Cornwall Music Service Trust Gala Concert and Pupil of the year award

On July 8th 2022 the Cornwall Music Service Trust will be putting on their Summer Gala concert in the gardens of the Princes Pavilion, Falmouth.

Come see an amazing set of performances from some of our incredible young musicians from the Cornwall Music Service Trust. There will be a mix of singers, instrumentalists, soloists, ensembles and the Mabe Ladies Choir. An evening of music in celebration of the life of James Sargent with something for all to enjoy.

Bring a deck chair, a blanket and a picnic or there will be food stalls along with the cafe and bar which will be open.

A retiring collection will be taken for the James Sargent Early Years Music Education Trust.

No need to book tickets, just turn up and enjoy!

For the younger musicians there will be a free music workshop earlier in the day along with a Maestro Tots concert for our future young musicians.

Elevate Youth Conference

Elevate! – An online youth conference designed by young musicians for young musicians across the UK! – Sunday 3rd July 1.30-5pm

Following a successful bid for an ‘activate’ award funded by Sounds Connections, the Tri-borough Music Hub Youth Voice Council and Kingston Music Service Youth Forum have joined forces to co-curate their first ever online youth conference for young musicians across the UK. Both Youth Forums have been working together online and in person at the Royal College of Music to plan, produce and curate this exciting online free event open to all 10–18-year-old musicians.

With interactive workshops (including beatboxing, jazz improvisation and body percussion), attendees will have the opportunity to hear what’s going on in other hubs around the UK from young people themselves.

Join us for this free conference, where music education matters!

With guest speakers including MOBO award winning Moses Boyd, and workshops by Shamime Ibrahim, Matt Holborn and Inspire-works, young musicians will have the opportunity to have their say on what they want from their music hubs and how we can ensure every young person in our local areas have equal access to music tuition and opportunities for music making.

To sign up click this button:

SuperStrings Summer Spectacular!

The Cornwall Music Service Trust SuperStrings are back and bigger than ever! The SuperStrings are beginning to reach orchestral size with the addition of percussion, woodwind and brass making the group bigger than ever!

Come see the group at Truro Methodist Church on the 10th of July for an event not to be missed!

One Small Bird at The Minack Theatre

by Kate Stilitz & Jilly Jarman

Presented by the Minack Theatre and Cornwall Music Service Trust
and performed by students from the following schools:

28th June

• St Maddern’s C of E School

• St Mary’s C of E School

• Ludgvan School

• St Hilary School

• St Levan Primary School

30th June

• Nancledra Primary School

• Mousehole Primary School

• Trythall Community Primary School

• Pencoys Primary School

with choirs from Cape Cornwall School and Humphry Davy School, members of the Cornwall Youth Chamber Choir and dancers from The Lockwood Urban Dance and Theatre School

A song cycle inspired by the RSPB’s 2014 discovery of the migratory route of one of Britain’s rarest birds, the red-necked phalarope.

Facing huge obstacles, this tiny creature which weighs no more than a packet of crisps, successfully crosses the Atlantic between Shetland and Peru every year. It passes through environments as diverse and challenging as the icy regions of the north and the storms of the Caribbean.

This little bird’s journey tells an inspiring story about strength and resilience in the face of harsh conditions, and of the unstoppable drive for survival among earth’s creatures.

One Small Bird has been performed by young people and community groups across Britain and we are thrilled to share this extraordinary story with you at the Minack, through the voices of the children of Cornwall.

South West Youth Orchestra 2022

This exciting opportunity (made possible by South West Music School) will take place from August 15th-19th 2022 at Millfield School, Somerset.

The 5 day residential course will be free for all musicians 18 and under accepted on the course. Applications from over 18s are also welcomed and if accepted, applicants will be asked for a contribution towards accommodation and meals of £175.

The aim is to give talented young musicians (Grade 7+) a one-off opportunity to meet and rehearse with like minded players from the wider South West region and to form a full Symphony Orchestra.

Please check out https://swyo.swms.org.uk/ for more information about the course, and for application forms and guidance.

Application deadline: June 19th 2022

If you have any questions please contact swyo@swms.org.uk and we will be happy to help.

Additional Course Information

South West Music School are delighted to be launching South West Youth Orchestra 2022! 

South West Youth Orchestra is an exciting and forward-thinking new youth orchestra,  designed to equip the region’s most talented young musicians with the skills they need to  build a positive future with music.  

SWYO musicians will be guided through an intensive 5 day residential course by a passionate  team of professional orchestral musicians who have a wealth of real work experience.  

As well as rehearsals, sectionals and the final performance, SWYO musicians will benefit from  a number of enrichment activities designed to support them in their development as  emerging orchestral leaders. 

Course Dates 

Monday 15th - Friday 19th August 2022 (including a final performance on 19th August)  Course Venue  

Millfield School, Butleigh Road, Street, BA16 0YD  

SWYO 2022 Fees  

The true cost of putting on South West Youth Orchestra is in excess of £550/person.  However, we are determined to ensure that the region’s most talented young musicians can  participate in SWYO regardless of their financial situation.  

Therefore, we ask over 18s for a contribution of £175pp towards the cost of the course.  

If you would like to apply but are unable to contribute the £175, please get in touch with us  by emailing swyo@swms.org.uk – this will not affect your application.  

Current SWMS students ,SWMS alumni from 2020 or 2021, and non-SWMS students aged 19  and under: Please note that South West Music School will fully subsidise your place on South  West Youth Orchestra this year.  

Repertoire  

In 2022, South West Youth Orchestra will perform the Brahms G minor Piano Quartet, as  arranged by Arnold Schoenberg in 1937. We will be diving into this rarely performed piece,  getting to grips with the transformative structure, capturing the essence of the “gypsy  rondo” and generally finding our way with this neglected masterpiece. You can listen here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NywzRoKEl10  

We will announce additional repertoire nearer the course – stay tuned! 

Application Deadline – 23:59 on 19th June 2022  

South West Music School (SWMS) is a charity (Charity No. 1138482) and registered in England as a company limited by  guarantee (Company No. 7307202). Registered office: Bishop Fleming, 10 Template Back, Bristol. BS1 6FL  

Cornwall Youth Brass Band Play Day

We are super happy to announce that there will be a new Play Day presented by the Cornwall Youth Brass Band in collaboration with the Cornwall Brass Band Association.

This will be taking place at Truro College on Sunday the 26th of June between 10am-1pm.

“As we are now moving forward after a dearth of music making over the last 2 years we wish to encourage, particularly our up and coming  youngsters, to come and share this day with us to make music.”

Dianne Williams, CBBA

If you would like to register for the play day then please sign up following the button below.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cornwall-youth-brass-band-returns-tickets-351315603427

Three Spires Singers Concert on the 2nd July

What a season this is proving to be for Three Spires Singers! There has been great response to their boundary-pushing programmes with Graham Fitkin’s new Humphry Davy work in November and then Russell Pascoe’s original take on the requiem genre last month. It was wonderful to see so many of people at these first two concerts “post-Covid”.

For the Three Spires Singers July concert they are going back to some enduring, established classics by Mozart and Haydn.

Mozart’s C Minor Mass is full of angst, drama and unfettered joy, but there are also moments where Mozart shows his gift as a writer of melodies that transcend worldly things and take us onto another plane. Exhibit A is this clip from Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s recording of the work which I listened to a lot at university – the central ‘Christe’ section will melt even the most stressful of days: click here -
https://youtu.be/d55USFu6w-Y?t=148

As well as lots of involved writing for the choir, the work showcases two soprano soloists. You need exactly the right singers for these, with a tonal palette and vocal technique worthy of the music. Fortunately, the Three Spires Singers have Kirsty Hopkins and Rhiannon Llewellyn who I assure you will be worth the ticket price on their own.

They will be welcoming back Frederick Brown to play Mozart’s 23rd piano concerto. Freddie has performed since his days as a chorister in the cathedral choir, (you may know his parents Ian and Sarah who are linchpins of Three Spires Singers, among other things). It has been wonderful to follow his journey through Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music to his current position as a pianist and conductor with Welsh National Opera. Freddie has always thought deeply about music (and many other things!) but when he played Mozart 21 with the Three Spires Singers a few years ago he showed that enviable quality of being unencumbered by all of that thought when in the moment of performance – we can’t wait to hear his stylish and beautiful playing again on 2nd July.

TICKETS

All seats unreserved - come early for the best seats.

Only Patrons and Friends are given named and reserved seats, in the zone of their choice. If you'd like to know more about joining this group of supporters, see our website: click here.

Nave £25 - Gallery £20 - Side Aisles: £18 - Age 25 or under £1
The ticket price includes the cost of a concert programme.

Tickets available from Minack Theatre Box Office services - click on the blue button below or phone 01736 810181.

They run a paperless system - you will receive your e-tickets by email just after ordering, and also by SMS telephone text message 48 hours before the performance.

Charanga Training Workshops with the Cornwall Music Service trust and Cornwall Music Education Hub

SEND Focused Charanga CPD & Training Workshop
Venue: Threemilestone Primary School, Polstain Road, Threemilestone, Truro, TR3 6DH
Date & time: Monday 20th June, 16:00-17:30

Our award-winning SEND scheme, Anyone Can Play, integrates seamlessly with other Charanga Musical School resources to offer you a range of musical activities ideal for both mainstream and SEND settings. It provides planning and progression for your students, with optional whiteboard resources encouraging inclusivity for every child.

We’ll also explore Charanga CREATE – an award-winning resource with in-depth video and planning support to take teachers and students, step by step, through how to use iPads in creative projects.

To register please follow this link - https://cornwall.charanga.com/training_events/3544

Composing with Charanga Musical School Workshop
Venue: Bugle School, Fore Street, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8PD
Date & time: Tuesday 21st June, 16:00-17:30

Encouraging and enjoying composition with your pupils

In this session we'll look at the many composing activities in the units as well as the apps available including Music Explorer and Music Notepad. We will consider ideas to hone and extend compositional skills bringing confidence to your teaching and pupils' composing skills.

To attend this workshop please click here - https://cornwall.charanga.com/training_events/3543

Getting More From Charanga Musical School

Venue: Weeth Primary School, Holman Avenue, Camborne, TR14 7GA
Date & time: Thursday 30th June, 16:00-17:30

The session caters for those already familiar with the Schemes but looking to extend their use and knowledge of the award-winning programme. We will explore the range of resources it provides, how to create and share lessons with your classes, its Assessment Framework, Creative Apps, Song Centre and more.

To attend, please register here - https://cornwall.charanga.com/training_events/3547

Music and a message of hope

Some words from the teacher

The reason for doing this project was to continue the success of the Cop 26 project - we had lots of interest from Bangladesh for that, so they became the next country to learn about and reach out to. The floods in Bahia had just happened at the time we decided to do the project and obviously tied in with samba teaching, so that became the other focus country. We called it Messages of Hope because it was intended as a message of solidarity, child to child.

We did the art as specific lessons to tie in with the theme. We tried to take a multi media approach to learning about the countries involved. We even made lemon tea at Windmill (for the Bangladesh project).

We did have a really great time making the film and children in both schools always ask me if we are going to do more! I have also had a number of students ask to sign up for strings / drumming lessons.

St.Catherines School, Launceston - a piece of music for Bahia, Brazil

Windmill Hill Academy - a piece of music for Bangladesh

Play West - a new ensemble for Penzance

PLAY WEST

Introducing a new music ensemble for young musicians in West Cornwall!

Come along and join us on Monday June 13th at Madron Daniel Primary School, Bellair Road, Madron, Penzance from 3:45-4:45pm - ALL LEVELS AND INSTRUMENTS WELCOME!

This is a great way to improve your musical skills, make friends and create music!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Free this term

£30 a term thereafter

If you would like to know more or register your interest please email Christine Judge

cjudge@cornwallmusicservicetrust.org

Saltash Songs & Shanties Festival 10-12 June 2022

 A new music festival will be coming to historic venues across Saltash for a weekend in June. Saltash Songs & Shanties Festival is inspired by the town’s buildings, people and beautiful countryside and features events for the whole family.

“Saltash is a vibrant and friendly town filled with enthusiastic and talented people of all ages.  A summer weekend of live music is so welcome. Let’s get all corners of the gateway to Cornwall resonating with sound and enjoyment!”

— Judy Whitlock, composer and musician.

The Festival kicks off by welcoming the youngest audiences to Jude’s Music Menagerie at Saltash Library (10.30am and 11.30am, 10 June). From Baby Sharks to Nellie the Elephant, babies, pre-schoolers and their carers are invited to sing-along with instruments large and small – animal outfits welcome!

In the evening of 10 June there is an opportunity to join in and learn shanties and songs with Cornish choir leader and folk singer Claire Ingleheart. The Shanties & Songs of Land & Sea workshop takes place at Saltash’s beautifully refurbished railway station building at 7.30pm and features stories of inspirational women of Cornwall in song, including Saltash rowing legend Ann Glanville.

Saturday 11th June sees string and wind players from across South East Cornwall and Plymouth perform melodic new music by local composer Judy Whitlock alongside works by former Cornish resident Peter Warlock. This classical event takes place in the elegant Guildhall at 7.30pm. Live music continues into the evening at pubs and bars across the town with gigs at The Brunel Inn, Union Inn and more.

The final day of the Festival, Sunday 12 June, features three concerts of music, very new and very old. The day starts at 1.30pm with Elizabethan music at Mary Newman’s Cottage, the oldest building in Saltash (dating from 1480). Matthew Spring will perform on Lute and Hurdy Gurdy while visitors can explore the beautiful house, garden and cafe.

The Railway Station hosts Heaven’s Thunder, a live music and film screening at 4pm. This concert premieres excerpts from the film made of a theatrical show involving horses, riders, musicians at Duchy College in 2021, along with captivating photographs of the horses. The visuals are accompanied by a live performance of songs from the show by 20 costumed singers and instrumentalists.

The Festival ends at the historic Church of St Nicholas and St Faith with a performance by acclaimed Early and World music group Sirinu. The Eliza is the Fairest Queen concert includes lively tunes from the time of Elizabeth I, to celebrate the jubilee year of Elizabeth II, featuring popular songs and dance tunes from the court and countryside.

“This will be a great weekend for discovering new music and exploring Saltash with friends and family. The historic buildings in this town are real hidden gems and the enthusiasm from musicians for performing in them has been amazing.”

— Lindsay Endean, Festival Director

Tickets and more information available from www.songsandshanties.co.uk

This event is funded by Tresorys Kernow with support from Saltash Town Council and Tamar Protection Society. Tresorys Kernow is a pilot project to breathe new life into towns and villages, using culture and heritage to bring some joy in the context of Covid recovery and climate adaptation.