Summer Term 2015
Cornwall Music Education Hub Update
Welcome to the Summer edition of the Cornwall Music Education Hub newsletter. This termly newsletter will provide you
with an update of recent Hub activity and also let you know about forthcoming events. I would like to thank our partners
and supporting organisations for their ongoing support.
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Ten Pieces Comes To Secondary Schools!
The BBC has announced that it will be extending its Ten
Pieces project to secondary schools next academic year.
A new inspirational cinematic film will feature stunning
footage of the BBC Philhamonic Orchestra performing a
new selection of orchestral music, representing a wide
range of styles and eras relevant to the music curriculum.
The Hub will be working with the BBC to be ensure that
there will opportunities for schools in Cornwall to have
access to showings.
The Hub’s Ten Pieces Festival
@ Heartlands
26th & 27th June 2015
As a Ten Pieces Champion, The Cornwall Music Education
Hub will be running a two day music festival where
schools, ensembles and community groups will be
invited to perform one of the Ten Pieces, or music
inspired by one of the pieces. The Cornwall Youth
Orchestra will be attending to perform a number of
the pieces on Friday 26th June. On the Saturday, the
Cornwall Boys and Girls Choirs will be performing as will
the Cornwall Family Orchestra.
As well as performances, there will be also be a range
of music workshops such as African Drumming & Taiko,
DJing, Vocal, Digital Music and Sound Effects workshops
plus the iOrchestra’s MusicLab truck will be at Heartlands
for the duration of the Festival.
Contact Tanya Moore on [email protected] if
you would like to be involved!
Ten Pieces Primary
Nearly half the primary schools in the country are already
involved in this ground-breaking initiative. Support for
Ten Pieces Primary will be continuing throughout the next
academic year, and new schools are encouraged to join in.
All the Key Stage 2/2nd Level music resources will remain
available on the website, and the BBC will continue to add
new resources so you can start planning for next year.
There will also be audio and video materials for younger
children that will enable teachers to extend the project
to Early Years. FREE DVDs of the Ten Pieces film are still
available for primary schools. Visit the website to order
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w
Ten Pieces – Ideas For The Summer Term
Looking for ideas for summer term activities?
Why don’t you browse the KS2 music resources for:
• lesson plans
• music tech - remix Mussorgsky
• masterclass clips to inspire pupils’ creativity
• ‘Guide to the Orchestra’ ebook for tablet devices
• movement and dance programmes
• science of sound clips (inc. instrument making activities)
• downloadable audio
• ‘Connect It’ tutorial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w
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First Access Free whole
class instrumental
teaching
iOrchestra is an amazing opportunity to step inside an extraordinary
orchestra. Last year 45,000 people took up that opportunity in Plymouth,
Torbay and Cornwall. This year, the Philharmonia is returning to each of those
locations, with a new immersive digital installation, creative projects for all
ages and abilities, an updated version of the iOrchestra truck and a fresh
programme of live concerts.
In the iOrchestra Truck you will find MusicLab, a mobile pop-up play and
create which invites you to step into the shoes of a conductor, a composer,
a horn-player, a clarinetist, a timpanist, and a cellist. Be introduced to the
Philharmonia Orchestra and its work, by the people who know it best:
its players. Record yourself, singing with them, and discover how the
instrumental families work, and what the Philharmonia do when they’re not
playing in concerts. As last year, MusicLab will be visiting Penzance, Liskeard,
Redruth, Bodmin and St Austell. Visits to MusicLab are completely free.
There are bookable sessions for school and community groups plus drop-in
sessions for families after 3.30 each day and on Saturdays.
The MusicLab truck will be in each town on the following dates:
• Penzance, Harbour Car Park - 8th to 13th June 2015
• Liskeard, Westbourne Car Park - 15th to 20th June 2015
• Redruth, Heartands - 22nd to 27th June 2015
• Bodmin, Priory Car Park - 29th June to 4th July 2015
• St Austell, Polkyth Car Park - 6th to 11th July 2015
In the iOrchestra Tent you will find Universe of Sound
– a multi-screen digital orchestra, in which 103 musicians
from the Philharmonia, and Principal Conductor Esa-Pekka
Salanon will take you on a journey through Gustav Holst’s
The Planets from the inside out. Visiting it is like walking
into the middle of the orchestra as they perform. The Universe of Sound giant
marquee will be on Lemon Quay in Truro from 29th June to 11th July 2015.
The whole project culminates in a free outdoor public
concert by the Philharmonia Orchestra on Lemon Quay
on Sunday 12th July at 5.00 and a concert for schools
on 13th July at the Hall for Cornwall. All the iOrchestra
events are free
Before, during, and after each of these events, the Philharmonia have been
working with community groups creating opportunities for composing,
performing, dancing, animating, exploring and inhabiting the world of
orchestral music.
Both MusicLab and Universe of Sound are now open for bookings by school
and community groups. To find out about these and all other aspects of the
project, please contact:
Patrick Bailey on [email protected] or 07766 742738.
More details about the project can be found on www.iOrchestra.co.uk
First Access is 12 week
introduction to learning an
instrument for the whole class
across Key Stages 1-3.
The programme consists of:
• An initial planning meeting.
• 10 x weekly 45 minute
instrumental lessons for the whole
class.
• A review meeting.
A key part of the programme is
that the classroom teacher learns
alongside the students in order
to develop their musical skills and
confidence. The CMEH is able to
offer grants to schools to fund a
music specialist to deliver these
sessions.
Schools will need to identify a
suitable deliverer for the sessions
and also provide their own
instruments. The Hub can assist in
this as we have a list of teachers/
organisations who are able to
deliver First Access and also sets
of instruments which can be hired
at the subsidised rate of £70 per
term.
Further information about the
programme and how to access the
funding can be found on
http://cornwallmusiceducationhub.
org/first-access/
For queries about the programme
please contact:
Nicola Cawrse on
[email protected]
County Orchestra Concerts
Both the Cornwall Youth Wind Orchestra and Cornwall Youth Orchestra rounded off their Easter residential courses
with highly successful concerts.
On Friday 10th April, CYWO
performed an exciting programme
of music to a crowded Carnglaze
Caverns, highlights included
a rendition of the Harry Potter
Symphonic Suite by John Williams
and Pilatus Mountain of Dragons by
Steven Reineke.
Cornwall Youth Orchestra
The CYO performed two sell out concerts at
Launceston Town Hall and Truro Cathedral.
Their programme focussed on music from the BBC Ten Pieces
project but also included a new composition by local young
composer, Ben Comeau, and the debut performance of the
Cornwall Family Orchestra and Chorus who performed their
own piece, A Cornish Solstice. One of the highlights of the
CYO concert was the theatrical performance of Persian masterpiece, Prince
Zaal and the Simorgh. For this piece, the CYO were joined by a group of
50 young violinists, narrator John Brolly and visiting Iranian musicians,
Fariborz Kiannejad and Arash Moradi. Fariborz and Arash had spent the
previous week delivering workshops in cornish schools, introducing them to
traditional Persian music and folklore.
CYMAZ MUSIC INCLUSION UPDATE
Count Me In! Making Music more Inclusive
Conference at Heartlands on 15th April
Cymaz Music and the Cornwall Music Education Hub hosted a one day event to raise awareness and commitment to
ensuring that music education is as inclusive as it can possibly be. The day brought together key partners involved
in music education in Cornwall to discuss and debate issues relating to quality and inclusion in music education.
The day was chaired by Kathryn Deane, Chief Executive of Sound Sense and co-architect of the concept of Music
Education Hubs.
Following the debate, there were presentations, covering a range of inclusion projects and ideas, a Music Technology
workshop delivered by Cymaz Music’s Giles Woolley and Simon Williams. The National Foundation for Youth Music
gave an overview of the national picture and movements towards Musical Inclusion. All delegates fed back that they
went away with a greater understanding of musical inclusion, having made new connections with colleagues and
with a commitment to working together towards making music more inclusive.
“I’ve come away with lots of ideas.”
“A great day. Thank you!”
“I now have connections with a couple of music teachers.”
“Really useful to see many of the key regional contacts in one place.”
To find out more about Count Me In!, and to get involved in working towards inclusive music education for children
and young people in Cornwall, please join us on the Youth Music Network in the Count Me In! group.
1.Join (free) the Youth Music Network http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/
2.Request membership to Count Me In! Discussion Group http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/groups/count-me-makingmusic-more-inclusive
Embedding Inclusion
Cymaz Music is delighted to have been awarded two years of funding from Youth Music and has secured funds
from the Cornwall Music Education Hub to continue to develop inclusion work and strategies. With this funding
our work will include:
1. Music delivery programmes
• Music provision to support cross curricular work in the AP Academies
• Music Mentoring – one to one nurturing support
• Music and Music Technology in Special Schools
• Supporting those with SEN(D) in schools
• Supportive music activity with children and young people in Care
• Progression activity including YEP! – Youth Ensemble Programme
2. Supporting the Workforce
• Accredited progression programme for Music Leaders, from apprentices, young music leaders through to
Advanced Music Leaders (in partnership with Cornwall College)
• Ongoing training and support for Music Leaders working with children and young people in challenging
circumstances
• Inclusion training and support for settings and staff
• Development of resources to support ongoing learning and sharing
3. Strategic
• Support and development of a progression strategy for the Hub, including building an Ensemble Network for
county Ensembles
• Build a team of Inclusion Ambassadors to provide support, consultancy and mentoring in a range of settings
• Piloting AMP (Area Music Plan) as a local needs-led approach to improving access and participation in Music
Education (Camborne and Bodmin as the first areas)
Area Music Plan • AMP
AMP is about making the best use of existing assets,
joining people together to maximise resources,
improving communications, supporting skills
development and creation of work opportunities
through apprenticeships and young leader
programmes.
Partners involved in AMP will be from schools,
voluntary sectors, local authority teams, businesses,
individuals in the community, FE/HE providers. It
will involve anyone with an interest in or remit for
working with children and young people, social
cohesion, education and community development.
The first AMP areas will be Camborne and Bodmin.
Contact us if you’d like to be involved.
To find out more about the work of Cymaz Music,
please go to www.cymazmusic.org.uk.
To refer young people onto the Music Mentoring
programme, email [email protected] or
to contact us about any of our work email
[email protected]
Subsidised access
to music
The Hub, through funding made available from the
Dedicated Schools Grant, is able to provide subsidies to
any students who meet the following criteria:
• Students eligible for Free School Meals (excluding
the universal entitlement for all under 7’s), Children in
Care and children of currently serving British Services
personnel - eligible for subsidy of up to £5.00 per
lesson
• Students/parents on Disability Living Allowance eligible for subsidy of up to £2.50 per lesson
• Students on FSM, Children in Care and Services
Children are also able to access subsidised instrument
hire and membership of a CMEH ensemble.
Students should be learning through a provider who is
registered with the Cornwall Music Education Hub. A list
of Registered Providers and details on how to become
Registered Provider can be found on
http://www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org/subsidisedmusic-lessons
If schools have any queries about how students at their
school can access the subsidy, please contact
Tanya Moore on [email protected]
Instrument Hire
The Cornwall Music Education Hub has a large pool of instruments available to hire by any student. We also have class
sets of some instruments which are available for schools to hire at a subsidised rate.
Students in receipt of Free School Meals, Children in Care and children of Services Families can apply for a subsidy on
their instrument hire fee.
Further information about instrument hire and the subsidy scheme can be found at
www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org
Do you have any Music Cornwall/Cornwall Music Education Hub instruments that you need us to collect?
If you have an instrument that has been given back by a parent or student that belongs to Music Cornwall, please
contact us to arrange collection.
Please contact the Instrument Hire Office for all instrument related enquiries on:
T: 01872 323001 or
E: [email protected]
Vocal Strategy
New County Choir Regional Rehearsal Groups for North Cornwall from September 2015 onwards!
We are pleased to announce that we are expanding our regional county choir rehearsal groups into North Cornwall
from September 2015 onwards. This will allow talented young North Cornwall singers to become part of the
established county choirs set up, which already runs successfully across other parts of the county. Cornwall County
Choirs rehearse both regionally, twice monthly and centrally, once monthly and perform in concerts across Cornwall.
In North Cornwall we will be running two groups:
Cornwall Girls Choir Auditions for KS3/4 students
• a local Cornwall Boys Choir rehearsal group for boys in Auditions for Cornwall Girls Choirs students in KS3/ and
year groups 5/6/7/8/9 still singing with an 'unchanged KS4 will take place on Thursday 16th July and Friday
voice' in September 2015
17th July. Auditions will take place in selected secondary
• a local Cornwall Girls Choir rehearsal group for girls in schools across the county during the school day.
year groups 5/6/7/8/9/10/11 in September 2015.
Further details of audition venues will be posted on the
Entry to both choirs is through a simple audition process.
CMEH website on Monday May 18th.
Both groups will rehearse twice monthly in North Cornwall
Application process necessary for all individuals wishing
and once monthly in a full choir setting in either Truro or
to be considered for a place in Cornwall Girls Choir from
North Cornwall.
September 2015 onwards.
North Cornwall County Choirs Auditions: Tues 7th July
Auditions consist of :
2015
• Sing one of the set pieces - located on County Choirs
For further details please contact:
website www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org
Angela Renshaw on [email protected]
• Sing a song of your own choice
• Listening and Musicianship Tests
Songfest 2016!
A Vocal Showcase for young Cornish choirs!
The Cornwall Music Education Hub is inviting schools to take part in an
evening of vocal excellence, showcasing and celebrating the county’s
talented young choirs and singers as part of its vocal development strategy.
Songfest 2016 is a showcase performance of vocal excellence that will take
place in three different venues across Cornwall, over a period of three nights
in Spring 2016 and will be offered to any pupils in Upper KS1, KS2 and
Lower KS3 including SEN settings.
The first half of each evening will be taken up with performances by some
of the newly formed county choirs as well as exclusive invitations to some
school choirs and up and coming young solo artists. The second half of
the evening will focus on a massed School Choir performance made up of singers from local schools and settings,
directed by a guest conductor.
The massed Schools’ Choir will perform ‘Ocean Commotion’ composed by Debbie Campbell, a short cantata written
for primary and lower secondary aged pupils, which lasts approximately one hour. The performance will include
instrumentalists as well as ‘narrators’.
The event itself and preparation workshop will be free but schools will need to fund their own travel to the
performance venue and dress rehearsal. They will also need to buy their own copy of ‘Ocean Commotion’.
All details regarding Songfest will be given at the next VOICES Twilight meetings, held across Cornwall in early
summer 2015.
The Twilight Voices sessions will be led by Patrick Bailey and Angela Renshaw and will take place on:
1.Monday 11th May 2015 – 4.30pm ~ 6.00pm Falmouth/Newquay/Truro schools at Truro Prep Highertown Truro
TR13QN
2.Monday 18th May 2015 – 4.30pm ~ 6.00pm West Cornwall and The Lizard schools at Alverton Primary Penzance
3.Monday 8th June 2015 – 4.30pm ~ 6.00pm East Cornwall schools at Callington College
4.Tuesday 9th June 2015 – 4.30pm ~ 6.00pm St Austell/Fowey schools at Biscovey Infant St Austell
5.Wednesday 10th June 2015 – 4.30pm ~ 6.00pm North Cornwall schools at Wadebridge School
Booking is essential for these Twilight sessions.
To book contact Angela Renshaw on [email protected]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Cornwall Residency 2015
From Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 April 2015 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
packed up their instruments and made their way 180 miles west, bringing 5 action packed days of
participatory events, concerts and community collaborations to Cornwall.
The orchestra offered a wide range of events across the region, including school visits, ensemble coaching, teacher
training, rural concert programmes and a full orchestra concert at Hall for Cornwall. The week culminated in a
community event where BSO musicians and local musicians joined forces side by side in an ensemble of more than
160 to rehearse and perform a piece of contemporary music – Stephen
Montague’s Dark Sun in an aircraft hangar at RNAS Culdrose, Helston.
Across the entire residency BSO offered 40 different sessions with
thousands of participants from Penzance to Launceston.
Participation Programme Manager, Caz Vale felt that the week was hugely
successful:
“We are the orchestra of the South West, so it is really important for us to
reach as many communities as we can during the course of our season.
The week long residency has been a wonderful opportunity to connect
with Cornwall, celebrating music making with local players and bringing
performances to people who may not normally get the opportunity
to hear a professional orchestra. It’s been fantastic and we are hugely
grateful to Cornwall Music Education Hub for their financial support,
expertise and local knowledge which has enabled us to reach a huge
number of young musicians”
Local musicians, schools and community groups were hugely
supportive of the visits and enjoyed a range of activities from
BSO professionals:
“What an uplifting rehearsal – I learned so much. Thank you
and please come back soon.” Truro Sinfonia member, after a
coaching session with BSO Conductor in Association, Frank
Zielhorst.
“The session has inspired me to move on to larger projects,
starting with a large ensemble.” A Level Student from Helston
Community College, after a composition workshop with
Stephen Montague.
“Thank you for this event. We really enjoyed it. Although the music seemed strange, it was a very thought-provoking
and atmospheric final performance.” Participant at the community side by side event, experiencing contemporary
classical music for the first time.
“I think I can speak for all of us in saying that this was easily one of the best experiences that we’ve had.” Young cellist
performing side by side with BSO musicians at a concert in St Endellion.
Although the Residency is over for this year, the orchestra has recruited two new Associate Musicians to develop and
deliver more music making activity in the region whilst we are away. Matt Harrison and Patrick Bailey are both resident
musicians who are able to provide even more opportunities to explore and enjoy music as part of the BSO’s work
across Cornwall.
For further information on any of the events that have taken place, or to discuss opportunities with Matt and Patrick
please contact Caz Vale, Participation Programme Manager on 01202 644725.
Many thanks for the substantial support offered from our funders of this work; The Foyle Foundation, Cornwall
Music Education Hub, Coral Samuel Charitable Trust, Basil Samuel Charitable Trust, The Steel Charitable Trust, Norman
Family Trust and Arts Council England, along with the Royal Navy for the use of RNAS Culdrose.
Recent Hub Supported Events & Projects
January 2015
• 27th January: Concert for Music GCSE Students at the
Hall for Cornwall
February 2015
• 21st February: Cornwall Family Orchestra and Chorus
project with BBC Concert Orchestra.
• 27th February: SW Peninsula Hub conference at
Buckfast Abbey
• 28th February: South West Flute Festival at St Joseph’s
School, Launceston.
March 2015
• 6th March: Music for Youth Regional Festival.
• 14th March: CYJO and Sax is Our Business Concert at
Carnglaze Caverns.
• 21st March: Cornwall Girls Choir and Cornwall
Boys Choir Spring 2015 County Choirs Concert at
Launceston Town Hall.
April 2015
• 10th April: Cornwall Youth Wind Orchestra Easter
Concert at Carnglaze Caverns.
• 12th April: Cornwall Youth Orchestra concert at
Launceston Town Hall.
• 18th April: Cornwall Youth Orchestra and Cornwall
Family Orchestra and Chorus concert at Truro
Cathedral.
• 18th April: Cornwall Girls and Boys Choirs’ tour of
Cornwall
• 20th – 24th April: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
residency. 4 Quintets visited Cornwall to run
workshops for schools and community groups plus
performances.
Coming up...
Hub led or supported projects
April/May
• 30th April – 1st May: Sounds from the Hub. A two
night musical spectacular at the Hall for Cornwall with
performances by children and young people from
around the county.
• 28th April – 4th May: Cornwall International Male Voice
Choral Festival with performances and workshops by
visiting choirs from all over the world.
• 22nd May: iOrchestra training for school staff.
• 23rd May: Cornwall Youth Brass Ensemble concert at
King Charles Church, Falmouth
June –July
• 5th July: CYWO and CYO auditions (Truro High School)
• 8th June – 13th July: iOrchestra returns to Cornwall
with the Universe of Sound installation, MusicLab truck
and live concerts.
• 26th- 27th June: The Hub Ten Pieces Festival at
Heartlands with performances by schools and
community groups plus workshops.
• 29th June – 9th July: Kaksitsi, Ghanaian drumming
group, working with schools across the county.
• 12th July: Philharmonia Orchestra free public concert
on Lemon Quay
• 13th July: Philharmonia schools’ concert at Hall for
Cornwall
Autumn 2015
• September: A Level and BTEC Music conference –
datesto be confirmed.
• October: Cornwall Music Education Hub conference –
date to be confirmed.
Spring 2016
• 13th January: GCSE Music concert
• March: Songfest performances in 3 venues – dates to be
confirmed.
• 18th March: Hub Sounds – musical showcase at Hall for
Cornwall
For further information about Hub activities, please visit the CMEH website www.cornwallmusiceducationhub.org
The website also has a login only area for partners and schools.
For details of how to access this, or upload your event information to the Hub website, please contact
Tanya Moore – [email protected]
@CMusicHUB
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T: 01872 327900
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