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 Global
Newsletter - Summer 2010
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Greetings!
Rosco Jones
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to the Summer 2010 edition of our
newsletter! Our first
full season of programmed live musical events was
launched in February - we
are now in the process of programming our Summer
Season of live musical events see
below. Staff
changesWe have recruited Artistic
Director, Project Manager and Fundraiser who will
be developing and expanding our artistic
programmes even further. According to the
Charities Commission, more than half of charities
in England and Wales have been hit by the
recession. We too at Music for Change are
having to introduce measures to protect our work
and funding and will be re-structuring our team
over the next few weeks. In addition, Julie
Larner, our Projects Development Manager, will be
leaving her part-time position with us to take up
a full time post - from all the staff and
Trustees, thanks very much for all your help
Julie! Global
BandstandWe are currently fundraising
to bring back the very popular Global Bandstand
free Summer Festival in 2010. As ever, we
welcome sponsorship and volunteering to help make
this the success it has always
been. Relocation Plans
We can now announce that we will be
moving into a self-contained unit at The Chaucer
Technology School, Spring Lane, Canterbury in May
- please watch this space for our official Open
Day as well as Visioning Days when we will be
working with local community groups as part of the
next phase of organisational growth. We will
also be running regular workshops and musical
events and musicians and community groups will be
able to hire rehearsal and practice rooms on an
hourly basis. Music for Change is a
registered charity and we are seeking help from
the community - financial or in kind through
sponsorship or volunteering - to help with the
decoration and preparation of our new location. We
are very grateful to local organizations who have
already donated some office equipment and we would
also welcome musical instruments as well as
kitchen and catering
materials. Plans for Developing
Local Musical TalentFinally, we will be
launching our plans for developing Kent-based
musical talent - this will present opportunities
for local fledgling musicians to work with us and
to gain exposure for their work. We
welcome your input to this new programme and you
can telephone 01227 459243 or email
Rosco_at_musisforchange_dot_org for further details.
Have a happy
Summer! Rosco Jones - Director -
Music for
Change |
Nick
Williamson
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Artistic Director for Music for
Change
It is with pleasure that I
write a few lines as the brand new Artistic
Director of Music for Change. I look forward
to getting out and about and witnessing all the
fabulous work created by and for our
community.
I
have a long background as a professional musician
since growing up in Kent - working as a piano
player, musical director, and educator in many
fields, from the West End theatres of London to
schools and other educational establishments at
home and abroad.
I look forward to
Music for Change continuing to offer high-quality
art and educational and inspirational
opportunities, whilst developing new directions
and striving to reach an even greater number of
people and communities. There will be new
live performance opportunities, our artist
development program will shortly be up and
running, and all manner of exciting projects are
currently being planned to thrill and engage
locally and further afield.
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Education
Chris Head
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March we appointed Chris Head in the role of
Education Project Manager, in which he will be
overseeing Music For Change's ongoing projects and
partnerships including, Sing Up, Music in
Detention, Folkestone Forwards and Celebrating
Sanctuary. In addition Chris will be developing
work with new partners, driving further the
educational potential of the organisation and our
artists into schools, colleges and the wider
community.
Chris's background lies in
music broadcasting, educational project work and
event management, producing and writing material
for BBC Schools, GCSE Bitesize, Radio 1, The
Learning Zone and The Open University, and
co-ordinating live music events in southern
England. Please do get in touch with him with any
education enquiries!
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Community
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'H' Patten at Snodland
Library
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for Change continues to thrill with community
workshops
Article from The Kent
Messenger
THE beat of drums reverberated
through a library during an African Caribbean
Music Workshop.
The community event was
organised by Nicky Delacey, Beat Project community
outreach co-ordinator for Snodland, in association
with the town's library.
More than 40
people, some with learning difficulties, went
along to the session where they were able to enjoy
the music and try out a range of instruments
brought along by workshop leader, "H" Patten, from
Music for Change.
Ms Delacey said the aim
of the workshop had been to bring the community
together and she was delighted with the reaction
she had received afterwards. She said: "I have had so many
calls from people saying how brilliant it was and
how much they enjoyed it. "I thought it was
brilliant and it was lovely to see everybody
enjoying themselves together and having
fun."
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Projects
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Reel
Lives Shanghai - New DVD
Update
 As reported in the last
newsletter, Reel Lives Shanghai,
the 3rd in a
series of educational DVDs is in production.
Thank you to all those who responded to
our Reel Lives feedback questionnaire.
The
final edits are being made to the DVD as we go to
press...
Watch this space and the website
for announcements about the DVD publication
date.
Go to web page for more
details
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World
Music Matters  Global
Learning through Music and
Dance
Artist
Development
The last Global
Learning for Artists' course of Music for Change's
DfID-funded World Music Matters project took place
in February. A fantastically diverse group of
talented artists signed up for the course,
bringing a vast range of experience, skills and
talent to the mix.
Go to web page for more
details
 Joint
Artist & Teacher CPD
Sessions
Visiting professional
artists from, or influenced by, art forms from
around the world, offer a rich and creative
stimulus for learning with a global perspective,
but such visits require careful planning to ensure
they are embedded in the context of the learning
and that negative stereotypes are not in
advertently reinforced. Joint artist and teacher
professional development sessions are a really
good way to explore the contribution artists and
the arts can make and are a valuable forum to
discuss any concerns or potential pitfalls.
Go to web page for more
details
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Big
and Small Music Makers
Tim Davey at Sturry
Pre-School
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Change's 'Big and Small Music Makers' project
started in early January 2010. It is funded by
Canterbury Coastal and City & Country Local
Children's Services Partnerships (LCSPs). The
positive effect of music making in the early years
is well documented; music helps stimulate learning
and development within young children.
Go to web page for more
details
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Pledge
Project Update
Pupils in their traditional
costume
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June we launch Pledge 2,
continuing the refugee-based work in eight Kent
schools to develop understanding, critical
thinking and reflection about refugees, asylum
seekers and migrants. Each school is allocated an
artist who, over four sessions, will work together
in creative learning techniques, music and visual
and performed arts toward making their pledge.
Go to web page for more
details
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Events
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We
are currently planning our summer season programme
of events which will include another series of
free local concerts and a free mini-festival of
World Music. We also have workshops and
performances taking place as part of Medway's FUSE
Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week and Lounge on the
Farm Festival. Watch this space for more
information!
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 Seckou Keita at Orange
Street Music
Club
Thursday 10th
June
Tickets £9.50
Doors:
7:30 pm
Call: 01227 760801
Venue
Address:
Orange Street Music Club
15 Orange
Street
Canterbury
Kent CT1 2JA
Go to web page for more
details
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 Rochester Outdoor Dance
Day
(part
of Medway's Fuse Festival)
Saturday
26th June, Rochester High Street
 Kenny Mangena will be
performing Gum Boot Dancing
and leading a Gum
Boot Dance Workshop. Bring your wellies!
Kenny
will also lead a Zulu Dance workshop.
Go to web page for more
details
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 Kent Sinfonia at The
Gulbenkian,
Canterbury
12th
July
Kent
Sinfonia's 28-piece orchestra performs 'The Birds
and the Beasts', in conjunction with Music for
Change's Big and Small project, for children ages
4-7 years in the Gulbenkian
Theatre.
Go to web page for more
details
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 Broadstairs Folk
Week
Sunday
8th
August
14.30 - 15.30
Zirak Hamad leads a
Middle Eastern Dance
workshop
16.00 - 17.15
Kenny Mangena leads
Gum Boot Dance and Singing
workshops
 
19.30 - 21.30
Performances from Zirak Hamad and U'Zambezi
All
Music for Change workshops and performances will
be taking place at The
Pavilion.
Go to web page for more
details
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  Herne Bay Festival, Central
Bandstand, Central Parade
Monday 23rd
August
Lucky Moyo
10:30-12:00 Singing
workshop
13:00-14:30 Gum Boot Dancing
workshop
15:00-16:30 Singing
workshop
Go to web page for more
details
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Music
for Change's Spring Season of events concluded at the
end of March with a buoyant and
charismatic performance by Senegalese musician
Laye Sow at
Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury. With his
three-piece band and guest singer, Maiuko, Laye was
a roaring success and had the audience singing and
dancing along with him to some beautiful World
Music.
February was a busy month for
Music for Change with a series of four free gigs
in (sorely-missed) café/bar Coffee and Corks.
Music from Brendan
Power, Relig Oran, Universal Dread and Madam Molotoff
gave audiences a taste of music from a variety of
places including France, Belgium, Greece, the
Balkans, the UK, and Africa. We were even treated
to some New Zealand Blues!
Also
during February, Music for Change worked in
partnership on two projects with Canterbury
Museums. The Year of the Tiger family fun day took
place at Canterbury Museum
in celebration of Chinese New Year.
Regular Music for Change collaborator, MeiMei treated
visitors to Chinese folk stories and ran Chinese
folk-dance workshops over the course of the day.
The History of the World event gave Music for
Change collaborators, George Fiawoo and
MeiMei an
opportunity to educate children (and adults!)
about historical artifacts and their cultural
significance, whilst giving audiences a chance to
hear traditional music and stories from West
Africa and China.
In early March,
Music for Change was able to raise just under
£500 for
the DEC Haiti
Earthquake Appeal in Whitstable. Over the
course of a day we held a series of fundraising
events, working alongside musicians Samba Pelo Mar,
U'Zambezi, Relig
Oran, Téa Hodzic, Another Planet and High Life djs in
order to raise funds for this worthy appeal. The
Duke of Cumberland pub kindly gave us the use of
their function room in which to hold workshops and
an evening concert.
In March, Music
for Change put on a gig at the Farmhouse,
Canterbury. The
Urban Folk Quartet left a great impression
on the audience who enjoyed the band's unique
fusion of Spanish, Arabic, South American and
British
music.
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