Charanga Sing!
29th November 2017
New Charanga Sing is a major development within the Musical School primary and special school programme and it replaces the existing Song Centre. As well as providing an additional 220 […]
A look back at this summer’s Big Show
24th November 2017
On 28 June 2017, Lancashire Music Hub brought together nearly 1000 children and young people from primary and secondary schools, special schools, More Music and our County Ensembles for the […]
Streetband Orkestra del Sol workshop is a hit!
15th November 2017
Band members from the Lanacashire Youth Streetband ‘HONK’ were among 23 participants of Orkestra del Sol’s Drums ‘n’ Brass workshop on Sunday 12 November 2017 at More Music in Morecambe. […]
Music Masterclasses for North West Students
9th November 2017
Music students from Lancaster and Morecambe College, Morecambe High and Preston College have recently been treated to music masterclasses from James Carey, Artist Manager/ Producer at Evoke Music Management and […]
Lancashire School Wins VIP Music Competition
8th November 2017
Huge congratulations to All Hallows Catholic High School for winning Charanga VIP Studio Session’s national competition ‘School of the Year’ for their whole-year rap project. VIP is funded in Lancashire […]
BBC Ten Pieces Launches Online Uploader
20th April 2017
The popular BBC Ten Pieces’ website now includes an online uploader, to allow young people and schools to send in and share their creative response and content for their BBC […]
Nick Gibb: The Importance of High Quality Arts Education
19th March 2017
The schools minister talks to the Music and Drama Education Expo about arts as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. Read the full article here.
The New Lancashire Music Service Schools Brochure
18th March 2017
The new 2017/18 Lancashire Music Service brochure will be sent out to all schools soon after the Easter holidays and will also be avaialble to download from this website. As […]
Charanga’s Musical School Launch Exciting New Percussion Writer
18th March 2017
The new Percussion Writer tool, in the successful primary eduction platform, Musical School, helps you get the most out of your classroom percussion instruments. There is an example score, where […]
Showcasing a 19-Track Dubstep Album from All Hallows School
9th February 2017
Students from All Hallows school in Lancashire have produced a 19-track Dubstep album, all made using Charanga’s VIP Studio Sessions. A group of mainly Year 9 students from the school, have made […]
The Impact of Instrumental Music Learning on Attainment
8th February 2017
The British Journal of Music Education recently published a research article by Professor Susan Hallam and Kevin Rogers on the impact that learning a musical instrument has on core academic […]
Drumming Masterclass with Former Drummer of Elbow at Lancaster and Morecambe College
31st January 2017
Richard Jupp, who was the drummer with Elbow for 25 years, visited Lancaster & Morecambe College (LMC) this month to hold a drumming masterclass with Music students. The afternoon started […]
NYJO Working with Musicians from Lancashire and Cumbria
9th December 2016
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra will be coming to the North West in January to work with talented young musicians. They will be delivering workshops with Lancaster Royal Grammar School […]
New SEND/ASL Section in Charanga Musical School
27th November 2016
Charanga has recently launched a new SEND/ASL section within its award-winning Musical School programme for Primary and Special schools. The new Charanga SEND/ASL section is a Scheme of Work called […]
New Research Highlights Good Practice in Whole Class Ensemble Tuition
27th November 2016
Music Mark, Professor Susan Hallam MBE (UCL Institute of Education) and a convened Steering Group, have undertaken a research with its members into Whole Class Ensemble Teaching (WCET). The research covers: […]
School Governors Guide to Music Education
14th November 2016
Music Mark (a national subject organisation for music) has collaborated with the National Governors’ Association and Arts Council England to create this really useful guidance documents for governors in schools, […]
Lancashire Youth Vocal Ensemble (LYVE) Triumph at International Conference
14th November 2016
LYVE leader and LMS Singing Teacher Emma Williams was interviewed by Youth Music about this inspiring Lancashire group, following their acclaimed performance at the International Society of Music Educators conference […]
The Strength of Street Knowledge: Hip Hop and Music Education
4th July 2016
The Strength of Street Knowledge: Hip Hop and Music Education is an in-depth blog post from the Youth Music Network site. The article talks about the growth of this genre […]
A New Guide for School Governors About Supporting Music Education
15th May 2016
Music Mark has collaborated with the National Governors’ Association and Arts Council England to create two guidance documents for governors in schools.
Listen, Imagine, Compose Resources
15th May 2016
Sound and Music, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and Birmingham City University are offering free access to some their resources which include starting points, lesson plans, and schemes of work.
Lancashire Youth Brass Band Receive Silver Award
15th May 2016
Lancashire Youth Brass Band receives Silver Award
Survey Reveals Major Positive Impact of Musical School in UK Schools
31st March 2016
In the past year, two masters theses have presented evidence that schools using the Charanga Musical School programme have experienced a significant improvement in music teaching.
Musical Route: A Landscape for Music Education
29th September 2015
Musical Route: A Landscape for Music Educations
The Basement Project Practice rooms
17th March 2015
We have 2 practice rooms to hire at our Healey Grange studio facility in Burnley. One connected to our Recording studio, each room can be set up with a backline […]
Skelmersdale Band Qualify for National Finals
9th March 2015
Skelmersdale Prize Band, along with a coach load of supporters, were out in force last weekend at the North West Regional Championships at Blackpools Winter Gardens.
Last Choir Singing Success
9th March 2015
St Josephs RC Primary School Choir sing their way to success.
BBC Ten Pieces
20th June 2014
Ten Pieces is an exciting new initiative for primary schools, led by BBC Learning and the BBC Performing Groups, focusing on classical music and creativity.
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Our fantastic LYSO and LSSO have been working hard all year and working with some exciting partners! well done for all the wonderful hard work and great music makingWell - we are just catching our breath from our fantastic concert with Preston Opera last Saturday bringing our busy season to a close. We are always sad to say goodbye to our leavers Tess, James, Gemma and Felicity who have made such a valued contribution to the Lancashire Youth Symphony Orchestra. We wish them all the very best for the future. Hope to see you all at the 50th Birthday Celebrations for our Alumni next season.
Just some photos too to remind ourselves of some of the exciting musical collaborations with our partners that we got up to this season; Rossall School Rossall School Chapel Choir, Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy Lancaster Priory Church, Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra.
Concerts of this quality would not happen without hard work at our rehearsals throughout the year. Special thank you goes to our fantastic team of tutors and our Music Director Helen Harrison Conductor who inspire our young musicians to achieve their potential. Lancashire Music Hub
The Voice Kids 2020 is coming to Manchester - apply now!
They are looking for super talented solo singers and duo’s aged 7-14* who have what it takes to take over The Voice Kids stage!
Link to the formal application for is here - www.itv.com/thevoicekidsuk/apply
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