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We are thrilled to have been successful in our grant application to Arts Council England to deliver Artist Approach 2. This Project builds on our previous work one-line during COVID lockdown and our Singing for Mental Health and Well Being with Newham Council. Artist Approach 2 will bring together 20 young music mentees (YMMs) aged 16–25 with 4 professional and 2 emerging artists. The YMMs from diverse backgrounds, will deepen their musicianship, strengthen their performance and event production skills and develop dynamic community workshop leading skills. If you are 16 – 25 with a passion for singing, making music and working towards a professional career, don’t …
We are delighted to launch the resources that have been developed concurrently with the collaborative writing of Lockdown Life. Two lead artists, two young artists, six developing young artist mentees and a life coach and storyteller worked together over six months. After much planning, brainstorming, discussion about this past extraordinary year, one-to-one mentoring and sharing, the team wrote the song Lockdown Life. Shammi Pithia and Michael Goodey produced the song while mentoring the mentees. Georgia Thorp provided mentoring one-to-one sessions and wrote the Zak Story based on the song lyrics. We were delighted to have Caro X share a BSL performance of the …
This month we begin our Artist Approach Project. We will be working with a professional Artist team of six, and six mentees to write and record a new song for our time. Alongside this the team will be creating a set of resources for teachers and youth workers to use for facilitating collaborative song making in any context, including schools, youth centres and units for children learning with Special Educational Needs. From May 2021 these resources will be accessible and free to access on the Living Song website. We will be working entirely via Zoom for the first time …
After two fantastic taster sessions at The Lab E20 in Stratford, the first cohort of young music mentees (YMMs) will begin their regular workshops in February. Working with four established artists (Michael Goodey, Pam Hulme, Chanté Osagiede, and Shammi Pithia), plus two emerging artists (YAs Gabriele Chudi and Mohan Dhar), the YMMs will work on AA2 until June, having opportunities to deepen their musicianship andstrengthen their performance skills, as well as developing dynamic community workshop leading and event production skills. Along the way, our YMMs will be coached to lead community workshops and produce youth-led performances in different parts of London, featuring new music which they …
The Artist Approach resource pack is the outcome of Artists working together over the course of 5 months and includes ‘fly on the wall’ film snippets of the Artists and Mentees at work on Zoom. (Links in the Handbook and Presentation). We very much hope it will provide a clear and flexible framework for any group leaders wishing to facilitate song making with their own groups, and hopefully inspire some participants to write their own songs as a result of taking part in a collaboration. Lockdown Life Lockdown Life (PA) Lockdown Life (Instrumental)
Hi! I’m Harine, currently one of Living Song’s Young Artists. I’ve been working with Living Song directly for about two years now and have had lots of amazing opportunities to grow as an artist and singing leader. My love for singing first grew through learning South Indian Carnatic vocals (by the end of which I obtained a Diploma) and singing with my primary school (Nelson Primary School) choir. In 2013, I joined NewYVC – a choir created by Jane Wheeler. I was part of NewYVC, East London for ten years before leaving for university. The Choral Music Experience (CME) …
Hello everyone, my name is Brendan JSW and I’m a YMM (Young Music Mentee) at Living Song CIC. I’ve always wanted to be in a band and release music similar to the artist I listen to. Earn a few awards, plaques, sold out tours and make memorable achievements. It’s been a great experience being with Living Song; I got to be in projects like Artist Approach and be able to the experience in co-leading singing workshops in libraries open to the public. I got the opportunity to co-lead a singing workshop in Forest Gate Library, and I led a …
Chanté Osagiede is an Actor, Music Facilitator, Singer and is currently one of the four Lead Artists on Living Song’s Artist Approach 2 Project. Her biggest musical inspiration is her mum, who instilled her love for reggae and lover’s rock music from a very early age. She is passionate about the power music has in unifying people of many different walks of life, and developing more enriching experiences, particularly for young people. With a name that literally means “to sing” in French, Chanté’s love for singing was almost destined to happen. She grew up within the Living Song CIC community, her first experience being performing …
Hello Everyone! I’m Chanté, currently working as Living Song’s Programme Co-ordinator and one of the four Lead Artists for this year’s Artist Approach Project (AA2). we are so proud to say that Living Song has collaborated with Lambeth Music Service for another successful year. What an amazing time we all had at the Southbank Centre for Lambeth Music Service’s Primary Singing Day on March 25th. Across two concerts, 1700 primary school children sang their hearts out on the Royal Festival Hall stage. Cheers of joy echoed from a full house of 2000 audience members – made up of family, friends …
As we approach the end of 2021, our main message is one of gratitude to all the people we work with and for our supporters and friends. In this, the end of our 10th Anniversary year, we have received so many kind and enthusiastic messages from artists, young people and partners about how much Living Song means to them. While we can’t deny the challenges of the pandemic, we have many achievements to celebrate and future plans to look forward to. As we say goodbye to Stratford Circus, our long standing partner, their encouragement to reach out to other strong …
