Some of the other initiatives and events we have supported recently:
In September we wrote to all 9 Primary Schools between Swanage and Wool, and offered the opportunity to take part in a Singing Schools Project, led by Susannah Nettleton. This involves Susannah going into each school for 2 afternoons, about 2 to 3 weeks apart, and teaching Years 3 & 4 five songs, three to be sung by all, and one individual one for each year group. The song structures include call and response, canon, verse and chorus, with singing in unison and harmony. At the end of the 2nd session, a short concert is put on either for parents or for other classes to listen to. The class teachers are very much involved, both in working with Susannah and with continuing to work on the songs during the intervening weeks between her visits. Three schools have competed the project this term (Swanage Primary, St George’s Langton and Wool CofE) and three more are booked in for next term, with a 4th agreeing dates as I write. The sessions have been very popular, with excellent feedback from the staff and pupils at the schools visited so far.
Our next project is another visit by professional musicians into school assemblies. A brass ensemble - Conical Sonicals - will tour the area in September, playing to whole-school assemblies as the first stage of our ‘Inspire, Encourage and Develop’ initiative, where a special performance leads to offers of beginner group placements, and instrumental lessons.
Local young musicians recently showed the talent that exists in Purbeck at a joyous evening of music making at the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage on 3rd July. A concert organised by Purbeck Youth Music showcased talented players, school choirs, groups and soloists. We were treated to performances by new ensembles of brass, woodwind and violins, most of whom have been learning instruments for less than a year.
Along with the choirs and soloists, it was rewarding to watch the new groups which have formed since the expansion of instrumental teaching in our Purbeck primary schools. There was a brass group made up of children who have been learning for less than a year; a similar woodwind group and a Traditional Fiddlers group which has only been working together for a few months. They all played with great concentration and took bows amid much applause. The faces of the students playing and singing showed such concentration as they played and sang for their families and friends.
On June 4th we gathered at Sandy Hill Arts, behind the station in Corfe Castle, to celebrate our special guest Tony Viney, along with family members and many of his long-standing local friends from the musical and artistic community.
Summer Term 2023
Earlier in the year we were fortunate to find Matt Tarling, making the most of the recent Camillus Camilli fund recently donated to Purbeck Youth Music by Tony Viney for strings teaching. Beginner groups for violin have started for 30 young players in the Purbeck area.
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