It was an enjoyable morning, working alongside Ben from Music Fusion, delivering an introductory music session, at their base in The Spring Arts Centre in Havant.
To find out more about Music Fusion and the services they offer, use one of the following links below:
Website: www.musicfusion.org.uk/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/musicfusionuk
It was great to be back with the group at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth. The theme today was “the seaside”. We also listened to music and played the percussion instruments.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest areas, use the contact details below.
Website: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMinsteadTrust/
Phone: 023 8081 2297
It was an enjoyable music workshop, with an enthusiastic group of people. After a brief introduction to Music Technology equipment, the group engaged in using this equipment and real instruments to construct, play, and record music together, with support from the team at Global Music Visions C.I.C.
Thank you to everyone who supported this project, Southsea Green Fingers Project, Eastney Community Centre, Tesco Bags Of Help, and to the participants for making it so much fun.
To find out more about Southsea Green Fingers Project:
www.facebook.com/southseagreenfingersgardeningcrafts/
Eastney Community Centre:
www.facebook.com/eastneycommunitycentre/
Funded by Tesco Bags of Help
We had another exciting afternoon of music with everyone at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth. It was great to see the group try new activities. It was loud, energetic, and most importantly fun.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest areas, use the contact details below.
Website: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Facebook: facebook.com/TheMinsteadTrust/
Phone: 023 8081 2297
It was a brilliant noisy afternoon of music at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth. Everyone joined in playing percussion instruments, and some in the group led parts of the session again. It was great to see how much the participants remembered from our last session, and their smiles showed they were having fun.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest areas, use the contact details below.
Website: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMinsteadTrust/
Phone: 023 8081 2297
It was great meeting the group for our first music session. They enjoyed playing the percussion instruments and creating lots of noise.
To find out more about Stand Up Portsmouth visit their Facebook page using the link below.
It was good to return to deliver another afternoon of music at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth, working with a group of people of all abilities. Everyone joined in playing percussion instruments, and some in the group led parts of the session too. They enjoyed moving to different types of music, and it was great to see everyone joining in with lots of enthusiasm.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
Website: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMinsteadTrust/
Phone: 023 8081 2297
David and Jim have been facilitating music workshops to enable a group of VI and non-VI students to achieve the Arts Council England Bronze Arts Award.
With additional support from the teaching staff, the students were able to complete their work using iPads, laptops, Braille Notes, pens and paper, and music equipment. The students were able to achieve the following objectives:
Participating in an Art form: The students wrote the lyrics and composed the music for a song, which was recorded by a fellow group member. This was then put on to a CD, for their evidence folders. David and Jim supported this.
Attending a music event: The School hosted a charity event, which some of the group attended. David and Jim also hosted a short event for the group in the VI Unit of the School.
Inspirational person, duo, or group/band: Group members chose someone to write, draw or talk about, who inspires them through the art of music.
Pass on a particular Arts Skill: This included demonstrating keyboard, guitar, drumming, and music technology skills to the group, and to Jim and David.
This project has been documented by the facilitators, through weekly written evaluations, staff at the school, through feedback, discussions, photo/video evidence, and quotes. The students, through their participation on the project, written quotes, question feedback sheets, and their evidence folders, and photo/ video captured.
To find out more about SoCo Music Project visit one of the links below.
Website: www.socomusicproject.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SoCoMusicProj/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/socomusic
We had another fun afternoon of music at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth, working with a group of people with all different abilities. Everyone joined in playing percussion instruments, and some in the group led parts of the session too. There was a real buzz of energy in the room, and everyone was in a festive mood at the end.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
Website: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheMinsteadTrust/
Phone: 023 8081 2297
David and Jim went to Southampton Sight to run a music workshop for a group of visually impaired young people. It was a group with quite a wide age range.
After a sing-along warm up, the group decided to compose a song about a teddy bear called Chic. Mind mapping their ideas onto paper gave the group the opportunity to think about and discuss what Chic might be like, what he would like to eat, things he liked to do, etc.
They wrote their own lyrics to the song using the ideas from the mind map. The song was called “My friend Chic”, and was inspired by a participant’s teddy bear.
They randomly chose some chords, which Jim used to create a tune on the acoustic guitar.
Using percussion instruments to play along with Jim, the group sang the lyrics they had written. The group also performed the song at the end of the session to friends, family, and staff members.
Everyone had an enjoyable time, according to the feedback received.
To find out more about SoCo Music Project, visit the links below:
Website: www.socomusicproject.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SoCoMusicProj/
Twitter: twitter.com/socomusic
To find out more about Southampton Sight, and the services they offer, visit the links below:
Website: southamptonsight.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sotonsight2010/
Twitter: twitter.com/sotonsight?lang=en
Contact Number: 023 8076 9882