BlueJam Arts enables young people with learning differences to access gamelan
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As part of Gamajam, our Youth Music funded project, we have been working with young people taking part in the National Citizenship Service (NCS) and members of The Heathlands Project, a day centre for adults with learning differences.
We find Gamelan instruments are easily accessible to people of all abilities and a wonderful vehicles for making music in a group. We met every day for a week starting with an introduction to the gamelan, creating our own 'story' and musical exploration of the story, having a lot of laughs on the way and ending the week with a short performance. The young people doing NCS were introduced to Heathlands Project and found out about volunteer opportunites at the centre - and they threw themselves into the programme with gusto, giving support where needed. What an inspiring week!