Month: August 2019

JOURNEYS THROUGH FRAGMENTS OF SKY

We are delighted to have been invited to make a contribution to the University of Cambridge Primary Schools Arts Week, Journeys through fragments of sky. Every child in the school took part in this project. Children designed art work, rehearsed scripts and added their own text, danced and sang through each day, delighting the audience of invited guests and parents on the last day when they shared a few outcomes of their experience. The aims of the project were three fold: to explore creativities in teacher professional development, to bring teachers and artists together through the process of creativity,  building better awareness of …

INNOVATE – Boys 4 Voice

Thanks to funding from ‘Go For It’ Newham Council and INNOVATE from Sound Connections, Boys 4 Voice have a core of committed young artists, keen to develop their singing, rapping, song making and performance skills. They are a small group at present, seven of whom were able to perform for the summer Festival in Beckton this year. They are working with two vocal leader / musicians and two young music mentors and are keen to continue next academic year, growing in numbers, skill and reputation. We are grateful to the Beckton Globe Library team for all their support and encouragement. …

One Voice, BYMT

For children with Special Educational Needs Once again the children and teachers of schools across Bromley excelled through this project. ONE VOICE was a collaboration between BYMT and Living Song CIC and funded by Youth Music. The project enabled KS 2 children from special provision classes across 10 schools to work creatively with young artists, who are developing their leadership and creative music skills. Catchy and accessible songs have been made by the children in a fun, engaging learning environment and facilitated by the Living Song team.  Songs about the Seasons, The Body, Electricity, The Sea, The Tempest, Crayons, Tuesdays …

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF YOUTH,  Newham Harmony and NewYVC

We are very proud of the Newham Harmony children and young people. They have worked hard all year to develop the quality of their singing and to widen their knowledge of different styles and origins of music. Children from across 21 schools performed in three clusters over three nights at Stratford Circus this July They worked hard all day in final preparation and sang their hearts out in the evening for packed houses. They performed music by J.S.Bach, Nick Page, Bryan Welton, Kathy Armstrong, Andrea Ramsey, Stephen Hatfield, Bruno Mars and the Beatles as well as traditional folk songs …

One World

Young Artists from NewYVC were thrilled to be invited to sing with the ONE WORLD choir for their spring and early summer tour this year. The project was led by Helen Yeomans who composed and conducted all the music and brought the choir together especially for the programme. The choir sang out with passion about their commitment to climate change issues and social justice. The songs were interwoven with original texts by spoken word artists Vanessa Kisuule, Luke Miller & Cheryl Moskowitz. The Young Artists added their own twist with body beats and beat boxing from Connor Spillane. The whole evening at each …