20th March 2019
Nearly 1500 local school children came together to perform five concerts at The Ashton Hall as part of the 2019 Lancaster and District Schools’ Singing Festival. The children aged between […]
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1st March 2019
In early February groups from special schools across Lancashire came together at Ridgewood Community High School in Burnley for their annual sharing event.
1st February 2019
Cath Sewell, Regional Manager for Lancashire Music Service reflects on the underrepresented of women in some areas of the music industry
30th January 2019
Amplify, our youth music council for Lancashire, has been developing a manifesto for music education and their vision for the future of musical opportunities in our county.
Read More about Amplify – Young people helping to shape the future of music education in Lancashire
24th January 2019
In February Lancashire Music Hub has launched a series of free instrument workshops aimed at players at all levels of ability – from beginners to advanced. The three full day […]
18th January 2019
The Lancaster & District Schools’ Singing Festival, started over 70 years ago, has seen the most significant increase in the number of schools and children engaging with the Festival for 2019 with over 1400 children from 28 primary schools will taking part.
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6th December 2018
Local young musicians got the chance to learn from top folk duo Twelfth Day in November as part of a masterclass, funded by Lancashire Music Hub. Fiddler Catriona Price and harpist Esther Swift […]
22nd November 2018
On Sunday 11th November, Lancashire Youth Brass Band took part in a large scale Armistice Show at Preston Guild Hall “The Great War Remembered”. It was a magnificent disparaging of team work with the story of World War 1 told in music, song, dance, drama, and with a cast of over 700 children taking part.
Read More about Lancashire Youth Brass Band involved in Armistice performance at Guild Hall…
22nd November 2018
Sing Up Day is the perfect opportunity for bringing your local community together in song. It’s easy to take part, the song and event are free, and it’s an easy fit with your planned singing events
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19th November 2018
Lancashire Music Hub are working in partnership with HMDT Music to support their TIME project taking place in 6 Lancashire schools over the next 3 years. TIME – Testing Impact, […]
19th November 2018
This year LYCB (Lancashire Youth County Band) had a change of venue for their residential and went to Borwick Hall for their annual weekend trip. The residential’s provide great musical […]
Read More about Ensemble Residential at Borwick Hall with LYCB
16th October 2018
Lancashire Music Hub are excited to announce the launch of a new group for young singers – Lancashire Jazz Youth Vocal Ensemble (JYVE)
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8th October 2018
After school music making opportunities with ensembles and tuition available
2nd October 2018
For over 50 years, generations of young people from across Lancashire have been making music together in our county ensembles. Building on this long history, the six ensembles we have […]
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17th September 2018
Lancashire Music Hub has created a new and improved music offer designed specifically for secondary schools.
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12th September 2018
We are thrilled to announce our new long-term collaboration with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra which will see a NYJO Regional Academy launched in the county in early 2019
Read More about National Youth Jazz Orchestra Regional Academy coming to Lancashire
12th September 2018
An amazing opportunity to collaborate with musician and composer Chris Sharkey (trioVD, Roller trio, Acoustic Ladyland) Listen play, experiment and have fun making music that represents the personalities within the […]
Read More about Shiftin’ Jazz Ensemble – Call out to Young Musicians…
16th July 2018
The weather held out at Lytham St Annes for a glorious weekend of brass at our first Brass at the Seaside festival…
21st June 2018
Manchester Camerata and Lancashire music hub worked together to provide school pupils and young participants a unique opportunity to work alongside their professional musicians, build new musical skills, knowledge and experience.
Read More about Young pupils and players perform with Manchester Camerata…
13th June 2018
More Music brought together PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties) students from three SEND schools early this month to share the vocal work they’ve been doing in school over the year and to collaborate as an ensemble.
Read More about LYVE SEND vocal project brings together PMLD students at gathering…
6th June 2018
More Music’s annual Catch the Wind Kite Festival returns to Morecambe Promenade on Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 June from 12pm to 5pm. Catch the Wind regularly attracts thousands of people to Morecambe […]
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4th May 2018
Since the beginning of the academic year, our ‘Trombone Trio’ have been on a tour of the county with a little help from pBone.
30th April 2018
Music technology specialist and practitioner David Ashworth has provided a free resource for music teachers which demonstrates how iReal Pro app works – covering the essential functionality of the app.
Read More about FREE Music Resource for Music Teachers KS2 to KS5
27th April 2018
Two of our county ensemble youth bands have been invited to play at the acclaimed National Festival of Music for Youth this July. Lancashire Youth Brass Band and HONK! The […]
Read More about Lancashire County Youth Bands to perform at National Festival of Music…
9th April 2018
More Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Loz Kaye as Artistic Director and successor to Pete Moser who founded the organisation in 1993.
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28th March 2018
Earlier this year Lancashire Music Hub appointed a new Music Director for one of its County Ensembles Lancashire Youth Concert Band (LYCB), Gayle Coleman.
Read More about Lancashire Youth Concert Band (LYCB) welcomes new Music Director
28th March 2018
In early Spring Lancashire Youth Brass Band recently spent a residential weekend at Borwick Hall for the 3rd year running. The weekend not only gave the young musicians the chance […]
Read More about LYBB and HONK Street Band Perform at Music for Youth
28th March 2018
More than 1300 local school children came together to perform four concerts at The Ashton Hall to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Lancaster and District Schools’ Singing Festival.
Read More about Young Voices Sing Out at Lancaster Town Hall
12th March 2018
Has your school had The Lazy Mondays experience? Now in their 14th successful year this is a real live band experience in your school hall!
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Today our Brass Foundations team gave an extended presentation at the Music Mark Conference in Southampton.
We had a fab time letting music hubs and other education professionals know about the programme and how it is helping hubs to enrich their provision via partnership working with our Youth Development Brass Specialists, brass bands and schools.
Thousands of young people have taken part in Brass Foundations since it launched in 2021 and last academic year alone the programme worked in collaboration with 18 music hubs.
Today our COO Sarah Baumann was joined by BBE brass specialists Deirdre Waller-Box and Helen Minshall as well as our partners Ian Naylor from Sheffield Music Hub and Richard Hart from Warwickshire Music Hub.
Plus our Safeguarding team were on hand at out stand to answer questions on how we can support you with our MusEd Safe training.
We're still at the remainder of the Music Mark conference today so day hello or email us if you would like support in:
▶️ Establishing new ensemble opportunities
▶️ Developing partnerships with local community groups
▶️ Delivering workshop sessions in schools
▶️ Providing resources and training for brass staff
▶️ Providing high-quality performance opportunities for your young people
Get in touch: brassfoundations@bbe.org.uk #MMConference23
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