SOUTHBANK CENTRE ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH IN HARMONY LAMBETH,
STRENGTHENING LINKS WITH EL SISTEMA AND PLACING ITSELF AT THE HEART OF
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH MUSIC
Southbank Centre and Lambeth Council to have closer partnership to run the
London-based Sistema programme, In Harmony Lambeth
Southbank Centre to turn into a nucleo, a Venezuelan-inspired music centre, with
music-making opportunities for children, young people and adults from around the
country (28 – 30 June 2013)
Among the highlights of Nucleo Weekend include performances by the National
Youth Orchestra; Southbank Centre’s resident jazz organisation Tomorrow’s
Warriors; and nucleo-mentoring programme by and for young musicians including
workshops, mentoring and open rehearsals
Southbank Centre’s future transformation of Festival Wing will give children and
young people an unrivalled opportunity to train, work and experiment with the best
orchestras and performers from across the world in a unique setting
Southbank Centre announces a closer partnership with Lambeth Council to run the London-based
Sistema England programme In Harmony Lambeth. Staff from Lambeth Council have joined
Southbank Centre to run the initiative on site. In Harmony Lambeth launched in 2009, is one of six
national programmes and is jointly funded by Department for Education, Arts Council England and
Southbank Centre. Inspired by El Sistema, In Harmony aims to achieve musical excellence in an
immersive environment to benefit the lives of children and the local community. This commitment
to In Harmony Lambeth further strengthens Southbank Centre’s relationship with El Sistema. As a
home of El Sistema in England, Southbank Centre will continue to host the orchestras and choirs
when they visit the UK from Venezuela including the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra, Simón
Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra; together
with visits from wider In Harmony groups across the country and projects from around the world. El
Sistema has engaged more than half a million young people, many from underprivileged
backgrounds, to build self confidence, skills and discipline through classical music training.
The strengthened partnership with El Sistema and In Harmony Lambeth will be enhanced in future
years through Southbank Centre’s transformation of the Festival Wing. The new Glass Pavilion at
the heart of the new Festival Wing will be built, partly to meet Southbank Centre’s future ambitions
for the In Harmony programme and many other children across the country. The Glass Pavilion will
provide much-needed additional space for future nucleo workshops, more access for children and
young people to open rehearsals by professional orchestras and work with some of the best
musicians from around the world, as well as more opportunities for thousands of young people to
experience and perform classical music at Southbank Centre.
Jude Kelly, Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director, said: ‘At Southbank Centre we believe that
the El Sistema-inspired programmes across the world truly change people’s lives. What we are
creating here, and will be developing further with the Festival Wing, is a place dedicated to giving
those children and young people who have limited opportunities and resources the chance to
discover wonderful music within a world class space, develop their skills, realise their aspirations
and encourage future talent. When creative education is constrained by diminishing budgets it’s
imperative that we ensure the next generation are not barred from having the chance to fulfil their
real potential through rich artistic expression.’
Gary Crosby, Double-bassist and Artistic Director of Tomorrow’s Warriors, said: ‘We are
thrilled that Tomorrow’s Warriors is taking part in the Nucleo Weekend. This weekend will be a
fantastic platform on which to showcase some of the extraordinary music making by our young
ensembles, music leaders and apprentices. The nucleo will give young musicians and audiences
an opportunity to see our Young Artist Development Programme in action, and gain insight into the
significant impact and legacy of Tomorrow’s Warriors over the past 22 years. The transformation of
the Festival Wing in 2017 will enable us to inspire, champion, nurture and promote even
more gifted and talented jazz musicians than ever before.’
Whilst the plans for the Festival Wing are being realised, Southbank Centre continues to celebrate
its strong connection with El Sistema hosting a Nucleo Weekend (Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June
2013), inspired by the Venezuelan local community music centres where music lessons are given
free to children regardless of their ability and circumstances. Part of Southbank Centre’s summerlong Festival of Neighbourhood with MasterCard, the weekend will see the site turned into a
learning hub featuring music-making opportunities for children, young people and adults.
Following Sounds Venezuela in June 2012, when a four-day residency by Gustavo Dudamel and
the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra included open rehearsals, performances and workshops
culminating in two Royal Festival Hall concerts that were live streamed on the Guardian and on
Southbank Centre websites, this year’s Nucleo Weekend includes a programme of more than 30
events, performances, workshops and open rehearsals. Among the highlights: opening the
weekend on Friday 28 June, Marshall Marcus, former Head of Music at Southbank Centre and
current CEO of the European Union Youth orchestra and Chair of Sistema Europe, leads a panel
discussion on the future of El Sistema-inspired projects in Europe and in the UK, followed by
children from six In Harmony programmes across the UK coming together to perform for the first
time. On Saturday 29 June, Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Jazz Orchestra performs with young string
players from across the country; on the same day, Morley College’s A Choir of Our Time event
brings together a over 500 performers including 300 singers from community choirs based in
Southwark and Lambeth, the BBC Singers, members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and
an ensemble of 180 young musicians from Centre for Young Musicians, Bromley Youth Music
Trust, National Youth String Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music Junior Department and In
Harmony Lambeth, all gathered together for a concert including Holsts’ The Planets and Tippett’s
A Child of Our Time; on Sunday 30 June, members of the National Youth Orchestra join forces
with other young musicians for a scratch-performance of Overture from Bernstein’s West Side
Story with Associate Conductor Gerry Cornelius. Across the weekend, the nucleo mentoring
programme sees young mentors aged between 13 and 25 joining groups of young musicians to
share their expertise, and a specially-created Children’s Music Café is available for the youngest to
interact, play and sing along with the instruments provided.
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LISTINGS INFORMATION
Across the weekend
Nucleo Mentors
This year, Nucleo hosts a mentoring programme for all participants. Mentors aged between 13 and 25 years,
at various stages of their musical lives, join groups of young musicians across the weekend to share their
expertise and learn new skills in the process.
Children’s Music Cafe, Level 2 Riverside Terracé Cafe, Royal Festival Hall
Visit the Cafe on Level 2 to find a special children’s area where the very youngest musicians can play,
interact and sing along with the instruments provided.
Friday 28 June
10.00am – 11am, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Heathbrook Primary School Orchestra
The Heathbrook School Orchestra started over 20 years ago and all children who play instruments are
encouraged to join. They rehearse and perform in school assembly once a week. The majority of the
orchestra learn to play their instruments at the school.
Free
10.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm, Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Sinfonia Chamber groups – open rehearsals
Southbank Sinfonia is a distinctly different orchestra. Its primary aim is to ensure that the most promising
young players – destined to be the caretakers of Britain’s strong orchestral tradition – are not lost from the
profession in the difficult period between college and professional life. Southbank Sinfonia is recognised
internationally as a leading orchestral academy. At Southbank Sinfonia a commitment to chamber music
runs in parallel with the main orchestral programme. This gives players the opportunity to take charge of the
creative process together and forge connections that they can transplant to their orchestral positions, helping
to strengthen the overall ensemble. Musicians from the forefront of the orchestral profession come to coach
and mentor players in instrumental sections and as chamber groups, sharing insights on musicality,
ensemble playing and leadership.
Free
11am – 1pm, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Europe's Sistemas: Lessons from the Past – Patterns for the Future
A two-hour exploration, as part of Southbank Centre’s Nucleo weekend and in association with the
Worshipful Company of Musicians, of what the future could look like for European social-action musiceducation work inspired by Venezuela’s legendary El Sistema. Speakers include Marshall Marcus, Chair of
Sistema Europe, Founder Sistema Africa, CEO of the European Union Youth Orchestra, and an Honorary
Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Musicians; Claire Fox, Director of the Institute of Ideas; Professor Dr
Pam Burnard, an internationally-renowned expert in children’s musical learning and development, with a
special interest in group learning; and young arts practitioners saxophonist Nathaniel Facey, and Yemisi
Blake, an artist and researcher currently working on Southbank Centre young people’s projects in London
and Salvador, Brazil. The Symposium is chaired by Leslie East, Pastmaster of the Musicians Company. The
focus of the exploration is the question: how can the model of Venezuela’s El Sistema be most effective in a
21st-century Western European context?
Free but ticket required
11.00am, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
In Harmony Sing!
Children from In Harmony programmes across the UK join together in a vocal workshop, led by Suzi Zumpe.
Free
12 noon – 12.30pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Tower Bridge Primary School – Drum & Song Ensemble (led by Vicky Jassey)
Tower Bridge primary school’s drum and song ensemble is made up of exceptionally talented children aged
eight to 11. They perform a repertoire from the Caribbean specialising in complex polyrhythms drawn from
various Afro-Cuban folkloric music traditions, accompanied with heart-lifting songs. The performance
includes Bata, Rumba and Calypso.
Free
1pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Friday Lunch: Big Phat Brass
Big Phat Brass was formed in 2010 with players from the brass section of the Bromley Youth Concert Band.
After hearing the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble, the group was inspired to develop a new approach to
performing brass ensemble music, in which enjoyment and connecting with the audience are paramount.
Free
1.30pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Singing Mentors
Pupils from Manorfield primary school in Tower Hamlets join us for a day of singing workshops which are led
by young mentors from New Young Voices Collective, newly formed in Stratford, East London. Founder of
the programme, Jane Wheeler has created a programme in which young singers become young mentors
and have the chance to inspire singers of the future.
Free
2pm – 2.45pm, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Band on the Run!
A presentation and performance by Year 4 primary school children from Darrick Wood Primary School
involved in Bromley Youth Music Trust’s Band on the Run scheme. The first Band on the Run project was
started in 2009 by Dennis Mycroft, head of Brass at BYMT and was inspired by the fantastic results being
achieved in Venezuela through El Sistema. Combining the principles of El Sistema with the principles of
Wider Opportunities and group teaching in the USA, the programme aims to provide excellent music
provision for primary school children through the fundamental principles of repetition, intensity, frequency
and motivation.
Free
3pm – 3.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall
In Harmony Get Creative!
Children from In Harmony Nottingham and In Harmony Sage Gateshead present a short performance of
music created during workshops led by animateur Jason Rowland.
Free
3pm – 3.45pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Steel Pans Mentoring
Students from Chestnut Grove Steel Pans mentor and work alongside young steel pan players from Wyvil
Primary School in an open rehearsal.
Free
3.30pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
In Harmony and Sistema in Norwich Orchestra
Children from In Harmony programmes in Sage Gateshead, Telford and Stoke, Liverpool, Nottingham and
Lambeth join children from Sistema in Norwich in a joint concert featuring performances by individual
programmes as well as a joint performance of Gospel Rock by all the children. Sistema in Norwich has been
devised, and is run by Norwich & Norfolk Community Arts (NORCA), which has a long history of working with
communities to change people’s lives through engagement in the arts. Norwich has a junior and a senior
orchestra and offers a regular performance programme through the year. The programme is currently based
in two schools, Larkman Primary and Catton Grove Primary, each drawing from recognised areas of
deprivation. It currently has 120 pupil members but from September this will increase to over 400 children.
Free
4pm, Level 2 Foyer at Royal Festival Hall (Green Side) & 5pm – 5.30pm, Level 2 Royal Festival Hall
Terrace
St Martin’s-in-the-Fields High School for Girls
St Martins-in-the-Fields High School for Girls has a rich history of gospel singing and currently runs four
Gospel choirs. Two years ago their then senior choir won the sectional final of the BBC Choir of the Year
competition and out of this grew their current elite choir performing today. They have sung in numerous
prestigious venues and for many well-known people but always try to ensure they are true to the values
and messages of gospel singing.
Free
4.30pm, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Musical Legacy for Young People
For more than 22 years Tomorrow’s Warriors have been developing award winning young jazz musicians.
Artistic Director Gary Crosby hosts a panel of past and present warriors exploring the legacy and heritage of
this amazing collective.
Free
4.30pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Wyvill Primary School Steel Pan Band
The Wyvil performers started learning to play the steel pans in September 2012 under the tuition of Anthony
Facey. This talented group have performed in school concerts as well as in public at the Vauxhall Park Fair.
All the pupils are in year 4.
Free
5.30pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
Friday Tonic: Ezra and Nériya
An exciting double bill of new and youthful line-ups that have emerged from the UK's hotbed of talent,
Tomorrow's Warriors. Ezra perform their own compositions as well as stylish arrangements of Fela Kuti’s
Afrobeat classics, plus some Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and more. Nériya is a septet of
super-talented young women who have been furiously writing their own original compositions to perform
alongside their repertoire of standards, Joe Henderson and Herbie Hancock: a band to watch.
Free
5.30pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Chestnut Grove Steel Pans
The amazing Year 10 Steel Pan Ensemble from Chestnut Grove School in Balham bring their mix of
traditional and classical repertoire for steel drums to The Clore Ballroom.
Free
8pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Tomorrow’s Warriors Plus
Led by Tomorrow’s Warriors Artistic Director, Gary Crosby OBE, professional alumni of Tomorrow’s Warriors
perform a short set followed by a jam with past and present members of the Tomorrow's Warriors
community.
Jason Yarde - saxophones
Peter Edwards - piano
Gary Crosby - double bass
Andy Chapman – drums
Saturday 29 June
10.00am and 11.30am, Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
OAE Tots
Suitable for ages two to five (and parents!). Tots aged over two require tickets, tots aged less than two go
free, provided they do not need their own seat. Each session lasts approximately 45 minutes.
10.30am – 11.15am; 11.30am – 12.15am; 1.30pm – 2.15pm; 2.30pm – 3.15pm; 4pm – 4.45pm
White Room, Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall
Music for Little Ears and Voices
Music making workshops for carers and young children, with early-years music specialist, Michele Wolfson.
Suitable for babies and toddlers up to 4 years old.
Free
10.30am – 12noon; 12.30pm – 2pm; 2.30pm – 4pm; 5pm – 6.30pm
Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Family Gamelan workshop
Become a member of the Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra.
No experience necessary. Suitable for adults and children aged six and above. Children under 13 must be
accompanied by a participating adult.
Free
11am – 12noon, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Ethnic Contemporary Classical Orchestra
Since it was founded by Musiko Musika in 2009 the vision for the Ethnic Contemporary Classical Orchestra
(ECCO) has been to create a model for youth orchestras that is truly diverse and inclusive, and which
reflects the musical aspirations of today’s young people. This performance showcases the talents of ECCO
Kensal Rise. The programme comprises of a range of songs and tunes from different parts of the world,
drawn from our work with musicians from Africa, India, South America as well as those from a western
European classical music tradition.
Free
12 noon – 12.30pm, Level 4 Green Bar at Royal Festival Hall
LMM Bridge Project and In Harmony Lambeth
Two inspirational music-learning programmes based in the heart of Lambeth come together to explore the
creative processes of music making following workshops led by Jason Rowland.
Free
12 noon – 12.30pm and 5pm – 5.30pm, Festival Terrace
Fox and a Feather
Fox and a Feather are a South-London based sibling duo. Playing folk, soulful covers and a few songs you
can dance to, they combine beautiful vocal harmonies and a medley of four-stringed instruments.
Free
12.30pm – 12.45pm The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
In Harmony Opera North Presents A Windmill Guide to The Opera (and other great music)
This short film shares In Harmony Opera North’s first public performance at Leeds Town Hall on 28 June
involving the children of Windmill Primary School and the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North. The film is a
significant celebration of the children’s musical achievements after just four months of instrument learning
and singing. Listen out for music by Bach, Bizet (Carmen), Britten, Elgar, Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, Verdi
and a new commission for the whole school by James Redwood, with audio clips from the children,
professional violin and opera soloists, and singers and musicians, both emerging and experienced, playing
together. In Harmony is a national programme funded jointly by Department for Education and
Arts Council England.
12.30pm and 1.30pm, Festival Terrace
Montage Theatre Arts
Montage Theatre Arts are a Deptford-based organisation that works with 400 children, adults and older
people per week aged between three and 87 years. It performs to audiences of up to 15000 per year. Their
popular Saturday School programme demonstrates some of their favourites from Wizard of Oz, My Girl and
Les Miserables in this performance.
1pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
South London Riverside Partnership and The Mayor of London’s Fund for Young Musicians
Young musicians from the South London Riverside Partnership of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and
Greenwich involved in the Mayor’s Fund for Young Musicians, present a performance following workshops
and coaching with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and students from Trinity Laban College
of Music and Dance.
Free
1pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
In Harmony Lambeth
Young orchestral musicians from In Harmony Lambeth presents a programme new and familiar music.
Free
2pm – 4pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
London Music Masters Bridge Project
Children from the Bridge Project in Lambeth perform in a showcase of chamber and orchestral ensembles.
Free
2.15pm – 4.30pm, J.P. Morgan Pavilion, Sunley Pavilion and Level 4 Green Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Have a Go with the LPO
Have a go at playing an orchestral string instrument under the guidance of an expert. You can try your hand
at the violin, cello or double bass in these interactive sessions.
Free
2.15pm – 3pm and 3.45pm – 4.30pm, Riverside Terrace
Music of Hope Dance and Brass Bands
Free
2pm – 2.45pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Family Ukulele Workshop
Learn to play a ukulele in this fun interactive music workshops for children and their parents and carers.
Limited number of ukuleles are provided but if you have your own please bring it.
Suitable for age 7 and up.
Free
3pm – 3.45pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Raucous Rhythms Workshop
Join Sarah Freestone for a fun-packed 45-minute rhythm workshop which requires absolutely no drumming
experience! Come along with the whole family to create and perform a brand new urban percussion piece.
No previous experience necessary but enthusiasm and a love of noise-making essential!
Suitable for age 5+
Free
3pm – 4pm, Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
The National Orchestra for All: Conductors for Change
The National Orchestra for All (NOFA) was founded in 2011. Inspired by El Sistema, NOFA challenges
disadvantage through music and gives 11 to 18-year-olds the life-changing experience of making music
together. Come and watch NOFA players, teachers and professional conductors explore the art of
conducting in our Conductors for Change session and find your inner Gustavo Dudamel.
Free
4pm – 4.45pm The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents… GROOVE CONNECTION
Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Jazz Orchestra (TWYJO) explores Dilla, D’Angelo and Duke. Leading jazz
organisation, Tomorrow’s Warriors has been resident at Southbank Centre since 2009 and continues to grow
from strength to strength. Today they present a brand new set of music written especially for the Nucleo
Festival, showcasing an expanded version of Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Jazz Orchestra (TWJYO).
Collaborating with music producer James Yarde and his brother Jason – an alumnus of Tomorrow’s Warriors
and award-winning composer/arranger in his own right – TWYJO have been exploring the links between hiphop and jazz. Today’s performance takes you on a journey from classic jazz tracks of the 1950s and 1960s
to the sounds of modern-day hip-hop, exploring the source of various jazz samples used in hip-hop and truly
integrating the two genres.
Free
5.30pm – 6.40pm The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Big Sing – Spirituals
Ahead of our evening concert of Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, join renowned vocal leader Ken
Burton, director of the London Adventist Choral, for a workshop exploring spirituals. This free vocal workshop
is open to singers of all abilities.
Free
7pm, Royal Festival Hall
Morley College’s A Choir of Our Time
Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Singers
Morley College
Voicelab
In Harmony Lambeth, Centre for Young Musicians, Bromley Youth Music Trust, Junior Royal Academy of
Music
Community choirs from Lambeth and Southwark
Andrea Brown, conductor
Ben Elin, conductor
Programme:
Excerpts from The Planets
Gustav Holst
A Child of Our Time
Michael Tippett
Sunday 30 June
10am – 12.30pm The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Neighbourhood Orchestra
Come and join our Neighbourhood Orchestra! This all-comers orchestral session is what music is all about:
uniting people, having fun and hearing new ideas. Under the baton of conductor Ben Ellin, the
Neighbourhood Orchestra rehearse a selection of familiar pieces during the morning with a performance at
12 noon.
10.30am – 11.15am; 11.30am – 12.15pm; 1.30pm – 2.15pm; 2.30pm – 3.15pm; 4pm – 4.45pm
White Room, Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall
Music for little ears and voices
Music-making workshops for carers and young children with Early Years music specialist Michele Wolfson.
Suitable for babies and toddlers up to 4 years old.
Free
10.30am – 12 noon, 12.30pm – 2pm, 2.30 – 4pm, 5pm – 6.30pm,
Mercers Gamelan Room at Royal Festival Hall
Family Gamelan workshop
Become a member of the Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra. The gamelan generates rich,
mesmerising sounds and is a rewarding musical and social experience. No experience necessary. Suitable
for adults and children aged six and above. Children under 13 must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Free
1pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
The Centre for Young Musicians Dance Band
The Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) provides specialist music training for London’s school students on
Saturdays throughout the school year and the CYM Dance Band was formed in September 2003 as part of
the Saturday Centre ensemble activities. It has since gained a reputation for performing the great dance and
th
big band music from the mid-20 Century (Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington etc) as well as
arrangements of other jazz and pop standards, TV and movie themes.
Director: Peter Shrubshall
2pm, Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
The Nucleo Project
The Nucleo Project provides free music education through six-day-a-week orchestral participation, based on
the nucleos of El Sistema in Venezuela. The project is based in North Kensington and currently runs two
orchestras – a string orchestra, for children aged three to seven, and a symphony orchestra for children
aged eight and up. The orchestras began rehearsing in February 2013 and the project has already grown to
involve 45 children, aged three to 14, from ten different local schools.
2pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Centre for Young Musicians Chamber Choir
Following the CYM Dance Band, join the singers from CYM in a performance of a cappella chamber
repertoire.
Free
2.15pm – 4.30pm, J.P. Morgan Pavilion, Sunley Pavilion, Level 4 Green Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Have a Go with the LPO
Have a go at playing an orchestral string instrument under the guidance of an expert. You can try your hand
at the violin, cello or double bass in these interactive sessions.
Free
2.30pm, Level 2 Central Bar at Royal Festival Hall
Tomorrow’s Warriors Junior Band
This young quintet (all aged between 12 and 15) are the latest in a long line of musicians to begin their
journey with Tomorrow’s Warriors, and have been wowing audiences around London with their confidence,
skill and passion for jazz music. They last appeared at the Southbank Centre in February as part of Imagine
children’s festival, and also performed at the Music For Youth Regional Festival Series in March.
Free
3pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Coda Fiddle Orchestra
Coda Fiddle Orchestra is Bournemouth's "Sistema" style project offering free tuition on violin and the
opportunity to perform as an ensemble, where no child is excluded due to inability to pay.
It is directed by Jack Maguire, a national adjudicator for Rotary Young Musician and former co-leader of the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The Honorary Patron is Nigel Kennedy and the President is Maurice
Patterson MBE. The project is managed by the Coda Music Centre. It is the only project of its kind in the UK
that is entirely dependent upon private donation, including Comic Relief, Bournemouth Rotary, the Mayor's
Charities and many other organisations. Some children benefit from individual tuition provided through the
scholarship scheme which is supported by donation from many individuals. 2 beneficiaries of this scheme
won places at the Yehudi Menuhin School.
4pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Edmund Waller School Orchestra
The orchestra began four years ago as a small group of 12 keen instrumentalists wanting to play music
together. The group has steadily grown to over 60 children who meet each week before school. The
orchestra aims to be as inclusive as possible, offering a meaningful way into sharing and playing music
together, and professional musicians help facilitate, inspire and encourage the members. Their conductor
and arranger is Una Birtchnell.
4pm, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall
CYM Chamber Concert
Wonderful young musicians from Centre for Young Musicians, based at Morley College in Lambeth, present
a concert of chamber music.
Free
4.30pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
Making a Musician – Film screening
Throughout Nucleo film-maker Richard Playfair is working with a group of young people over the three days
to investigate ‘what makes a musician?’ Drawing on the musical journeys of the Nucleo participants, the
advice of the mentors and the testimonials or the audience members, the first edit of this film project
captures the energy of Nucleo and the importance of music making in our lives.
6.00pm, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Inspire!
Members of the National Youth Orchestra join forces with other young musicians for this scratch-concert: the
exciting culmination of NYO’s Inspire Day. Participants will have spent a day in the life of the orchestra,
meeting and rehearsing with Principal Players and tutors, and taking part in open sectional rehearsals
around the Southbank Centre. Associate Conductor Gerry Cornelius will lead this unique teenage
orchestra’s first ever performance, which features the emotionally charged Overture from Leonard
Bernstein’s West Side Story.
Notes to Editors
About Festival of Neighbourhood with MasterCard
Running from 4 May to 8 September, Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood with MasterCard
celebrates the idea of neighbourhood and explores the concept of what makes a good neighbourhood and
what it means to live side by side. Local communities and partners from across the UK and abroad will
participate in creating the festival – from Lambeth and Brixton in South London to artists and young people
from Pelhourino in Salvador, Brazil – with a wide-ranging programme of themed weekends, performances,
talks, outdoor art installations and urban greenery across Southbank Centre’s 21-acre site. The outdoor
festival landscape opens on 1 June 2013. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/neighbourhood
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most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and
architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal
Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry
Library and the Arts Council Collection. For further information please visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk