Staffordshire Music Partnership
Little Sounds part of Big Music Venture
A whole new world of music is opening up for children and young people in Staffordshire thanks to the efforts of a new collaborative project, The Staffordshire Music Partnership (SMP).
Comprising a number of local and regional organisations, the SMP is celebrating its success as being one of five partnerships to have been awarded a grant of £200,000 from the government after a round of national competitive bidding.
Staffordshire Performing Arts, the County Council's music service, has brought together a number of partners to create the SMP, including Manchester Camerata, Make Some Noise, the New Vic Theatre, Sound it Out Community Music and the School Improvement Division, with Cannock Chase District Council, East Staffordshire District Council and Staffordshire Moorlands Council.
View the Principal Partner Profiles.
The grant will be used to develop a whole range of musical activities and events in Rugeley, Cheadle and Uttoxeter, enabling more young people aged between 3 and 19 to experience a wider range of music making activities, for example, learning an instrument, playing together in bands, going to live workshops, taking part in concerts, and listening to internationally known musicians appearing the towns.
The SMP will be working closely with schools in the areas and with other groups such as the Community and Learning Partnerships to develop the projects.
The international violinist Tasmin Little will be visiting some of the schools involved and also working with the Manchester Camerata to put on concerts and workshops locally. Sound it Out will be working with other partners to provide training for teachers. Make Some Noise will lead on Early Years work and band building projects, whilst the New Vic will be developing workshops around its Christmas production. The year-long project will culminate in a final celebration performance in June 2009.
View the aims, objectives and initiatives.
View the programme.
The Staffordshire Music Partnership which has the support of the Arts Council England West Midlands will be linking in with work already being done by Staffordshire Performing Arts and especially with some research being undertaken by Keele University on how music can affect other aspects in the lives of children and young people.
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18/11/2008 11:56:04
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