Newsletter Issue 18 Summer 2018

The North 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 . involved in music making across the county.

World War 1 Centenary Concert Convention Centre 29 March 2018

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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 County Youth Orchestra, County Brass and Ian Bangay, Head Saxophone Ensembles, Music Centre of North Yorkshire Folk Group, Harrogate and 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 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 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/ 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.

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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. Join us for an afternoon that will feature a range of presentations and practical CPD workshops looking at best practice in making music with children and young people with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND), as well as taking the opportunity to network with others in the sector. The event is open to all those in North Yorkshire, Teesside and beyond who are working with (or interested in learning more about how to work with) children and young people with SEND, including music practitioners, workshop leaders, classroom teachers, staff and freelance practitioners. Tickets are £20 or £15 for members and free for students! For more information and to book your tickets visit: https://nymazsend2018.eventbrite.co.uk Our professional networks enable musicians and practitioners to develop their skills, share best practice and network with peers across a number of specialist areas: SEND, early years, and remote music learning. Alongside our fantastic SEND music network gathering on 14 November, we will be hosting a series of webinars, CPD sessions and resources to support you in your work. We have listened to feedback and have created a programme tailored to our network members. Look out for our online webinars throughout the year, or come along to our themed early years networking meetings on 5 July, 4 October and 24 January 2019. To be kept in the loop and receive event invitations to your inbox, join our networks here: www.nymaz.org.uk/for-professionals/what-we-do-for-professionals

7 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 NYMAZ music ambassadors Do you know a young person aged 14-25 who is passionate about music, and would like to have a say in the music opportunities on offer in North Yorkshire? NYMAZ music ambassadors is the youth voice programme for NYMAZ, a charity that works with organisations around the county to bring exciting music-making opportunities to children and young people. We want to enable young people to influence the work we do. That’s why we’re inviting young people to become NYMAZ music ambassadors! Ambassadors are able to: • have their voice heard; • get music-related careers advice and support; • help spread the word about local music opportunities; • take part in music training and workshops; • perform their own music. The ambassadors are currently meeting once a month, each in a different part of North Yorkshire, and new members are welcome to come along and see what it’s all about. The meetings are on Wednesday evenings as follows: 25 July, 29 August, 26 September. Up-to-date info on meetings can be found on our website: www.nymaz.org.uk Ambassadors help shape the programme by contributing ideas and opinions at the sessions, as well as through online surveys and at events. If you would like to find out more about NYMAZ music ambassadors, email [email protected], or phone us on 01904 543382

8 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 So you want to be a musician... Anne Heaton, assistant head of the music service, Vahan Salorian is a young composer who attended continues to look at the many different routes to Ermysted’s Grammar in Skipton and then studied becoming a professional musician. She interviews composition at the Guildhall School of Music young musicians from North Yorkshire who have & Drama in . Vahan’s work includes gone on to top universities and music colleges with a commissions for the Northern Chamber Orchestra, view to becoming a professional musician. There are Stage 84 and the BBC. His second opera, so many different strands to the music profession Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs has just received and we will see the routes these young musicians its world premiere in London to great critical acclaim. have taken on the way to achieving their goal.

How old were you when you became interested in music? I think I’ve always been interested in music making since being given a recorder aged four or five. I had a very basic three octave children’s keyboard that I used to love making up little tunes on. I was lucky enough to get free violin lessons in primary school and had a headteacher who was very musical. What were your early experiences of music making in North Yorkshire? I really do owe where I am as a musician to the North Yorkshire County Music Service. Flute is my main instrument, but I only began playing by When did you first become chance around Year 8. Through the music service interested in composition? I was able to get free tuition, and this alongside Harrogate music centre and the absolutely brilliant I took music for GCSE and my violin teacher at the county youth orchestra/wind band courses gave me time recommended I enter one of the exercises, great musical grounding and plenty of experience. a short piece for a ‘Western’ film, into the county youth orchestra young composers competition. How did these shape your plans I travelled for the day to where the course was for higher education? being held. The orchestra played through all the I was very fortunate to have teachers who entries and voted at the end for their favourite. From believed in me and gave me the confidence that first bar, hearing around 50 people playing that a career in music is actually something something you’ve written, I knew that I wanted to achievable and worth pursuing! be a composer. There really is no feeling like it. continued on next page

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Why did you decide to go to more exciting and you gain the confidence music college/university? and knowledge to be more experimental and try ‘new sounds’ out. Working with I knew I wanted to go to music college as I was professional musicians is such a joy too. much more interested in practical music making than the more academic side of subject. Going What are your future plans as to music college as a composer also means a musician/composer? you’re surrounded by some of the best young players in the country – so getting your music My second opera ‘Goldilocks played (and to a good standard!) is far easier. and the Three Little Pigs’ premiered last month to Which musicians have had the greatest really great reviews in influence on you as a musician? The Guardian and Opera Magazine etc. There’s a As a flautist, James Galway – I loved the few international opera transcriptions of more popular music, like the houses who are interested Four Seasons, he made for the flute – and Goldilocks and the three little pigs in taking it further. I’d love Ian Clarke – who brought contemporary to keep working in opera techniques into the mainstream. I actually but also other mediums like film and theatre – had the honour of studying flute with him as writing music to other disciplines is definitely second study for two years while at Guildhall. the most fulfilling way to make music for me. As a young composer, it was film music that really caught my attention and made me love writing- What advice would you give the idea that music should tell a story – which is a young musician staring on what has lead me to all the opera composing I do their musical journey? now I think. So Hans Zimmer, John Williams, John Be proactive! The most useful musical endeavours Powell. As my musical knowledge grew, I found you make will often be the ones you do off your own I loved composers like Prokofiev, John Adams back, not things you have to do for uni or college. I and Ravel – who were masters of orchestration. wrote three musicals while in secondary school with What is the most exciting “gig” my friends and we put them on ourselves. As naff as they may have been – I definitely learnt so much you have ever done? from those shows. The piece that really began my As a performer it would have to be the gig I did at career was an immersive nightclub opera I decided Buckingham Palace in front of Prince Harry. It was to put on with my friend who was a director while part of a 3-part BBC series called Goldie’s Band: at Guildhall. I managed to call in a lot of favours By Royal Appointment which took a group of young and sourced a full chamber orchestra, singers and musicians from around the country from difficult crew from uni who circumstances and created an unconventional all worked for free. band out of them. I was 17 at the time and was As a composer you actually put forward for the series by the North definitely need to Yorkshire Music Service. That was a really amazing be amicable – you experience – not just for the gig itself but getting never know when a behind the scenes look at how TV is made. you’ll need that What is it like hearing your compositions violinist/flautist/tuba player to play some played for the first time? of your music! Very exciting as I’ve said before. As my ability Boys of paradise – one of Vahan’s operas as a composer progresses it becomes even

10 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Northallerton Music Centre

Fortunately last term’s bad weather did not affect The summer term is incredibly busy. music centre rehearsals and the term was rounded We have already had a conducting workshop for off by two fantastic concerts on 24 March 2018. students looking to either have the confidence The junior concert was well attended and saw to stand in front of an ensemble or for some to Thomas Rhodes leading the brass ensemble in develop their skills further. Sean Riley who is an his first concert as a member of staff. He later accomplished conductor of both community and went on to direct the guitar ensemble in the military ensembles led students in the workshop. evening concert at The Forum, Northallerton. Northallerton Music Centre fondly said an early farewell to thirteen Year 13 students who leave after the gala concert in July. Each student was recognised in the concert either by performing a solo or conducting and each one was given a leavers gift.

Mood Swings Jazz Band played at the North Yorkshire County Agricultural Show at Camp Hill Estate on Father’s Day. Galeforce wind band are joining together with past members of Northallerton Music Centre for a reunion concert at All Saints Parish Church, Northallerton and the whole of music centre is preparing for our gala concert at The Sage, Gateshead on Sunday 1 July at 3pm.

Year 13 Students backstage at The Forum, Northallerton Emma Bailey, Theadora Crocker, David Dore, Amie The Parents Committee have Gledhill, Abigail Grayson, Emily Jayne Hartley, Bethany started to include fruit as Horner, Michael Horner, Jessica Ivin, James Morrison, Olivia Stockdale, Alex Vayro, Nathan Wright. an alternative snack at tuck shop. It has been very popular! Michael Horner was unable to attend the concert so received We are moving! his gift from Symphony As Northallerton school site closes Orchestra Leader Ben Smith at Harrogate at the end of the term, Northallerton Conference Centre where Music Centre will be moving to a Northallerton Music Centre new venue. Details will follow once string players took part in all has been confirmed. commemorating 100 Years since the end of WW1.

11 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Skipton Music Centre Guitars and ukuleles gather and featured guitar ensembles from all three music centres alongside Skipton Music Centre’s Fret Band in Skipton for joint concert and Harrogate Music Centre’s Ukulele Group. The concert included a wide programme of classical, Guitar and ukulele players from Skipton, Harrogate blues and folk music and finished with the traditional and Selby Music Centres gathered together in piece ‘This Cuckoo’ and an arrangement of Haydn’s Skipton on Saturday 17 March to perform an ‘St. Anthony Chorale’ giving all the musicians exciting selection of music in an afternoon concert. the opportunity to perform in one joint group. The concert was held at Christ Church in Skipton

The finale featuring musicians from Skipton, Harrogate and Selby music centres under the baton of Geoff Stevenson

Skipton Music Centre raise String open funds for local charity morning Following the success of the Spring Charity String players visited Concert in 2017, ensembles from Skipton Music Skipton Music Centre’s Centre returned to perform and raise funds for String open morning a local charity at Ermysted’s Grammar School’s on Saturday 9 June Memorial Hall in Skipton in on 28 April 2018. and played alongside members of the centre’s The concert featured the centre’s Big Band, string ensemble. Orchestra and Concert Band and raised just short of £500 for Skipton and Action for Disability. We welcome new players of all standards and ages (including adults).

Skipton Music Centre’s Concert Band performing under the To find out more about Skipton Music Centre visit baton of Kevin Maltby at this year’s Spring charity concert. our website www.skipton-music-centre.org.uk

12 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Skipton Music Centre Nigel Waugh retires About his time as Skipton Music Centre, Nigel has said, “I have enjoyed directing the choir most after 18 years with of all. It often utterly delighted me and I think we Skipton Music Centre achieved some great things over those many years. My personal highpoints include: a performance Nigel Waugh has directed ensembles at of ‘A Ceremony of Carols’ by Benjamin Britten Skipton Music Centre since 2000 and will in Bolton Abbey, Karl Jenkins’ ‘The Armed Man’ be retiring at the end of the summer term. in Christ Church, Skipton and putting together Nigel is a much loved member of our staff and Skipton Music Centre has been lucky to the choir and orchestra for a performance of benefit from his musicianship, enthusiasm and music by Handel and Faure in Christ Church generosity over the last eighteen years. which was quite an achievement for everyone. Nigel is a versatile musician and has directed a “I have also very much enjoyed lovely performances whole range of ensembles including the centre’s of songs from the shows with three or four voices Orchestra, Folk Band and Adult Beginner Ensemble. in harmony of which my personal favourites He has been the ensemble director for the centre’s have been Oliver and Wicked. All the groups choir for many years and has been able to share I have worked with over the years have been these specialist vocal skills with his students (as tremendous fun, and that remains the abiding a boy, Nigel sang as a chorister under Sir David focus of music centre – it should be fun to play Willcocks at King’s College, Cambridge). together, and to gain confidence and enthusiasm to practice and play more. I will miss everyone greatly – but will enjoy having Saturday mornings to myself, for the first time in almost 30 years!!!”

Nigel Conducting Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Everybody at Skipton Man in February 2015 featuring local singers Music Centre wishes Nigel alongside percussionists and brass players from a very happy retirement! Skipton Music Centre.

13 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Scarborough Music Centre Spring term 2018 Scarborough Music Centre started the new year with a concert at St. Peter & St. Paul`s Church in Pickering, a beautiful setting with medieval wall paintings. This concert featured both our Junior and Senior String Ensembles as well as our Guitar Group and our Clarinet Choir “Ebony”. We were also joined by “Mistral” wind ensemble from Whitby Music Centre. For the fifth year running our junior big band (Jazz Train) and our senior big band (EASY Jazz) were invited to perform at Snainton Village Hall on Friday 16 March. The evening started off with our jazz combo, consisting of a few from the senior band who have worked and rehearsed on their own to produce excellent results. Then Jazz Train performed and the evening ended with a magnificent performance by EASY Jazz.

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The next day on 17 March the Jazz Combo were out again, this time providing some background music for the local Leopold Masonic Lodge as they had their annual dinner. Also, on the other side of town on the same night, both our string groups were involved with a concert at Queen Street Methodist Church. For this concert we invited the Aurora String Quartet to come and work with our young string players. During the afternoon they conducted a series of workshops and sectional rehearsals with the students, and then performed alongside the ensembles in the concert. The Aurora String Quartet also performed their own set and included music ranging from Bach and Brahms to Michael Jackson, Coldplay and ELO! To finish off the term, our 34th Boyes Celebrity Concert was held at the Ocean Room at the Spa on 24 March. This year we were joined by international saxophonist Tommaso Starace and his Quartet (Frank Harrison (Piano), Dominic Howles (Bass) and Chris Nickolls (Drums)). The quartet brought inspiration and enthusiasm to our young musicians in the bands, and the concert went down extremely well. Tommaso’s set was varied and expertly performed, but the encouragement and engagement they had with the students was fantastic. Tommaso even came and helped load our van at the start and end of the concert!

15 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Whitby Music Centre Spring term 2018 The Spring term started with our Wind Ensemble “Mistral” joining forces with Scarborough Music Centre at St. Peter & St. Paul`s Church in Pickering for a concert to raise funds for both music centres as well as for the church. The concert was well attended and we hope that this will be the first of many joint concerts between the two centres. March proved to be extremely bust for the centre, seeing all five of the ensembles taking part in the Eskdale Festival at the Whitby Spa over the course of a couple of weeks between 3 and 18 March. Each ensemble performed to the best of their abilities and should all be proud of what they managed to achieve. Our Esk Valley Concert Band were invited back to perform at the finale gala concert on 17 March, where the panel select the best performers from the festival to return to perform once again to an appreciative crowd at the Spa. On 22 March we had two separate events. While the wind group, Mistral, performed at Fyling Hall School`s concert, our beginner band WOW, Whitby Area Concert Band, Choir and String Group put on a magnificent performance at Fylingthorpe Methodist Church to a packed venue. This was a great way to finish off the term for our young performers.

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New staff Brass Band with the Catterick Band Selby Music Centre welcomed a new member of staff this term – Kate Cameron. Kate directs the Choir and Junior Concert Band, and is also undertaking a PhD at University with Opera North.

Open morning Selby had their termly open morning on 20 January. This was well attended and we welcomed many new faces to the music centre. We offered a free term to beginner students who are taking part in the wider opportunities programmes running in North Yorkshire this year, and we are glad to say that most students will be continuing next term.

Events The brass band and folk group took part in the charity concert run by Selby Vision on 10 March. This was a great opportunity for the students to showcase their talents alongside the Otley Brass Band. Full Ensemble The concert raised £1,319 for Vision. The brass band and folk groups also took a lead part in the WW1 commemorative concert hosted by North Yorkshire County Music Service on 29 March. This was a very moving concert experience for all the students involved. Two of our students, Sam Flemming and David Walters, delivered readings during the concert.

We also hosted an open morning on 16 June and the David Walters Brass Band took part in Selby Fun Day on 17 June.

Forthcoming event: 7 July – Full centre concert at Selby Abbey

Sam Flemming

17 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Harrogate Music Centre

Knaresborough Bed Race HYJO (Harrogate Youth Jazz Orchestra) has now become a regular fixture at the inimitable Bed Race, where people travel from all over the country and indeed Europe, to compete in pushing someone round the town of in a bed. They played in the Castle grounds as the race was starting and were well received as ever.

Grown Ups… HMC has welcomed adults, including mostly adult ensembles for a few years now and on Saturday 7 July, the three ensembles will join together for their own concert. The three ensembles involved are the Wind group (Parental Guidance) the Choir (Accidentals) and the Ukulele group.

The groups will start the event with their own performances, then finish the evening with contributions of food and drinks to round off a successful year’s music-making.

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18 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 Harrogate Music Centre HMC Summer Concerts Harrogate Music Centre Summer Concerts were on 24 June at St. Aidan’s School, where the centre meets each Saturday to rehearse. The afternoon concert featured the string players including the string family and Guitars and Ukuleles as well as the Choir. The evening was the turn of the wind and percussion with junior to senior bands performing. The concerts prove an excellent reflection of the progress made by all groups over the year.

As well as many cup and trophy winners, we also said an official goodbye to the year 13 leavers some of whom have been part of the centre for as much as 11 years.

19 Music Hub Newsletter • Issue 18 Summer 2018 North Yorkshire county ensembles We run many county ensembles in North Yorkshire, which are listed below. For more information about them, please visit: www.northyorkshiremusichub.co.uk/ensembles Or contact Jane Atkinson: [email protected] 01609 534980 North Yorkshire County Youth Orchestra North Yorkshire County Brass Ensemble North Yorkshire County Saxophone Ensemble North Yorkshire County Big Band North Yorkshire County Choir North Yorkshire County Concert Orchestra North Yorkshire County Young Singers North Yorkshire County Guitar Ensemble

The County Brass Ensemble, Sax Ensemble and Big Band performed at the outgoing Selby District Council Chair - Judith Chilvers Chairman’s Concert in Selby Abbey on 25 April. The concert was a great success and helped raise money for the Chairman’s charity. The ensembles will be touring France and Belgium in July and have been invited to play in Arras, Ostende and Ypres.

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

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