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.
David setting up the equipment for the session.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
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.
David and Jim singing with the group
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.
One of the students, and David recording the group singing “Scoot Doggy Dog”.
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.
Some of the group singing and playing percussion instruments, during the session.
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.
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.
A participant playing tambourine along to the music.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
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.
Some of the group playing the percussion instruments, and singing their song “My Friend Chic”.
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.
Chic the Teddy Bear
To find out more about SoCo Music Project, visit the links below:
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 once again, there was lots of noise, energy, and enjoyment within the room.
Participants playing percussion instruments along to the music.
Here are more members of the group playing percussion instruments.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
David of Global Music Visions C.I.C., Richard, a volunteer from the Portsmouth Central Library, and the Conan Doyle Collection officers met in the Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth. We were there to record Richard describing the contents of the handling boxes, for people who are blind and visually impaired. This information will also be available online through the Exhibition website.
David and Richard working in the studio.
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We had a fun music afternoon at Minstead Trust in Portsmouth, working with a group of people with all different abilities. They were able to request songs to listen to, play percussion instruments, sing, and clap along to their chosen pieces of music. They also enjoyed playing along to music we at Global Music Visions C.I.C. have composed. There was lots of noise, energy, and enjoyment within the group, and we look forward to returning soon.
David working on the laptop during the session.
To find out more about Minstead Trust, and their services in the Portsmouth and the New Forest area, use the contact details below.
We spent the afternoon filming with my Lloyds mentor and two members of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) team, at Lloyds Banking in London. The film will highlight the experiences and relationships between mentors and mentees, and will be used for training purposes at Lloyds.
The team from IOEE, filming with David and his Lloyds mentor.
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The event, organised by Toucan Diversity Training Ltd, was held at Gunwharf Quays today. Facilitated by Madissa Asgari MA, BA (Hons) and David Shervill, Founder of Global Music Visions C.I.C. the topics covered included: History and Models of Disability, Understanding Visual Impairment, and how to promote inclusive practice around visual and communication needs.
David of Global Music Visions C.I.C. and the Conan Doyle Collection officers met in the Charles Dickens Centre, Lake Road, Portsmouth.
Richard reading scrips in the studio.
We were there to record another session of audio description, narrated by Richard a volunteer from the Portsmouth Central Library.
These describe images in detail contained within sixteen panels from the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. The information on each panel will be read out using a pen friend, or other hand held device.
This will enable sighted and visually impaired persons to have equal access to the artifacts within this portable exhibition.
David recording Richard in the Studio.
We create digital music workshops with the visually impaired consultancy, for blind, visually impaired and disabled people of all ages.
