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Summer 2014 Newsletter Issue 06

About I’m Inclusive the Hub Jointly hosted by NYMAZ and Accessible Arts and Media, last term’s I’m The North Inclusive music conference and showcase brought together a wide range Music of organisations from and beyond to share good practice in Hub was set up delivering inclusive music projects. See feature page 3. in early 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 our performance is monitored by Arts Council .

There are great opportunities to be part of the Hub and this edition contains information about how and when you can get involved in music making across the county.

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I’m inclusive – are you? Spotlight on 2013 -14 Jointly hosted by NYMAZ and Accessible Arts and Media, March’s I’m Inclusive music conference and showcase at Ron Cooke Hub, University of Festive Big Sing brought together a wide range of organisations from the Yorkshire area One of the academic year’s highlights saw over 190 and beyond to share good practice in delivering inclusive music projects. pupils and staff coming together for a Filey Festive Big The day gave everyone an opportunity to enjoy and explore many projects Sing in November funded by Youth Music. Music practitioners also had the chance to improve Filey School hosted the event, with its students being their skills in a series of professional development workshops. joined by pupils from Cayton School, Hertford Vale The opening welcome from Dom Smith set the scene for a vibrant day Primary School and Filey Junior of performances and workshops. School. They performed songs which they had learned in There were six different professional school following a CPD session for staff. The event was development sessions including organised and led by Cathy Roberts (NYCC Education Development Adviser) and Bryce Chatto (Subject Leader ‘Working with children on the autistic for Music, Filey School). spectrum’ led by Tina Pinder, a presentation by Drake Music on the Everyone had a great time and gave an excellent RAMP it up project, and a practical performance to a delighted audience, including songs in session on working with excluded two and four part harmony. Following the Festive Big Sing children led by Phil Mullen. the children came together again to perform the songs at Filey School’s Christmas Concert and received MiXiT from County Durham were very a rapturous round of applause. inspiring and engaging, delivering a Everyone made the most of the I’m Inclusive day superb 30 minute set with numbers Pupils performing the well-known “Jingle Bell Rock” including ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry and ‘Wings’ by Little Mix in their own inimitable and inclusive style.

There were also workshops for young people including: IMPs Singing and Signing; the University – totally locally and much more of York’s Music Education Group who ran a Music and Movement workshop; and The Sloop Group’s Castaway fleet – crewed by young people with a passion for making noise. They proved Whitby Music Centre’s 2013 ended with an invitation – with four days notice – to provide music to be a fantastic opportunity for young trainee music leaders, disabled and non-disabled, to share for Whitby’s Christmas market project called “Totally Locally”. After some frantic emailing and their skills and their passion for music making. phoning around 30 Centre members arrived at the market to play carols (and other things) for a couple of hours. The performance There was plenty of technology to play with too – Apollo Ensemble brought along a range of definitely drew in the crowds controllers to explore how to control music, light and image, and there were also Theremin and the market organisers were Bollards, The Amazing Music Technology project and Vibroacoustic Therapy with Accessible Arts delighted with the boost to trade. and Media’s iMUSE.

The Centre’s Christmas concert Fortunately everyone still had enough energy left for the final Big Sing led by Hands and Voices was an equal success, with a new and IMPs – Accessible Arts and Media’s Singing and Signing Choirs – bringing a joyful close to a format meaning less time was fantastic day. spent setting up ensembles and more on the music. A local Taiko A wide variety of organisations from the region who came along to talk about their work Drumming group brought in added with young people including Drake Music, Music and the Deaf, Phil Mullen, Yorkshire Youth variety to the performance. and Music and Andrew Cleaton, Tina Pinder, Apollo Ensemble, Theremin Bollards, MEG, The concert finished with a rendition of Music4U, Castaway, Chilli Bon Bon, MiXiT, Jessie’s Fund, YAMSEN, York Arts Education, “Santa Baby” played by the whole Centre. NYCC and the North Yorkshire Music Hub, Youth Music, Live Music Now.

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who travelled around England Following last year’s highly by bicycle during the early 20th Wish You Were successful event, the North Century to collect traditional songs Yorkshire Music Hub – including and dances. Our twist on this idea the County Music Service, Here: a North is that we will be creating new and NYMAZ and NYCC’s Quality original songs from North Yorkshire’s and Improvement Service – is contemporary communities – we teaming up again with CapeUK Yorkshire song to organise Creative Industries can’t wait to hear how they decide Unmasked 2014 at Pavilions to express what is special about of on Tuesday writing relay their area!” 11 November 2014. NYMAZ is NYMAZ will be working in partnership Last year’s successful event gearing up for an with Accessible Arts and Media, provided 400 young people, their exciting summer Festival, Harrogate parents/carers and school staff with the launch of International Festivals, with a great opportunity to find its new out more about the wide range Arts Centre, Live Music Now and Wish You of career opportunities available Were Here Musicport to deliver the project. in the creative industries. They music project listened to presentations from commissioned guest speakers and talked with by the Yorkshire Yorkshire stallholders in the marketplace Festival 2014 Festival 2014 representing organisations from programme. theatre, fine art, design, dance, Yorkshire Festival 2014 is the first ever arts festival to precede the Tour de n Yorkshire Festival 2014 is music and film sectors. Some ’s Grand Départ in its 111 year history. Wish You Were Here is one of the first ever arts festival to of the young delegates who nearly 50 events selected to be officially part of Yorkshire Festival 2014 which precede the Tour de France, attended the day commented: will also include hundreds of fringe events. the world’s biggest annual n ‘It really helped me to see the sporting event range of creative careers that The project will be taking to two wheels and travelling to each of North are out there’ Yorkshire’s seven districts to invite communities to write and perform original n Yorkshire Festival 2014 n ‘It was really useful meeting songs celebrating their area. The project will come to a thrilling finish line on runs from March to the arts professionals, and talking Saturday 21 June with a showcase performance at Grassington Festival. 6th July 2014 with them direct’ n Yorkshire Festival 2014 is Lead artist Rebecca Gross will head up a team of musicians who will bring n ‘It’s given me useful contacts backed by Welcome to together children and young people with local music groups in Grassington, for the future’ , , Helmsley, Botton, and Reeth. Each group Yorkshire, Yorkshire Water will write songs on the theme of ‘what would you tell a travelling visitor about and Arts Council England If you missed last year’s your community?’. as well as Local Authorities event you can still watch across the county videos of many of the Once the songs have been performed and recorded in the first location the presentations via For full details of the programme baton will be passed to the next community. A copy of the recorded song www.nymaz.org.uk as well as a project book containing ideas, lyrics and music extracts will be go to www.yorkshirefestival. pedalled to the new location. co.uk, Yorkshire Festival on Look out for more Facebook or follow Yorkshire information about in this “The bicycle creates a sense of exchange between the different communities Festival 2014 on Twitter@ year’s event in future involved in this project” said Heidi Johnson, director of NYMAZ. “We were YFest2014 editions of this magazine. inspired by Cecil Sharp, founder of the English folk song and dance revival,

4 5 Issue 06 Summer 2014 newsletter Young Music Leaders Residential at Marrick Priory Sixteen young musicians came together during the spring term to spend a long weekend at Marrick Priory Residential Centre, working with a team of artists and youth workers to develop their music and leadership skills through a wide range of activities. The young people were all part of the North Yorkshire Young Music Leaders programme, developed by Connecting Youth Culture (CYC) and NYMAZ with funding from Youth Music’s Young Music Leadership module. Jazz workshops The weekend was packed full of stimulating workshops and creative music- making sessions, with opportunities for one-to-one mentoring as well as discussion sessions and impromptu performances. Forming two bands, the Jazz in Esk valley young people – who came from across the county and had met for the first time during the weekend – collaborated to write new pieces of music which Children from eight primary schools in the Esk valley have been experiencing were recorded using CYC’s portable recording unit. Trad Jazz, Kelzmer, Samba, Blues, Funk, Soul, Swing and even participating in their own instant composition activities – enabling them to experience Rich Huxley led a workshop around blogging and forming a view on issues in music. improvisation this term thanks to a collaboration between Jazz North, Live With examples of his own blogs and those of his colleagues, he demonstrated how Music Now and NYMAZ. a well written blog post can reach far and wide, and can sometimes provoke a dialogue with people who might not otherwise be within reach. This is part of a project that provides children (and teachers) in rural North Yorkshire with an introduction to jazz and improvised music through creative Alex Cromarty and Owen James, both trained Arts Award advisors, helped music making workshops and interactive performance. the young musicians to plan their own music event or project, with many hoping to set up festivals, gigs and workshops in locations across North Each participating school has received an interactive performance from Yorkshire. These projects and other activities in the programme contribute professional jazz trio Three Jazz who took pupils on a whirlwind tour of the towards achieving Gold Arts diverse range of musical influences and styles which contribute to the jazz genre. Award, which requires participants Following these initial performances schools have participated in four half-day to show independent leadership of creative music making workshops led by a member of Three Jazz working a team to plan and run an event in with a trainee music leader. Each school has taken a different approach to their art form. their creative workshops. Many have selected a theme around which the musicians have developed soundscapes, compositions using graphic scores To wrap up the weekend, and improvisation techniques to develop a performance piece which will be everybody took part in a seminar shared with parents at the end of term. that invited musicians including Mike Heaton, drummer for the A key element of this project is to provide teachers in each school with hugely successful band Embrace, additional support to enable them to continue to develop their own musical to talk about their musical delivery in school. This support has been ongoing throughout the programme, career, giving an idea of the Music making and there has also been a twilight CPD session which explored techniques varied journeys of those in the during the and activities for using music in a primary school classroom, including ideas professional music world. residential course that have strong cross curricular potential to enhance learning in other areas.

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Music Centres Whitby Spring News Music Centre and hosts a warm Saturday morning restructure welcome back The Centre’s spring term started with a major restructure summer of its Saturday morning rehearsal timetable. The existing for the Northern timetable had evolved over the years was in need of a “make over”. The ensembles have benefitted greatly as a highlights Chamber Orchestra result of these changes and the Centre is running much Members of Skipton Music Centre’s Junior Wind Band more efficiently – and rehearsals are more productive too. were delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Northern Chamber Orchestra once again during the Eskdale Festival Music Centre Spring term. Skipton Music The Centre is looking forward to being involved in the 24 May attendance at The Northern Chamber Orchestra has had links with Eskdale Festival once again Centre guitarists Jazz Festival Skipton Music Centre for a number of years and in this project the NCO’s learning team developed a composition perform As well as attracting local support this long running 17 June showcasing the inspired by the idea of ‘Spring’. festival – the first took place in 1902 - draws entries from Music Centre’s work – surrounding towns and cities as well as countrywide. at Christ Church three performance slots at The band members used Baroque composition devices, just as Vivaldi would have used in his masterpiece. The Guitarists from Skipton Music All the ensembles in the Centre take part every year and Yorkshire County Showground, Four Seasons. NCO’s Andy Smith, Helen Quayle and Centre performed an exciting one the great benefits is the quality of the adjudicators. Since the festival is a member of the “British and Louise Latham helped the Junior Wind Band members one-off concert in Christ 28 June summer concert explore their own ideas over a number of weeks. Andy Church, Skipton in March. at Northallerton Forum then recorded their creative output, made notations and The programme included a pulled everything together to form a complete piece. great variety of pieces which demonstrated the guitar’s ability Selby Music The finished work was performed in Christ Church, Skipton on Saturday 1st March by the project participants to adapt easily to classical, jazz, Centre and was conducted by Louise. folk and popular music. The concert finished with a massed The Eskdale Festival ends with a “Best of Festival Concert” 17 May concert at Skipton Music Centre’s Junior Wind Ensemble final rehearsal guitar piece including all of the which usually features the Centre’s ensembles Cawood Church before the concert music centre guitarists. International Federation of Festivals” it attracts the very best April – June workshops leading Geoff Stevenson, Ensemble and the feedback is always encouraging and constructive to performance at Grassington and gives valuable advice on how to move forward. Director said “It was a great Festival (see feature article) opportunity for our students. Gala concert 15 June Selby Funday They worked hard to put a 22 June Gala programme together – and they Whitby Music Centre’s choir and both its strings groups 28 June summer Concert sounded fantastic in this venue”. took part in the gala concert in Leeds (see feature on Selby Abbey Pictured above Geoff with some page 10). The event celebrated 40 years of Music of Skipton Music Centre’s Junior Centres in North Yorkshire, and Whitby is proud to be the 5 and 12 July open Guitar Ensemble most recent member of the group. mornings and workshops

8 9 Issue 06 Summer 2014 newsletter Northallerton roundup National Festival of Music for Youth March was a busy month for the Centre, starting with over 90 players from the wind and symphony orchestras going to Harrogate to take part in the Regional Heats of the National Festival of Music for Youth Competition at St Aidans School

The Wind Orchestra played music from Avatar whilst the Symphony Orchestra played selections from Les Miserables. The adjudicators’ comments were positive about both groups and the players are waiting to find out if they have got through to the Finals in Birmingham in July. Forty years on – Sage Concert On 25 March Northallerton Senior, Intermediate String Orchestras and the Northallerton Schools celebrating our Music Symphony Orchestra performed at The Sage, Gateshead as part of a joint project with local schools.

Phoenix Dance Theatre worked with 31 schools to produce a first half performance of Centres’ success inspired dances, a number of which had music specially composed for them by students from Northallerton College. Music Centre ensembles then provided music for the second half, Forty years of Saturday morning Music Centres across the county were celebrated in style with a joint concert in Leeds before the Easter break. A packed Leeds Town Hall – the only venue in interspersed with compositions devised by other students from the schools. A Finale of music our region with enough backstage area and seating to accommodate such a large event – heard from Les Miserables concluded the concert, with over 500 students taking part, singing three performances from over 400 of our young musicians. songs accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra and 50 musicians from the schools. All six of the county’s Music Centres took part and gave families, friends and the musicians themselves a day to remember. Over 1000 young musicians attend the North Yorkshire Music End of term concerts Service’s Music Centres every week. Increasingly we are developing opportunities for adults to The Spring term concluded with three concerts held across Saturday 29th March. The wind brush off their old instruments and come and join us. To find out more about future events and bands took the stage in the morning, with the juniors performing early afternoon and the strings the Music Centres’ work please contact your nearest Centre – they welcome new members of all finished the day. abilities to join them for Saturday morning rehearsals and activities. Harrogate Stephen Price 01609 534 979 Key events for the summer term Northallerton Su McCormack 01609 536 715 The Centre’s summer term started in earnest with The Gilda Quartet holding a masterclass with the Scarborough Nigel Blenkiron 01609 533 249 Senior String Ensemble on 26th April. On Sunday 15th June the Intermediate and Senior Bands Selby Hannah Hebden 01609 533 853 will be performing at the Yorkshire County Show at South Otterington at 10.30 / 12pm / 2pm. Our Skipton Pip Jopling 01609 534 795 final concert for the academic year will take place at The Forum, Northallerton on Saturday 28th Whitby Bob Butterfield 07581 639 528 June 2014 at 2pm and 7pm. Further details available from [email protected]

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Application form Free brass Please provide the information requested Diary SmartSolutions below and email it to us. For more than one the new way to buy the application, copy and paste the Applicant dates workshop – section as many times as required. county music service Applicant Easingwold North Yorkshire County Council has fundamentally find out more Player’s full name:...... changed the way it presents its traded services - Age last birthday:...... Town Band including the county music service - to schools and Promising young brass players from North Instrument played**:...... other educational settings. Yorkshire will be able to enjoy expert tuition at a Brass Workshop free workshop in the town this term. The workshop **soprano cornet / cornet (trumpet’s fine too) Called SmartSolutions, the new centralised service / flugelhorn / tenor horn / baritone horn / Sunday 15 June Galtres will be led by Richard Marshall, principal cornet euphonium / trombone / tuba Centre Easingwold will include a customer helpline for queries and with the world famous Black Dyke Band – you orders and a new online ordering system. We have If you teach a player you think can enjoy Richard’s music on this youtube link Grade attained:...... recruited new Relationship Managers as the primary would benefit from the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0pfVpcamKQ (as a guide, whether or not they contact for each school or educational setting using please contact Easingwold Town are actually doing the exams) The event is on Sunday 15 June 2014 from 10 Band on [email protected] our services and they will be out and about making a.m. to 4.30 p.m.at the Galtres Centre and is Name of School or Brass Band: or 07770 721937 and they’ll be their first visits to customers this term. being sponsored by Easingwold Town Band with able to let you know if there have ...... If you buy services from us you will still be able to support from Music for All, the charitable arm been any cancellations. talk directly to professionals from the services you of the Music Industries Association. The young Contact details use but your Relationship Manager will organise your musicians taking part in the workshop will be made Player’s home address + postcode: Residential annual orders, own issues and queries on your behalf up of 30 ‘improvers’ (Grade 3+) and 20 ‘advanced’ ...... summer courses and work with the individual service to ensure that (Grade 5+) players of brass band instruments, all communications are positive, issues are resolved and recommended for a place by their music teachers ...... customers are happy with the response received. – County and/or bandmasters...... SmartSolutions is committed to developing long- The day will include a master class with Richard, ...... Orchestra term relationships with its customers. Creating and followed by practical group tuition sessions. After a maintaining strong customer-centric relationships is Tel. / Mob.:...... and Choir combined rehearsal in the afternoon all groups will central to the future delivery of all NYCC’s services. July 6-11 2014 Giggleswick School perform in a short concert for friends and families. Email:...... If you are an existing or potential customer and would Application forms and The free places are being allocated on a first Name of Parent or Guardian: like to know more about SmartSolutions please more information: come, first served basis. If you teach a player contact us in any of these ways: ...... Orchestra – Anne Heaton you think would benefit from the day please 01609 535177anne.heaton@ Tel 01609 533 222 complete the form (below/opposite) and email it to I am the above player’s music teacher / northyorks.gov.uk Email [email protected] Easingwold Town Band [email protected] Once bandmaster. I recommend her / him for a Workshop place at Grade 3+ (Improver) Choir – Susan Marks susan. Web: www.northyorks.gov.uk/smartsolutions the Workshop is full, there will be a waiting list for or Grade 5+ (Advanced) level (delete [email protected] places and they’ll let you know if there have been You are also very welcome to ring me whichever doesn’t apply). directly for a chat. any cancellations. Free school workshops and Name:...... transition days for primary Alison Thwaite You can also contact schools – in partnership with Interim Head of SmartSolutions Bill Cleghorn, Chairman, Position: ...... secondary schools in July. For North Yorkshire County Council Easingwold Town Band (teacher, bandmaster) more information please email 01609 532660 on 07770 721937 for Tel. / Mob...... [email protected] [email protected] more information. Email: ......

12 13 Issue 06 Summer 2014 newsletter Pupils shine at Orpheus the School Mariner at Coastival Hundreds of pupils from feeder primary schools in and around Northallerton took part in a singing Coastival 2014’s spectacular centrepiece was Orpheus the Mariner, an open air, processional day hosted by Allertonshire School. performance which told the Greek classical story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Year 6s spent the day learning and rehearsing four songs before staging an afternoon Audience members followed the action from one iconic location to the next around Scarborough performance for friends and family. Guests enjoyed a recital that included a mash-up - vocals of one as the drama progressed, highlighted by wonderful original and traditional music composed recording placed over the instrumental backing of another - of One Direction and the musical Grease. and performed by young performers from across North Yorkshire. The pieces were composed by string players from Scarborough Music Centre Symphony Orchestra during a composition “The day was part of a programme of events staged to help younger students acclimatise to workshop led by Ian Bangay, Head of North Yorkshire Music Service. life at the big school” said music teacher Mary David. “They really enjoyed themselves, working alongside our students to produce a public performance to be proud of.” From classical music to accompany ballroom dancers at a wedding to traditional sea shanties performed on kazoo horns disguised as giant fossils, the musicians did a tremendous job in what North Yorkshire County Council education development officer Cathy Roberts added: “The can only be described as grim weather, with gale force winds and sleet. But perform they did, Allertonshire students were great role models and there was a fantastic atmosphere. All the with both audience members and actors from the company commenting on how beautiful the children worked really hard and learnt the songs so quickly. music was throughout. It is quite an achievement to go from nothing to a performance in a single day.” The huge performance featured giant puppets and fantastical creatures and included a record Allertonshire student Isobel Murphy, 12, of Brompton, said: “It has been a really good day and I am sure it will attempt for the largest puppet in the world, all staged against the backdrop of Scarborough’s help the younger pupils when they move up to this school next year.” popular seafront. Lee Threadgold and Dawn Dyson-Threadgold from Animated ObjectsTheatre Company worked tirelessly for months, with great support from the local community, to put the truly spectacular event together. The production involved over 1,000 local performers and volunteers and a combined audience of over 15,000 people, a considerable achievement particularly give the time of year. Congratulations to all involved!

Scarborough’s Spa came magically alive at night during the performance – picture courtesy of Tony Bartholemew

14 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 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 programmes for school staff, particularly in All partners involved in the hub run supporting schools to deliver music in the workshops, concerts and other bespoke curriculum. musical projects for children and young • Providing an instrument loan service, with people on a bought in basis. If you have a discounts or free provision for those having specific project that you would like to launch instrumental lessons with NYCC Music or just require some advice on setting up Service. your own, our partners will be happy to discuss your needs. The following examples • Providing access to large scale and high may be 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, , Northallerton, DL7 8AE Tel: 01609 532783 Email: [email protected]  Or visit our website at: www.northyorks.gov.uk

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