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East by North East 2019 Project Film

GemArts East By North East project is funded by Youth Music.

This short film celebrates all the amazing young people and their achievements on GemArts East By North East project, we hope you enjoy watching!

 During this third phase of East by North East, GemArts has been able to work with over 270 young people from BAME, asylum seeker, refugee and wider communities, providing high quality culturally diverse music making opportunities across Newcastle and Gateshead, working in partnership with community groups, schools, Gateshead Council and Sage Gateshead.  

We have further expanded the programme to include more opportunities for young women from diverse communities to take part in music making to address the gender gap that exists nationally, and in addition have developed a new project strand in Gateshead to work with young people from Syrian refugee communities. 

The programme includes regular weekly music sessions, accreditation through Arts Award, progressions routes, recordings, sharing events and performances.  We have demonstrated how music making can raise young people’s confidence, aspirations, opportunities and skills, increasing motivation and helping them to be empowered, whilst celebrating their identities and the region’s rich musical and cultural diversity.  

In addition we have continued to build on our exemplar programme by expanding and further diversifying the workforce and skill of music practitioners in the North East through CPD, training and development.

GemArts would like to thank:

All the young people, support workers, teachers, volunteers and music leaders who have taken part, contributed and supported the project.

All our partners - CHAT Trust, Excelsior Academy, Life Transformation Church, North Benwell Youth Project, Benfield School, Greening Wingrove, Gateshead Housing Resettlement Team, Gateshead Council and Sage Gateshead. 

Youth Music for their generous support of GemArts East by North East project.

 

Filmed and edited by Jodie Canwell.

To find out more about this project and others contact GemArts at info@gemarts.org or visit www.gemarts.org

GemArts is core funded by Arts Council England and Gateshead Council.