G LEWISHAM MUSIC HUB
Lead Partner: Lewisham Music Service Summer 2013
NEWSLETTER
Lewisham Music Hub supports a new and exciting network of NEWS FROM HUB PARTNERS
schools and organisations working together to enhance young Animate Orchestra people’s music making in Lewisham. Lewisham Music Hub is ANIMATE LEWISHAM…DOES PERCUSSION! run by Lewisham Music Service. Animate Lewisham invites you to take part in a percussion extravaganza and perform at Lewisham People’s Day on Sunday 13th July. A unique Read on to find out what’s happening in your local area and opportunity for Animate members to experience playing a range of go to our website to find out more: percussion instruments and create their own music alongside musicians www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/education/schools/lewish from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, The London am‐music‐hub Philharmonic Orchestra and Lewisham Music Service. Sunday 7 July, 10.30am to 4pm, Sandhurst Junior School, Minard Road, If you, your child or your music group would like to get more Catford, SE6 1NW and Saturday 13 July, 10am to 5.30pm, Sandhurst involved in music‐making in Lewisham, email Junior School, Minard Road, Catford, SE6 1NW followed by a [email protected] performance as part of Lewisham People’s Day in Mountsfield Park, Catford Course Fee: £16 (full price), £5 (for children in receipt of MUSIC HUB NEWS government funded free school meals) Lewisham People’s Day, 13 July, Mountsfield Park LEWISHAM SUMMER COURSE 2013
People’s Day is returning this summer and we are delighted that there Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 July, 9.30am to 4pm will be a special Music Hub Stage for performances by school, borough Trinity Laban, Faculty of Dance, Laban Building, Creekside, London, SE8 and partner organisation groups. Come and visit us! There’s rock and 3DZ Course fee: £16 (£5 for children in receipt of free school meals)
pop from 12.30 to 2.00pm, singers and singing groups from 2.15 to Felix’s Schools of Rock 3.45pm, instrumental groups from 4.00 to 5.30pm and jazz from 5.45 to FSOR59 SUMMER HOLIDAY 2013 7.15pm. Something for everyone! Monday 29 July, 12 to 4pm; Tuesday 30 July 11am to 4pm; Lewisham Live 2013 was bigger and better than ever before with Wednesday 31 July 11am to 4pm; Thursday 1 August 11am to 5.30pm. around 100 school and partner groups performing to over 3,500 Thomas Tallis School, Kidbrooke Park Rd SE3 9PX people in a series of 16 different events. We are already planning next ROCK FAYRE! year’s Lewisham Live to take place across the borough in March 2014 On Sunday 21 July we're going to have a musical fundraising celebration ‐ we’ll be releasing details of how young people can get involved in the of everything FSOR! If you've ever enjoyed FSOR, this is an opportunity Autumn Term. for you to give back and celebrate with us. We're asking as many of you as possible to come and join in. 3pm to 8pm, Blackheath Wanderers Sports Club, 63 Eltham Rd, SE12 8UF
Heart n Soul Get ready for the night of your life as The Squidz Club goes into the next dimension! Watch out for evil villain Pop the Balloon and his army of space cats, brought to life by the Do Your Own Thing groups. There's also live performances by the BAC beatbox choir, The Radical Raccoons and Too Hot for Candy. Plus! Express yourself in the Unique Boutique and Art Zone, be a star onstage at the Open Mic and get funky on the dance floor with Heart n Soul DJs and VJs. Parents and carers can relax and enjoy FREE massages and drinks! Friday 14 June 7pm – 11pm at The Albany, Douglas Way, Depftord. London SE8 4AG
Singers from Kilmorie Primary School at Lewisham Live Voices, The Squidz Club is for young people (aged 10 –25) with learning Broadway Theatre, Catford, March 2013 disabilities, their friends and families. £5 for young people, pay‐what‐ you‐can for parents and carers. Booking [email protected] Ukulele Summer Half Term Course 020 8692 4446 www.heartnsoul.co.uk We are planning a new Ukulele Youth Orchestra for Lewisham with weekly after school rehearsals starting in Autumn 2013. Our one day Horniman Museum & Gardens summer course at Kelvin Grove Primary School on 31 May was a A new competition for young musicians to compose a solo harpsichord launch for the new group with Year 5 players from across Lewisham. piece to celebrate a new permanent display of keyboard instruments in Contact Lewisham Music Hub for more information. the Horniman’s acclaimed Music Gallery. The winning piece, which will earn a young composer £1,000 in prize money, will premiere at the East:West is our new partnership project with Bollywood Brass Band launch of a display called At Home With Music in January 2014. It will be and Greenwich Music Hub. There’s a launch event for all brass and performed on the Horniman’s 1772 Jacob Kirckman harpsichord. The wind players in Year 5 to 7 at Trinity School Lewisham on Thursday 4 Horniman Musical Composition Competition invites entries from now July at 1pm. Contact Lewisham Music Hub more information. until Wednesday 1 October 2013. Full details, including terms and conditions and how to enter, can be found at www.horniman.ac.uk/composition Lewisham Music Hub, 3rd floor Laurence House, Catford, SE6 4RU Tune Up and Play T 020 8314 6454 F 020 8314 3050 E [email protected]
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There are places available in many after school and Saturday groups and choirs, especially the Forest Hill Junior Choir, Lewisham Schools Concert Band, Lewisham Schools Sinfonia, and Percussion Ensembles. Contact Professional Development continued....
020 8318 6454 [email protected] for details on how to get LSO CPD course involved. A new programme for primary teachers working with children in
Lewisham Music and Arts Festival KeyStage 2. The Scheme will be delivered by Rachel Leach, composer St Mary’s Church, Saturday 12 to 19 October 2013 and LSO Animateur, specialists from Music Services and guest tutors, St Mary’s is inviting local groups to become involved in the Festival: supported by LSO Players. For more information contact David Nunn by Church and Community choirs, Brass and Recorder ensembles, Concert Thursday 13 June on 020 7382 2538 or [email protected]
Bands, Orchestras, local poets and writers and school musicians. The Sound Connections aim is to foster a strengthened sense of community among local Tuesday 18 June: Developing your choir leading skills ‐ suitable for musicians, writers, poets and schools, and that in coming together and anyone who'd like to develop their skills in choir leading, and improve using their gifts they can benefit the wider community. Contact Chris directing and conducting skills for a range of musical styles. Stringfellow at [email protected] Thursday 4 July: Beginners Guide to Jazz ‐ a fun, accessible, beginners
Montage Theatre Arts guide to jazz for teachers and music leaders who are working with Early Starters Music (3–5 yrs) Saturdays, 9.15–10.00am Prendergast children, young people and adults. Thursday 11 July: Can't Sing! Can't Play! Can't Teach! ‐ offering early Hilly Fields College. Fun ‘taster’ course in singing and music, with years practitioners a wide range of songs and musical materials to movement work. support the holistic delivery of music within the Early Years framework. Saturday School (6–16 yrs) Saturdays, 10.00am–1.15 pm All these courses are from 10.00am to 3.30pm and take place at Prendergast Hilly Fields College, Adelaide Avenue, Brockley, London, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H SE4 1LE. A full morning of dance, drama and singing with shows and 8EP events throughout the year. Wednesday 3 July: The next Would Like To Meet... networking event Singing Taught in three age groups, the singing course is structured to will take place on at London's Living Room ‐ right at the top of City Hall. develop the skills and experience of young singers with fun in mind! Enquiries to Sound Connections info@sound‐connections.org.uk or Summer School Programme 29th July – 23rd August 2013 020 7729 7220. Want to dance, sing, act or make films? Want to perform on stage in costume and make‐up? Here’s your chance! 4 weeks of courses for CONCERT AND PROJECT DIARY children age 3 to 14, all taking place at Lewisham College. Teachers are friendly, experienced West End and industry professionals. Concessions • Tune Up and Play 6pm on Tuesday 25 June, Deptford Green School. available, all are welcome! Whole class instrumental groups from Deptford Park, Sir Francis Drake, For more details, fees & booking forms and information on all of St James Hatcham and St Stephen’s Primary Schools Montage’s weekly courses, workshops and shows for children, young • Lewisham Music Service Guitar Concert 6pm on Thursday 27 June, people and adults throughout the year: www.montagetheatre.com or Ashmead Primary School 020 8692 7007 • Nucleo at the Southbank Centre Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 3 singing groups from Montage Theatre Arts have been invited to take Squeaky Gate and Trinity Laban part in this year’s Nucleo event at the Southbank Centre. Summer Mix is a FREE intensive music project for 16‐25 year olds living Lewisham’s Mayor Of London Scholars play as part of the LPO Nucleo in the London borough of Lewisham. We are looking for young people Workshop at 1pm, Saturday 29 June to join us for a fun two weeks of music creation and performance from • East:West Project Launch 12.30pm on Thursday 4 July, Trinity Monday 15 to Friday 26 July, 1 to 4pm or 4.30 to 7.30pm (Monday to Lewisham Friday only). We are looking for musicians, rappers, poets, producers, • Goldsmiths Summer School for 16 to 25 year olds ‐ Monday 1 to Friday vocalists, DJs, and music technologists to come and work with our 5 July experienced leaders in creating new music, ending with a performance • Lewisham Music Service Saturday Centre End of term concert from on Friday 26 July at 5pm. You don’t need to be at a certain level and all 10am on Saturday 6 July, Prendergast Ladywell Fields College instruments and music styles are welcome. The workshops will be • delivered at the Trinity Laban Music Complex in the Royal Naval College, Lewisham Schools Steel Orchestra 2 to 3pm and 3.30 to 4.30pm, near Greenwich town centre. To apply contact Ellen at Sunday 7 July at Greenwich Park Bandstand [email protected] or phone 020 7247 0251. • Conisborough College Summer Concert, 6.30pm on Tuesday 9 July • Pupil Ambassadors Evening 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 9 July, Broadway Thames Festival 2013 Theatre, Catford Eight Lewisham primary schools are taking part in the Mayor of • Blackheath Hall Community Opera 7pm on 9, 10, 12 July and 2pm 14 London’s Thames Festival concert in September. This year marks the tth July. Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’. 500 anniversary of Henry VIII’s granting of a Royal Charter to found • People’s Day Saturday 13 July 2013 Come and join us at the Music the docks at Deptford and Woolwich. The project this year is entitled Hub Stage for rock and pop (12.30 to 2.00pm), choirs and vocal groups ‘Voyages of Discovery’ and it is inspired by these famous docks. Sunday (2.15 to 3.45pm), instrumental groups (4.00 to 5.30pm) and jazz (5.45 15 September, 1pm to 2pm at The Scoop, City Hall to 7.15pm). Over 20 different school and Hub partner groups involved. http://thamesfestival.org/events/info/kids‐choir‐voyages‐of‐discovery • Lutes and Ukes 6pm on Tuesday 16 July, Conisborough College. Early Music Centre and Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain end of project PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT concert featuring children from Baring, Holy Cross, Sandhurst Infant,
Squeaky Gate and Trinity Laban Sandhurst Junior, Torridon Infant and Torridon Junior Schools. An offer for ten music education practitioners to enrol on the highly • Summer Mix, Monday 15 to Friday 26 July Trinity Laban regarded Community Workshop Leader Accredited Course (Level 3) Conservatoire of Music & Dance, Faculty of Music, Old Royal Naval and help deliver on the Summer Mix Summer School. Each place on College, Greenwich the course is being offered at only £50. The course will give particular • Deptford Weekend at Southbank Centre 27 and 28 July focus on the skills needed when working with participants who have Montage Theatre Arts will be delivering a fun musical theatre a range of special needs and/or are hard to reach. Contact Annie workshop with song and dance on All That Jazz from Chicago. Open to Sheen [email protected] all abilities ages 12 and upwards to join in and have fun. • London Symphony Orchestra Discovery Concerts for Schools KeyStage 1: Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants Friday 6 December and Monday 9 December KeyStage 2 : The Dream, the Witch and the Waltz Friday 29 November 2013
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