Brass & Percussion players aged 9-18 come join our fun day on Sunday 14th July 10am – 1.30pm at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Special guests Bach Artist – Mark Kavuma, Kinetika Bloco Brass Bands England as well as Phil Parker Ltdhttps://www.gsmd.ac.uk/…/national-brass-percussion-day…
On Monday this week Kate was delighted to perform alongside pupils from King’s School in Rochester, along with visiting choirs from IAPS schools across the country. The Festival of Singing was the first event of it’s kind run by IAPS and was held at the stunning Rochester Cathedral, with proceeds being donated to the itrust charity.
Pupils sang a variety of songs, including religious choral works and popular / folk numbers. Kate’s involvement was to play with the orchestra for 2 of the massed choir pieces; Vivaldi’s Gloria (on piccolo trumpet) and the Benedictus from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man – which included a bass drum loud enough to make the audience, choir and orchestra alike jump out of their seats!
Congratulations to everyone involved in this inaugural event; it was a big undertaking and we hope there will be many more to follow.
We are delighted to announce MMA’s Easter Music Courses for 2024.
There is something for everyone.
· KS1 Music Courses for pupils in Years 1 and 2 – No experience required.
· Beginner Music Course – No experience required through to Grade 1 Standard.
· 2 Day Instrumental Course – For instrumentalists Grade 2 to Grade 8 Standard.
· Online Music Tech Beginner Course (FREE) – No experience required.
· Online Music Tech Intermediate Course (FREE) – For those with some experience of using BandLab.
MMA are keen to get as many pupils involved as they can. Please visit their website (https://www.medwaymusicassociation.co.uk/eastermusiccourses2023) for more information and to apply.
As we work as Licensed Music Teachers with Medway Music Association / Dynamics we are pleased to share with you the news that MMA’s Saturday Music Centre will re-open on Saturday 23rd September and is welcoming new members. MMA’s Music Centre is only £15 for the whole year and is a fantastic affordable opportunity for the young musicians of Medway.
More details can be found on MMA’s website: https://www.medwaymusicassociation.co.uk/saturdaymusiccentre
Kate has worked in partnership with Dynamics – The Medway Music Education Hub since June 2022 offering fully funded brass lessons at Balfour Junior School. From September, she will be teaching funded trumpet, tenor horn and keyboard sessions! These sessions will run on Friday afternoons. They are always very popular so please contact Ms Kember or the school office if you wish to apply for a space for your child. Instruments and a tutor book will be provided for your child to use for the duration of the sessions (usually limited to 30 sessions per child, with an option to continue studying with Kate privately after the funded sessions have ended).
We are delighted to share with you Medway Music Association’s Summer Music Courses for 2023!
There is something for everyone:
· KS1 Music Courses for pupils in Years 1 and 2 – No experience required.
· Beginner Music Course – No experience required through to Grade 1 Standard.
· 3 Day Instrumental Course – For instrumentalists Grade 2 to Grade 8 Standard.
· Online Music Tech Beginner Course – No experience required.
· Online Music Tech Intermediate Course – For those with some experience of using BandLab.
MMA are keen to get as many pupils involved as they can. Please visit their website (https://www.medwaymusicassociation.co.uk/mmasummermusiccourses2023) for more information and to apply. The closing date for applications is Saturday 1st July 2023. We hope you find something that you think your child/children might enjoy!
Meet some of our 21-22 Keyboard Club Members:
Name: Tom
Year: Reception
Favourite Song: “The wheels on the bus”
Favourite Colour: “blue”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I love learning the notes with the keyboard”
Name: Beau
Year: One
Favourite Song: “Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (I call it Mamamia)”
Favourite Colour: “blue”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I want to learn about the keyboard”
Name: Lucy
Year: One
Favourite Song: “‘Barking at the Moon’ from the Bolt movie”
Favourite Colour: “yellow”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I like playing the keyboard”
On Friday 13th March the Balfour Infants Keyboard Club were due to perform “The Paratrooper” – a piece they had been working hard on all term. This was to be their first performance in a school Celebration Assembly too, so we were all very excited!
Unfortunately due to the ‘social distancing’ required by the COVID-19 pandemic the assembly was cancelled, and the school was closed at the end of that day until further notice.
Fortunately however, we filmed the performance that the Keyboard Club were going to make at our club session the day before – we were a few members down due to the pandemic, but here are Ethan, Amreen, Mariam, Poppy and Leo performing “The Paratrooper”.