Live Music Week 2019

The Music Service has now re-instated the age-old tradition of bringing Live Music Week performance to schools. 15 May – 17 May 2019

From previous feedback, we have scheduled this event during SATs week.

What we offer:

Book a performance to inspire and motivate your pupils to take up an instrument, or perhaps as a precursor to a Whole Class Ensemble Teaching programme.

Our musicians will be in your school for 1 hour, which includes a performance of 45 minutes.

We are interested in suggestions from schools for possible themes or styles that will engage your pupils in a bespoke way. Anything from Bollywood to Grime…surprise us!

Charges:

£100 per performance
or £50 for schools signed up to a Premium Hub Subscription Package or on a WCIT programme for 2018/19.

Requiem CPD

Led by Krista Ribbons and BBC Concert Orchestra’s composition workshop leader, Sarah Freestone, this closed CPD event is for teachers from the 7 primary schools involved in the Requiem Project to sing through the material and to answer any questions.

Requiem Performance *RESCHEDULED*

This is the rescheduled date for the Requiem Great Yarmouth concert.

The REQUIEM project comes to a close with an unmissable performance at Great Yarmouth’s iconic Hippodrome theatre on Wednesday 27 June 2018.

Led by Creative Collisions, this multi-partnership project marking the centenary of WW1 is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Norfolk Music Hub and is a member of the IWM Centenary Partnership.

Over 250 students will perform alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra in a unique collaboration of music, artwork, and spoken word performance commemorating the stories of Great Yarmouth’s people during WW1, researched and developed by the young people themselves.

Students’ research for Requiem’s music, writing and artwork will be showcased in a touring exhibition and displayed at Tide & Time Museum, Great Yarmouth, at Easter 2018.

This is a very special experience and tickets are free for this event but must be booked in advance. Due to the large amount of performers involved audience seating is very limited. Each child is limited to 2 invited audience tickets for the evening which can be booked from the Hippodrome. It is expected that this event will sell out.

 

Charanga Cafe – Advanced

Delivered by Madeline Casson, this CPD event is available free of charge to all schools signed up to any Hub Subscription Package or £75 otherwise.

This event is aimed at teachers who are confident and experienced with using Charanga Musical School. There will be time to explore the wide range of additional resources such as the Listening Centre, Charanga Sing – the new song bank, Music Explorer and the comprehensive Assessment framework. You will also be shown how to create and share lessons with pupils through Music World.

Find out more about Charanga Musical School here.

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There is also Advanced Charanga Cafes being held at Admirals Academy, Thetford on 30th January 2018 and Holly Meadows, King’s Lynn on 31st January 2018.

GYSMA Festival of Carols

The Great Yarmouth Schools’ Music Association ’67th Festival of Carols’ takes place over two nights, 29th and 30th November 2017, providing opportunities for the pupils of Great Yarmouth to experience playing, singing and performing live music together.

Tickets are £9 for Adults & £8 Concession/Children

The tickets are available to book online but please check the plan to see where your child’s school is sitting, and make sure you book diagonally opposite your child to enable you to see them as there are viewing restrictions, check with the box office if you are not sure 01493 844172.

Live Music Week 2018

For this Academic Year, the Music Service has re-instated the age-old tradition of bringing Live Music Week workshops to schools.
4 June – 7 June 2018

What we offer:

Book a performance to inspire and motivate your pupils to take up an instrument, or perhaps as a pre-curser to a Whole Class Instrumental Teaching programme. With a wide range of exciting groups and themes on offer, you will need to be quick off the mark to secure a slot.

Our musicians will be in your school for 1 hour, which includes a performance of 45 minutes. We have 8 musical themes to choose from, from ‘A history of music’ to ‘At the movies’. Where possible, we aim to provide schools with their first choice of theme.

Charges:

£100 per performance
or £50 for schools signed up to a Premium Hub Subscription Package or on a WCIT programme.

Norfolk Music Hub Awards 2017

As part of the Norfolk Music Hub Expo, which took place on Thursday 9th March 2017, we held an awards ceremony, to recognise and celebrate the hard work that individuals, schools and organisations put in to music education across the County.

The categories were open to public nominations, from which the Executive Board for Norfolk Music Hub chose the shortlist. The shortlisted nominees were then interviewed by Ian Cooper, Assistant Head of Music Service, and the winners were announced at the evening event of the conference at Dunston Hall.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

Innovation Award (Head of Music)

Fiona Sexton – Flegg High School (Winner)
Michelle Wolfe – Alderman Peel High School
Peter Strudwick – Springwood High School

Innovation Award (Music Coordinator)

Krista Ribbons
Rachel Salton (Winner)
Pete Cuss

Secondary Music Department of the Year

Springwood High School
Alderman Peel High School (Winner)
Flegg High School

Primary School Music Award

St Martha’s Catholic Primary
Edward Worlledge Community Primary (Winner)
Wells-next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery

Complex Needs School Music Award

Fred Nicholson School (Winner)
The Clare School
Ellingham Hospital School

In-school Ensemble Award

Edward Worlledge Staff Choir
Springwood High School Concert Band
Old Buckenham High School Jazz Band (Winner)

Hub-led Ensemble Award

Aylsham Community Ensemble
Norfolk County Youth Orchestra
Norfolk Symphonic Wind Band (winner)

Music Leader Award

Jess Berners
John Stephens (Winner)
Matthew Hardy

Hub Engagement Award

Springwood High School

Charanga Cafe

Our next Charanga Cafe is being held in Gorleston on Monday 6th March. It is *free* for all staff attending from Great Yarmouth schools. To book your place, please email alison.corfield@norfolk.gov.uk.

Charanga Musical School is the most significant new Primary music resource for a decade which is being used by over 100 Primary schools across Norfolk. It’s a living cloud-based resource that brings together great music, modern pedagogy and the latest educational technology. It supports all aspects of music in school including the new music curriculum, as well as providing children and their families with opportunities to continue learning and exploring music at home through Music World. In this CPD Session you will be able to see Charanga in action and every participant will receive a Charanga license free of charge for their school until September 2017 in order to get to grips with this fantastic resource.

Norfolk County Strings

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Venue

The Fisher Building, City of Norwich School

Rehearsal day & time

Mondays, 7.25pm – 8.45pm

Playing level

Grade 4-8+

Conductor & coaching staff

Helen Barber
Geraldine Evans

Repertoire

A higher-level string orchestra playing traditional and contemporary music. The Norfolk County Strings is a vibrant group who produce a robust string sound – a fantastic opportunity to make music with other string players.

Quotes or recent highlights

In March 2024 Norfolk County Strings performed at the Music for Youth Regional Festival in Kings Lynn. The feedback they received from the music mentors was very complimentary. They praised the “rich resonant sound” of the ensemble and the “expressive use of dynamics and tempo”.

How to join

New players welcome throughout the year. Violas especially welcome.

Register

Contact music.service@norfolk.gov.uk, 01603 303348

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