Latest newsletter from Sound Connections
Welcome to the latest Sound Connections e-newsletter. Summer has finally arrived and we're even looking forward to the Olympics (if not the travel chaos!) We also have a great opportunity for a new Wired4Music Coordinator to join our team. Read on to find out more...
Wired4Music Coordinator Vacancy Sound Connections is seeking an enthusiastic, dedicated and hard-working coordinator for Wired4Music, our young Londoners’ music council. This is an exciting and diverse role in a small and dedicated team. If you're motivated by supporting and enthusing young people in their creative and personal development, we'd like to hear from you. Click here for more details
Early Years newsletter The latest London Early Years Music Network (LEYMN) e-newsletter was sent out last week to an ever-expanding group of musicians and practitioners working and interested in early years music-making. If you didn't receive the e-newsletter - packed with interesting articles and resources - you can read the latest instalment here. Make sure you're signed up to LEYMN and the half-termly Early Years e-newsletter by updating your details.
Latest Wired4Music Blog Wired4Music is partnering with Underage Festival at the end of August, and plans for W4M involvement in the festival are currently being developed. Council member Helen Finnegan shares her thoughts in her latest blog. Read Helen's blog
Other upcoming opportunities Classes and Courses at Cecil Sharp House The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) has a range of classes and courses this Summer & Autumn at Cecil Sharp House including folk music-making for young people and adults. Find out more
“CASH in HAND” - Creativity Industry Finance Hosted by CIDA in partnership with the Arts Council England, this event on 26 July will discuss a new Arts Council initiative - Creative Industry Finance. Find out more
Creative Connections Programme The Royal Opera House is running a professional development programme enabling teachers and creative practitioners to develop the skills to design and lead projects that support young people’s creative learning from November. Click here for more details
Out and About Over the last fortnight, Sound Connections has met with the British DJMC Academy, Making Music, Music Teacher magazine, UBS, Camden Music Education Hub, Mocca Amsterdam, Bishopsgate Institute and Drake Music, undertaken child protection training with Arts Work, and attended the last ever National MusicLeader meeting, Christina Coker's Youth Music farewell at the Southbank Centre, Harry Roberts Nursery, BT River of Music, 20x12 Festival at the Southbank Centre and Grand Union at the Hackney Empire.