Join the LSSO – London’s premier Youth orchestra October 2, 2019 by Claire Sivier Join the LSSO – Auditions will be held from October 21st 2019 Hailed by Sir Simon Rattle as “an incomparable ambassador for the dynamism and excellence of British youth” the London Schools Symphony Orchestra (LSSO) has for over sixty years been celebrated as a potent symbol of the talents and achievements of London’s finest young musicians. Managed by London’s Centre for Young Musicians, a division of the Guildhall School, the orchestra aims to give its members a complete experience of the orchestral repertoire, from Bach through to Beethoven, Bartok and beyond. More information: Courses take place during school holidays in Dec/Jan, April and July. Venues for rehearsals take place in SE1. 3 concerts a year held at the Barbican. Course dates and further application forms available on the CYM website – www.cym.org.uk. How to apply? Applications forms and further information available from Elaine Lewis – elewis@cym.org.uk. Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) is a Hackney Music Network Partner. Enquires regarding this opportunity should be directed to CYM via the contact information above. Deadline, Holiday Courses, Music Opportunities, Network Partners, Young peopleShare : Tweet
Music, Songwriting and Theatre making Opportunities for Young People September 19, 2017 by Claire Sivier Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning has a number of fantastic opportunities for young people coming up this academic year. See below for more information. Young Jazz Big Band – open to 14 – 18 year olds If you play trumpet, trombone, saxophone (soprano, tenor, alto, baritone), drums, piano, double bass or guitar and are inspired by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and other sultans of Swing this is your opportunity to work with musicians from London and New York, develop your big band playing skills and perform at the Barbican Centre. Application link here https://www.barbican.org.uk/education/young-people/young-jazz-big-band Young Songwriters – open to 14 – 18 year old The Young Songwriters is a programme that will get your melodies and lyrics out of the bedroom and in front of professional musicians who will help you craft and shape your work by exploring new sounds, instruments, genres and approaches to writing music. We’d love to work with you whatever you put together, be it Grime, EDM, Jazz, Folk, Classical or something completely different. Application link here https://www.barbican.org.uk/education/young-people/songwriters-collective Barbican Box Music – secondary school music teachers The Barbican Box is a portable box filled with the ingredients for making and creating original theatre, visual art or music inspired by our world class arts programme. Curated and designed by composer and musician Max Richter, this year’s Barbican Box Music will contain an array of inspiration for teachers to create new music with their secondary school students. Teachers will benefit from world class training days exploring new ways of composing in the class room. All participants will get to perform at the Barbican with Max and will receive free tickets to a Barbican Contemporary Music Concert. Application link here https://www.barbican.org.uk/education/schools/barbican-box-secondary All deadlines on Sunday 1st October Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning is a member and a partner of the Hackney Music Network. All enquires about the above opportunities should be sent to them directly. Deadline, Music Opportunities, Network Partners, Uncategorized, Young peopleensembles, Network Partner, news, workshops, young peopleShare : Tweet
