From: Making Music South East <alice_at_makingmusic_dot_org_dot_uk>

Date: 18 March 2010 11:11:39 GMT

March eBulletin   Dear Ms Allen Welcome to the March edition of the South East eBulletin. This issue is packed with information and opportunities; and don't forget, if your group needs further support you can get in touch with us at any time: Oxon, Bucks, Berks, Hants, IoW and Channel Islands: alice_at_makingmusic_dot_org_dot_uk, 07838 251368 Surrey, Sussex and Kent: kate_at_makingmusic_dot_org_dot_uk, 07806 489482 Best wishes Alice Little and Kate Murdoch Regional Development Officers     CONTENTS Develop audiences Funding Advice Surgeries Cultural Olympiad Sing Up Berkshire Singing workshops Busking Cancer Chilterns Music   Develop your audiences Introduction to Audience Development Sat 22 May, afternoon: Chichester The Assembly Room, North Street Free, including afternoon tea - booking essential Come and find out more about current approaches to audience development, including local opportunities in the Chichester area, and ways to promote your group online. The seminar will be led by Kate Murdoch, Regional Development Officer (Making Music South East), and Duncan Hanner, Arts Development Officer (Chichester District Council). Please contact kate_at_makingmusic_dot_org_dot_uk to reserve a place.   Funding opportunities Arts and Business have a number of training days coming up - click here for details: 'Sponsorship Plus' seminar - Thursday 25th March - Maidstone 'Subsidy Junkies?' symposium - Friday 26th March - London Introduction to Sponsorship seminar - Thursday 27th April - Brighton Grants of up to £1,000 are available to groups in Kent taking part in Open Weekend 2010. See details on the Cultural Olypiad below, or visit this site for more information: www.kentsport.org/london2012/small_grants.asp ACE Grants for the Arts has reopened, and you can now make your application online! For more details visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-arts/grants-arts-2010 Two other funds that might be worth checking out for SEFAN are the J Paul Getty Junior Charitable Trust - for up to £250,000 for projects sustaining the arts, and the Colwinston Charitable Trust - from £5,000 to £25,000 for classical music groups to improve their standards of performance   Advice Surgeries Maidstone Sat 8 May, slots from 11am-3pm Hazlitt Arts Centre (Fourth Wall meeting room) Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PL Free! Many member groups have specific issues and ideas which they would like to discuss on a one-to-one basis with professional support from Making Music - so why not sign up to an individual slot of up to 45 minutes? Robin Osterley, Making Music's Chief Executive, will be on hand to offer advice with additional support from the regional team. We can research your specific topic in advance, so it's a great opportunity for some tailor-made support, at no cost to your group. Please email kate_at_makingmusic_dot_org_dot_uk by Thurs 1 April to register interest, with brief details of what you would like to discuss (so we can do some research in advance). Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.   Get involved with the Cultural Olympiad! - Kent To mark the countdown to the 2012 Games, you are invited to include your events in an Open Weekend celebrating art, culture and sport. From Friday 23 to Sunday 25 July members of the public will be able to try something different. If your event is selected to be included you will benefit from London 2012 marketing materials as well as featuring on the London 2012 website and media promotions. If your group is a non-profit organisation contact James_dot_Taylor_at_kent_dot_gov_dot_uk (01622 605062) for more information about how to get involved. In addition, Kent County Council 2012 Small Grants Fund is awarding grants of up to £1,000 - and this year is being ear-marked to support those organisations taking part in Open Weekend 2010. Details can be found here: www.kentsport.org/london2012/small_grants.asp   Sing Up in Berkshire Sing Up is running a Young Singing Leaders’ project to train young people to become singing leaders in schools and in the community. For more information about the young leaders’ programme, contact Gloria Garcia at gloria_dot_garcia_at_creativejunction.org.uk. They are also running a day of singing, inspiration and celebration, featuring vocal a cappella ensemble ‘Mouthful’. Teachers and singing leaders of any level of confidence and skill are invited to join them - - Tuesday 23 March 2010 - The Spirit Conference Centre, Farnham Road, Slough For more details contact mail_at_philippaberryarts_dot_com, or complete the booking form online at www.sloughmusicservice.co.uk/events. And if you are in Slough in the week of the 22nd March, don't forget to check out the Music Festival - www.sloughmusicservice.co.uk/festival; and the Arts Festival (taking place on 8th May) deadline for applications is Friday 26th March: www.slough-arts-festival.co.uk.   Singing opportunities - Surrey and Oxford The first ever Surrey Hills Festival will take place from 1-4 July 2010 - bringing you the opportunity to attend a singing workshop with Suzi Digby and to perform alongside Crispian Steele-Perkins. For more information visit www.liberationmusicagency.co.uk or contact Tessa Grobel - tessa_at_liberationmusicagency_dot_co_dot_uk or 07969 412485. In Oxford, from 26-30th July, Oxford Summer School is holding vocal workshops led by the charismatic Lillian Boutte - for details see www.oxfordsummerschool.com or contact Liz Bryant at oxfordsummerschool_at_talktalk_dot_net on 01993 704345.   Raise money through music-making Voices of Oxford is holding a Bring and Sing day with Mozart's Requiem, aiming to bring together 700 musicians to raise money for Macmillian Cancer Support. It's on 5th June 2010 in Oxford Town Hall - see their website for more details: www.voicesofoxford.com From 8-15 May 2010 Cancer Research UK is offering you the opportunity to raise money for charity whilst enjoying making music! To receive a fundraising pack, simply register on their website, www.buskingcancer.co.uk, and take to the streets! Whether busking solo or an indoor concert is more your style, all options are acceptable. Find out here what work has been done in 2009 to raise money for the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq - http://www.vimeo.com/7222431 - and if you would be interested in helping to raise more in 2010 get in touch with Paul Macalindin here: macalindin_at_hotmail_dot_com.       Making Music, the National Federation of Music Societies. A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England no. 308632 Registered Charity in England no. 249219 and in Scotland no. SC038849. 2-4 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3NW. Tel 020 7422 8280 www.makingmusic.org.uk

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