Why everyone should learn the piano? June 14, 2018 by Claire Sivier Every house used to have a piano. Every pub used to have a piano. Piano was used to entertain: for solos, for piano duets, to accompany other instruments and most often to bash out the chords whilst everyone sang along. People had piano lessons but people also taught themselves. In this concert, Yshani Perinpanayagam and Kids’ Concert Company founder Holly Cullen-Davies with their broad range of expertise will celebrate the piano and all of its uses ranging from serious classical repertoire to improvising on the spot based on songs of your choice. If your child is having piano lessons but you sometimes wonder where it is all leading this is the place to find out more. Yshani is pianist of the Del Mar Piano Trio and company pianist of Rambert Dance Company where she is currently Music Director for Ben Duke’s Goat. She was Music Director for circus troupe Circa at the Barbican and Assistant Music Director for the Royal Opera House west end transfer of Wind in the Willows, featuring CHROMA ensemble. She also performs with Olivier award winning show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Yshani was winner of the 10th Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Award. Holly Cullen-Davies started doing concerts for children with the Wigmore Hall Chamber Tots series. She went on to run children’s concerts at The Little Missenden festival and Hebden Bridge piano Festival. She founded the Kids’ Concert Company in 2017. You can see her talking about it here. Time & Location June 24th, 2018 at 3:30pm GMT .To book tickets see the link here. UncategorizedShare : Tweet
Wonderful Woodwind June 14, 2018 by Claire Sivier In this concert, we will meet renowned players Uchenna Ngwe on oboe and Rowland Sutherland on flute. If you were thinking of your child taking up a woodwind instrument you definitely need to know about the oboe and flute. With music from Peter and the Wolf, to Debussy (whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this year), to Jazz and music by lesser known composers such as Madeleine Dring, this will be a fantastically educational introduction to these instruments with the usual chances for children to respond with singing, dancing, drawing and asking questions. “Flautist Rowland Sutherland has a superb sound and technique, and is undoubtedly one of the very best flautists on the British scene.” TIME OUT. Rowland regular plays music from classical to Jazz to World, Folk and pop and his concerts have taken him to venues such as Carnegie Hall, North Sea jazz festival and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. He has worked with artists such as Courtney Pine, King Sunny Ade and MC Solaar. He is a professor at Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Uchenna Ngwe is a London-based oboist. Raised in Tottenham in North London, her oboe performances have taken her across Europe as well as Africa and Asia. You can see her playing and talking about her career here. She also runs the company Cracked Reed helping musicians to link music, technology and education. Time & Location June 17th, 2018 at 3:30pm GMT Sutton House, 2-4 Homerton High St, London E9 6JQ UncategorizedShare : Tweet
The Future Music Group Presents: Hackney Music Maestros, August 2018 June 7, 2018 by Claire Sivier The Music Maestros are motivated instrumentalists from ages 7-16 years old (all instruments/voices welcome!) The course aims to inspire young musicians to create new music, experience small and large ensemble music making and to develop improvisation, instrumental, composition and performance skills. During the course, students will be exposed to music and other art forms outside of their usual experience and will have the opportunity to reflect and discuss what they hear We finish each course with a rip-roaring concert filled with solo pieces, group performances and the students own compositions! Where? Hackney Music Maestro Course, Old School Room, Hackney Round Chapel When? 28th, 29th, 30th August, 9am – 3pm Course objectives: Young instrumentalists will participate in a 3 day creative course which will culminate in a concert attended by friends and family Students will be exposed to music and other art forms outside of their usual experience and will have the opportunity to reflect on and discuss what they hear Throughout the course, tutors will assess students motivation, musicality, creativity and instrumental skill and will recommend young people to be invited to participate in similar courses presented by The Future Music Group For more information please download the course poster here. Or visit the Future Music Group website. “It’s great to see the girls having a really good sense of achievement. They loved the future music maestro classes!! Thanks to Nat and John for your hard work!!” “Our son really enjoyed himself and it is great to come to something like this that builds confidence” “Brilliant! I can’t believe how much our son achieved in only three days!” “A special thanks to the teachers John and Nat, they understand what exactly our child’s strengths and very patient too! Envy!” UncategorizedShare : Tweet
Grand Union Orchestra Vortex Residency June 7, 2018 by Claire Sivier TRADING ROOTS AT THE VORTEX: a ground-breaking programme of monthly Friday night performances, exchanging and combining different musical traditions, featuring outstanding improvising musicians from around the world with a 5-strong Grand Union ‘house band’; and open workshops the following morning for local musicians to meet and work with them, which finish with a short performance open to the general public. UncategorizedShare : Tweet
HMS Holiday Course – Sign Up Now! September 22, 2017 by Claire Sivier The Hackney Music Service is delighted to be able to invite your child to join us for the15th Autumn Term Holiday Music Course. This year we are offering an exciting new opportunity to take part in more mixed and collaborative ensembles. These ensembles offer a broader breadth of experience playing music from around the world in mixed instrumental groups. As usual, the course programme will run for three days during the October half term from Tuesday 24th, 25th and 26th October 2017 inclusive at William Patten Primary School. For more information visit our Holiday Course Section. UncategorizedShare : 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
