Hampshire Music
Education Hub
HUB Newsletter 10
Autumn 2016
Welcome...
...As we move into double figures of this
publication and the 4th year for the
Hampshire Music Education Hub, we can
reflect upon the amazing 2015-16 year.
Looking ahead, 2016-17 plans are well
underway for an exciting year ahead The Chairman’s Year of Music. Cllr Keith
Chapman, Chairman of Hampshire County
Council, has chosen ‘Youth Music’ as the
theme for his chairmanship year and we’re
here to ensure that it doesn’t go quietly.
Themes include increasing musical activities
and awareness, enabling a ‘youth voice’ for
music and promoting the breadth of musical
and cultural journeys - we know Hampshire
is up for the challenge! For more info:
www.cyom.hmsensembles.org.uk
#CYoMMIE
Chairman’s Year of Music
launches at Festival of Brass
Starting back in March, The Festival of Brass
was a series of three massed concerts led by the
Hampshire County Brass Bands. First up was the
Training Band alongside the North East Hants
Area School Bands, followed by the Junior Band
The number of activities
increased significantly this in May alongside the Portchester, Fareham and
Gosport Youth and Bay House Brass Bands.
year and around 55,000
Both events were supported by ‘first access’ or
young people benefitted
beginner/early level players from the locality. The
from a wider range of
final concert, at Hub Partner The Anvil in June,
fantastic musical and
consisted of all three County Youth Bands. They
cultural opportunities.
were supported by ‘first access’, a staff ensemble
Please read on for
summaries of just some of and Endangered Species players - a project
these events and projects. encouraging beginners on low brass instruments
to engage the next generation of talent. The
concert finale saw over 200 players play three
Jill Larner, Head of Hampshire Music Service pieces en masse.
Please see our website for news and forthcoming events:
www.hantsmusichub.org.uk
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Contact us with your news, comments and suggestions:
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Partnership news & events across Hampshire
The community gathered to tell the story of Noah and the big flood
As part of the Hub Partner Winchester Festival’s annual event, Hampshire Music Service brought
a musical spectacle to Winchester Cathedral, with their performance of Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s
Fludde, accompanied by singers of all ages, and a range of extra instruments from recorders to
teacups. Around 250 performers took part, following weeks of regular rehearsals. Some 50 young
string musicians took up the opportunity to join the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, along with
children and young people from Romsey Youth Choir, St Bede’s Catholic Primary School
Basingstoke, Kings Furlong Junior School, Locks Heath, Owslebury Primary School, Winchester
and Winchester Area Schools Orchestra. Noye’s Fludde was originally a medieval ‘miracle and
mystery play’. These plays were representations of Bible stories, devised to teach the Bible to a
largely illiterate population. Based on the story of Noah, Noye’s Fludde then provided the text for
Benjamin Britten's opera, first performed in 1958 during the Aldeburgh Festival.
County Youth
ensembles
impress on
the continent
on summer
tours
The Hampshire
County Youth
Orchestra (HCYO)
and the Hampshire
County Youth
Training and Junior
Bands (HCYTB,
HCJB) set off from
Dover for their
summer tours this past July. HCYO travelled
down to Hungary, with an overnight stay in
Nürnberg, Germany, before packing in five
concerts in different locations as
well as sightseeing and
recreational activities. Venues
included Odubai Summer
Festival in Budapest and Vac
Cathedral. HCYTB/HCJB toured
the French-German border in the
areas of Alsace and the Black
Forest. Concerts also totalled
five, including parks and town
squares, getting a real feel of the
communities they are visiting. Tour blogs:
www.hants.gov.uk/ensemble-tours
Dominic Peckham inspires vocal
leaders of Hampshire
Music teachers, vocal professionals and choir
leaders gathered at Marwell Hotel at the start of
July for a day of networking, workshops and
inspiring sessions to get more of Hampshire
singing and more importantly - singing well! The
day kicked off with keynote presenter Dominic
Peckham, who was a lead mentor on BBC2’s
Naked Choir, aired last year. Delegates were left
energised and valued as vocal leaders as they
moved into three workshop sessions from singing
for wellbeing, working with groups in a range of
educational phases and abilities, to how singing
can fit into the curriculum and the school day.
Workshop tutors included Ed Price of Hub
Partner the BBC Singers, Steve Giles whose
projects span the Atlantic, the ex-head of
Sheffield Music Hub Mary Heyler, Nikki Hewson
from Out of the Ark and the Music Service’s own
Nick Duncombe. OUP, Rock Schools Limited and
Out of the Ark joined the conference with their
trade stands. Delegates
couldn't wait to provide
feedback: “Thank you
for another great event.
So great to devote a
day to singing, valuing
the place of singing in
the curriculum and
beyond.”
#HantsVocConf
Partnership news & events across Hampshire
Musical genres and instrument groups celebrated at festivals...
Woodwind Festival multi-events before big finale
High level instrument days for young clarinet and saxophone, double
reed and flute players occurred through Jan to March, followed by a
playing day for grade 1+. All fed into The Big Woodwind Event at the
end of April at Hub Partner Thornden Hall. Showcases of the county
youth Flute Choir and Double Reed Ensembles and area wind
ensembles warmed up the audience before players from the feeder
events showed what they’d learnt over the previous months.
World Music Festival brought together families to
experience world music percussion workshops
King’s School, Winchester and Hub Partner Tower Arts, was the stage for
a cultural blast of world percussion music in May. Workshops included
Javanese Gamelan, West African drums, Samba, Cajón, Indian Tabla
and Japanese Taiko. Performances peppered the day with Samba
groups from Westgate and Henry Beaufort Schools, Winchester, and the
North East Hants Taiko group. The event was pitched at all ages above 7
years old and there was a real family atmosphere throughout the day as
groups attended half or full days. Locally-based Thai Orchid provided
great food onsite and Solent TV filmed the event throughout the day,
which you can find on YouTube. #HantsWMfest
Internationally renowned Gary Ryan works with keen young guitarists
Beginning the day working with Hampshire Music Service teachers for
their CPD, Gary Ryan then held a masterclass and an extended
techniques session for young guitarists. Other workshops were available
for songwriting, fingerpicking and working with looper pedals. Beginners’
and parents’ workshops were also available and
proved extremely popular, bringing generations
together in their learning. After the workshops a
concert was held, showcasing young talent from
across the county, and beyond, of all ages.
Performers had been spotted from previous
events or had applied by sending in performance
videos. The standard really impressed Gary
Ryan, who then wowed the audience with his
own skills, leaving the audience shaking their
heads in amazement. #AGfest
Published 5.9.2016
Partnership news & events across Hampshire
Bitesize Hub Highlights
It was the turn of the secondary
schools this year for the Ten
Pieces project. Hampshire
pupils also took part in the
Ten Pieces II prom at the
Royal Albert Hall. We hope you
all tuned in to watch it...
In June, for the first time, a
separate KS1 recorder
jamboree accompanied the
annual KS2 jamboree. It was
well attended by over 100
Hampshire school pupils at
Hub Partner Thornden Hall.
Hampshire young talent play to
3500 primary schoolchildren
Thousands of primary pupils descended on
Hub Partner The Anvil, Basingstoke, to watch
local ensembles and singers play familiar
favourites in the annual Primary Proms. North
East Hampshire Schools Brass Band,
Basingstoke Area Youth Orchestra, Gosport
and Fareham Youth Orchestra, Havant
Clarinet and Saxophone Choir, the Hampshire
County Training Band 10-piece, Romsey Youth Concert Band and the Hampshire Youth Folk
Ensemble, a youth percussion ensemble and singers from Swanmore College all treated the pupils to
a wide variety of music at four sessions over two days. The Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat
mass singalongs, that schools had practised before the event, proved a real hit!
A year of firsts to inspire more young musicians
2015-16 saw the introduction of two area guitar ensembles, in Basingstoke
and Eastleigh as well as the Hampshire Youth Folk Ensemble, who have
impressed at county council events as well as the primary ceilidh in their
maiden year. Keep an eye out for new first access area ensembles for
2016-17. County and area ensembles have offered free tuition and
instrument hire for beginners under the ‘Endangered Species’ banner,
which encourages take up of specific instruments with low numbers. More
places will be offered in 2016-17. Hampshire Music Service staff were
travelling to Hampshire primary schools over the year to provide free ‘Live
Demos’ or concerts, fulfilling the new NC live music requirement. Concerts
included how sound is made and manipulated by instruments, as well as
exploration of musical terminology. Live Concerts will again be funded free
to Hampshire schools this year.
This term sees the start of the Schools’
Award Scheme for Hampshire schools
as part of the Chairman’s Year of
Music. Packs will be going to schools
at the start of term asking to log
music-related activities. Certificates will
be presented to schools as well as
awards including e.g. a class set of
ukuleles. Get involved!
www.cyom.hmsensembles.org.uk
#CYoMMIE
Thank you for your interest in Hub activities. Look out for the next newsletter in the Spring term
Making Music Together – Participate, Enjoy, Achieve!
Tel: 023 8065 2037 Fax: 023 8061 8241 Email: [email protected]
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