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SUMMARY:Classical Café for Primary Schools: Aurora Strings
DESCRIPTION:Join Musinc and Aurora Strings for a 50-minute interactive concert\, exploring music from films and video games. \nYou’ll learn more about the individual instruments\, as well as how different musical techniques are used to represent moods and emotions. \nThis concert will support the following areas of the Model Music Curriculum: \n– Musicianship: singing in unison\, performing actions alongside song and moving in time to the beat \n– Listening: a live performance of music from different traditions and composers\, learning about the instruments as well as the stories\, origins\, history and social context of the music \nAurora Strings are the North East’s leading string quartet with years of experience in performing for concerts\, private and corporate events and recording session. They were recently selected by Feva to regularly perform for their Candlelight Concerts in venues such as Durham Cathedral\, Sunderland Minster and The Discovery Museum\, Newcastle where programmes have included Hans Zimmer\, Queen\, Pink Floyd\, Taylor Swift\, ABBA\, Coldplay\, Adele and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. \nThis event is open to school groups and home educating families and has been designed with KS2 children in mind\, although is suitable for all primary aged children. \nThis concert will include live BSL interpretation. \nPlaces are free. To book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form. \nFind out more about our Schools Programme.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/classical-cafe-for-primary-schools-aurora-strings/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Schools
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SUMMARY:Shine Schools Festival
DESCRIPTION:Shine Festival is an inclusive festival\, providing an open stage and live feedback for school ensembles across the Tees Valley area. \nWe want to showcase the amazing music schools are making every week! \nPerformances will take place in either the morning session\, 10.30am-12noon\, or afternoon session\, 1.30pm-3pm. \nSee who’s performing this year on our Shine Festival page. \nAudience tickets will be arranged through your school.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/shine-schools-festival/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250609T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250609T180000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: The End Times
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to making music with electronics using an apocalyptic musical blackboard! \nDuration: 90 minutes (including a 15 minute break).\nParticipants: Aimed at young adults (11-18) with some experience of music\, no experience of technology necessary. Up to 16 participants (8 per blackboard)\nDelivery Team: Liza Bec (Facilitator)\, Harry Bassett (Facilitator)\, Enzo Samuel (Sound Engineer) \nStructure: \n\nIntroductory performance (5 minutes)\nHow does the blackboard work? Intro to contact mics\, chalk\, blackboard paint and more! (10 minutes)\nSound and visual design using touchpads and MIDI keyboards to control different elements of the blackboard sound – tone\, reverb\, visuals\, pitch (15 minutes)\nCreation of original blackboard pieces\, working with a facilitator\, in 2 small groups. (30 minutes)\nSharing and feedback (15 minutes)\n\nWorkshop Outcomes: \n\n\n\nEnhanced Understanding of Interactive Sound Design\nParticipants will gain hands-on experience with contact mics and blackboard chalk to create dynamic sounds. They will learn how to manipulate various sound elements (such as tone\, pitch\, and reverb) using touchpads and MIDI keyboards.\nIncreased Confidence in Creative Collaboration\nParticipants will collaborate to create original blackboard sound pieces. This will encourage teamwork and inspire creative thinking\, allowing participants to experiment with different techniques and to confidently share unique ideas.\nDevelopment of Technical Skills\nParticipants develop skills in using technology such as touchpads\, MIDI keyboards\, and movement-sensitive wristbands to control sound and visuals.\nIncreased Understanding of the Intersection of Music\, Visual Art\, and Technology\nParticipants will explore how music\, visual art\, and technology can intersect in an interactive\, creative environment. This will deepen their understanding of sound design and inspire new ways of thinking about how art and technology can be integrated.\n\n\n\nAccessibility: The workshop is fully accessible and can be BSL or audio described\, please ask for further details. Real chalk is provided for use during the workshop. Movement sensitive SOMI-1 wristbands can be used to control blackboard pitch where this is preferable to the use of chalk. \nDBS: Lead artist is fully DBS checked and on the DBS Update Service \nTo book onto the workshop\, please fill in our sign up form and make sure to include ‘The End Times workshop’ as the group/session you’re interested in. For enquiries\, email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk. \nSupported by the National Lottery and Arts Council England.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/workshop-the-end-times/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Schools,Young People
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SUMMARY:Classical Café for Schools: The End Times
DESCRIPTION:What happens when you plug a blackboard into a computer and use it to make music? Come and experience Liza Bec’s original apocalyptic coming of age tale featuring a magical musical blackboard. \n\nThe End Times is a novel and an album in one\, a theatrical soundscape with one foot in the supernatural and one foot in science. \nLiza will use their self built cyborg recorder\, the roborecorder\, featured in the Museum of Science and Industry\, to control the sounds made by the blackboard from afar. Listen as haunting vocals\, fragments of spoken word and soaring winds swoop over driving synths and polyrhythms. \nNarrated by David Ryder Prangley (Rachel Stamp\, Adam Ant). \nThis concert will support the following areas of the Model Music Curriculum:\n– Musicianship: singing in unison\, performing actions alongside song and moving in time to the beat\n– Listening: a live performance of music from different traditions and composers\, learning about the instruments as well as the stories\, origins\, history and social context of the music \nThis event is open to school groups and home educating families and has been designed with KS2 children in mind\, although is open to any young person aged 7+. \n\n\n\nTo book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form. \nA free\, electronic music making workshop is also available at 4.30pm – 6pm aimed at ages 11-18. \nSupported by the National Lottery and Arts Council England.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/classical-cafe-for-primary-schools-the-end-times/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Schools
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SUMMARY:Classical Café for Primary Schools: Cri du Canard
DESCRIPTION:Monday 31st March 2025\, 1.30pm-2.30pm\, free \nShare in the joy of French folk music and dance from this trio of musicians! \nCri du Canard are a French folk trio\, currently based in the North of England. \nWith passion and experience coming out of their ears\, these three highly regarded musicians throw themselves into their work\, performing and leading workshops across the UK and EU with expertise\, humour\, and panache. \nCri du Canard are:\nGrace Smith – Violon\nSam Partridge – Flûte traversiere en bois\nDave Gray – Accordéon diatonique \nExpect to be transported to the beating musical heart of France\, with an experience as nourishing for the soul as a good bowl of boeuf bourguignon! \nThis event is open to school groups and home educating families and has been designed with KS2 children in mind\, although is suitable for all primary aged children. \nTo book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form. \nBook now
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/classical-cafe-for-primary-schools-cri-du-canard/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Schools
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SUMMARY:Music Careers Panel for Secondary Schools
DESCRIPTION:Monday 18th November 2024\, 1pm\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, FREE \nWe want young people from the Tees Valley to aspire to do amazing things! There are so many career paths available in music and we want to highlight what young people can achieve in our area. \n\n\n\n\nOur panel of local professionals will reflect the huge variety of musical professions\, inspiring young people to think more about careers around their strengths and interests and pursue a career in music.\n\nQuestions for our panellists can be submitted in advance. \nThis year’s panel will be hosted by BBC Tees Introducing host and rapper Shakk. The panellists are: \n\nAmelia Coburn\, singer-songwriter\nChristina Andropolis\, musician\, teacher and Youth Music project co-ordinator\nClaire Dupree-Jeans\, editor of NARC magazine\n\nQuestions for our panellists can be submitted in advance. \nSuitable for all secondary aged young people including home educating families. \n\nTo book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/music-careers-panel-for-secondary-schools/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Schools
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241105T133000
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SUMMARY:Classical Cafe 'Chillout' for Primary Schools
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 5th November 2024\, 1.30pm – 2.30pm\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Free \nIn the first concert of our 2024-25 series\, musicians Sarah Paterson and Jeremy Harbottle present a musical journey: from sadness\, joy\, and excitement\, through to relaxation and peace. \nJeremy (cello) and Sarah (harp) will perform a 50 minute interactive concert exploring moods in music. This concert will support the following areas of the Model Music Curriculum:\n– Musicianship: singing in unison\, performing actions alongside song and moving in time to the beat\n– Listening: a live performance of music from different traditions and composers\, learning about the instruments as well as the stories\, origins\, history and social context of the music \nThis event is open to school groups and home educating families and has been designed with KS2 children in mind\, although is suitable for all primary aged children. \nAbout Jeremy\nAt the age of 14\, Jeremy attained grade 8 piano and cello\, and has won local young musician awards. He then undertook a diploma in piano\, gaining a scholarship to study cello with the Royal College of Music (alongside a chemistry degree at Imperial College London!). Now\, he teaches cello\, piano and singing\, is principal cellist of local orchestras\, and performs around the UK – including playing many of the major cello concertos as soloist. He has conducted numerous choral symphonic works as musical director of four choirs for over fifteen years. \nAbout Sarah\nSarah graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Honours). During her time there she was selected for the BBC Philharmonic Professional Experience Scheme\, awarded the Dianne Bolton Prize\, and performed at the Natural History Museum\, Wigmore Hall and the Baltic Art Gallery. Sarah enjoys a freelance career spanning recording\, teaching\, orchestral\, chamber\, and solo playing; most recently recording Pines of Rome with Black Dyke Band and performing Debussy’s Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane with Skipton Camerata. \n  \nTo book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form. \nSee more in our Schools programme.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/classical-chillout-concert-for-primary-schools/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Schools
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SUMMARY:Set Pieces Concert for Secondary Schools
DESCRIPTION:Monday 14th October 2024\, 1.30pm\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, £3 per student \nA live performance of classical works by Bach\, Poulenc\, Haydn\, Debussy and more by our orchestra of professional musicians\, with live commentary. \nThe concert is designed to showcase music from the set works of the AQA and Eduqas GCSE and A Level syllabuses. Our orchestra will perform extracts of the pieces\, with live commentary and analysis by classical music enthusiast Stephen Waller.\nThis event is open to school groups and home educating families and is suitable for all secondary aged young people. \n\nTo book your seats please email musinc@middlesbrough.gov.uk with a booking form.
URL:https://musinc.org.uk/event/set-pieces-concert-for-secondary-schools/
LOCATION:Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Middlesbrough Town Hall\, Albert Road\, Middlesbrough\, TS1 2QJ
CATEGORIES:Schools
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