different beats of the drum.” “It was an awesome amazing music day.” “Throughout school all that could be heard were joyful tunes.” 4 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Celebrating the early years at NYMAZ’s early years music network conference On Tuesday 1 May, NYMAZ held its biennial early years music network conference, where delegates were treated to contributions from a wide range of experts in early years music-making, including practical workshops, presentations and networking. After an inspiring warm up from Rebecca Denniff, who got delegates energised with some classic singing and movement, Jo Brockbank opened the programme with a presentation about how the Hallé Orchestra have integrated early years delivery into their organisation, staging interactive concerts for families for the last four years. Following this, Nell Farrally gave thought-provoking presentation about how music education hubs can support early years music-making, having conducted research about early years provision for Wiltshire music hub. continued on next page 5 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Delegates then took part in two workshops; Polly Ives, ‘Bringing Nursey Rhymes to Life’ and Made with Music ‘Exploring the NYMAZ Songbook’. Hannah Dilworth and Kathryn Sturman, from Made with Music, explored how to use the NYMAZ Early Years Songbook, demonstrating transferable skills, and adaptations to fit a range of situations. Building a den out of material, spreading laughter and highlighting the importance of sharing small successes made this workshop a “high quality, refreshing and a brilliantly fun way of instilling good practise” for delegates to take away in their own practise. Polly Ives’ workshop introduced delegates to a variety ‘High quality, of ways of engaging, motivating and instilling a love of music within their sessions through reinvigorating nursery extremely adaptable rhymes – a resource everyone has access to but which and brilliant fun’ many teachers and practitioners have little experience of adapting in the context of their music-making. Jane Parker and Caroline Barnes from Take Art discussed ‘It has been refreshing the challenges and rewards of a multi-agency, multi-county and inspirational’ music project of theirs: ‘SoundWave’, which celebrated the small musical steps which lead to a big musical impact within early years settings. Rebecca Denniff shared her work on ‘instilled good practice, developing pedagogies within the NYMAZ and Musicport project ‘Music Tots’ based in Whitby, exploring the importance and brought it to life’ of structure and repertoire within early years sessions. And Zoe Greenhalgh, a mentor on the Certificate for Music Educators: Early Childhood, gave an overview of the course to link in with NYMAZ’s new bursary for members of the network. Sage Gateshead’s Carol Bowden and Eleanor Mooney led ‘early years and the common third’, a workshop incorporating musical performance and interaction, and exploring the use of puppets and props in songs. Carol and Eleanor left the delegates ‘enthused with inspirational ideas’ and skills to take away. Huge thanks go to all the speakers who contributed and to all the delegates who attended what was an informative and inspiring event. And as always, we are grateful to Youth Music for their support and funding of the network, which made the conference possible. 6 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 NYMAZ’s annual SEND music network gathering 2018 NYMAZ is delighted to present another SEND music network gathering at the Pavilions of Harrogate on Wednesday 14 November 2018.