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SUMMARY:The Big Friendly Sing
DESCRIPTION:Half Term Singing Day for Primary School Children \nHave you children of primary school age? Wondering what to do with them at half term? Let them come and have a sing! \nMusic for Everyone has over 30 years experience of running music events for young people. Led by our experienced tutors\, this singing workshop day will be full of fun singing games and songs. \nThe BIG FRIENDLY SING choir will be split into different groups according to age. No preparation is required before the day\, children just come along ready to sing and enjoy themselves. The cost of the day (to include morning and afternoon refreshments) is £20 (10% family discount for 2 or more children from one family\, subsidised places available\, please phone the MfE office on 0115 9589312) \nTimetable: The singing day starts at 9.30am and finishes with an informal free ‘come and share’ concert from 3.30pm – 4.00pm. During the morning and afternoon there will be refreshment breaks and time at lunch to eat a packed meal (not provided). \nOnline booking is now closed. There are still some places available\, you are welcome to come along and join in on the day! Registration opens at 9.30am.
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/the-big-friendly-sing/
LOCATION:John Clifford School\, Nether Street\, Beeston\, NG9 2AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Youth Music
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SUMMARY:EMYSO Auditions 2016
DESCRIPTION:The East Midlands Youth String Orchestra is a chamber orchestra 0f 20 – 30 talented players. \nConducted by distinguished violinist and conductor\, Richard Howarth\, the orchestra performs a variety of music from the great string orchestra repertoire. \nRehearsals take place approximately once a month on a Sunday Afternoon (2pm – 5pm) at the Bluecoat Academy\, Aspley Lane\, Nottingham. \nInformal auditions will take place\, in Nottingham\, during the afternoon of Saturday 16 July 2016. Players wishing to audition will be contacted with details of time and venue. \nPlayers should be Associated Board grade 5+ and school years 7+. Auditions will comprise of playing an own choice prepared piece and some sightreading. \nIf you are interested in joining this friendly orchestra\, please telephone the Music for Everyone office on 0115 9589312 or email admin@music-for-everyone.org 
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/emyso-auditions-2016/
CATEGORIES:Youth Music
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SUMMARY:A Summer Garland
DESCRIPTION:The East of England Singers\, Angela Kay conductor \nAn afternoon concert of madrigals\, folksongs\, instrumental and vocal solos with strawberries and cream to enjoy during the interval! \nSunday 10 July\, 3.30pm\nDjanogly Recital Hall\, University of Nottingham\nUniversity Park Campus NG7 2RD \nTickets \nFull £10\, Conc. £9\, Child/Student £5 \nTickets will be available on the door\, subject to availability.
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/a-summer-garland/
LOCATION:Djanogly Recital Hall\, Nottingham Lakeside Arts\, University of Nottingham\, University Park\, NG7 2RD
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:Summer Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Nottingham Festival Chorus\, East of England Singers\, Nottingham Concert Orchestra\n Nottingham Youth Voices\, Girls’ Voices & Boys’ Voices\, East Midlands Youth String Orchestra\, Nottingham Youth Windband\, East Midlands Youth Windband\nFrom Vaughan Williams’ pulsating Wasps overture to Rutter’s ‘spine-tingling’ Gloria\, a ‘sunny’ programme for a summer afternoon. Cream scones and a cup of tea or coffee available during the interval – irresistible! \nProgramme to include: \nVaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps\nJohn Rutter Gloria\nAndrew Carter Benedicite\nand items by MfE youth groups \nTickets: \nFull £15\, £13\, £10\, £8; Conc. £14\, £12\, £9\, £7; Child/Student £7.50\, £6.50\, £5\, £4 \nPlease contact the office on 0115 9589312 if you require wheelchair access. \nTickets will be available for sale on the door\, subject to availability.
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/summer-celebration/
LOCATION:Albert Hall\, Nottingham\, N Circus Street\, Nottingham\, NG1 5AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:NFC - A Summer Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Music for Everyone invites you to join with the Nottingham Festival Chorus to sing in their Summer course and concert. \nThe music:\nAndrew Carter Benedicite. First performed in 1989 and inspired by the Benedicite carvings inspired by nature in the restored vault of York Minster\, Benedicite is a tuneful setting of verses from the Benedicite canticle in the Book of Common Prayer – ‘All the World\, Praise the Lord’. Scored for SATB chorus\, full orchestra and children’s chorus\, the work is a joy to sing. \nRutter Gloria. An exuberant and exciting setting of familiar words by the master of melody\, John Rutter\, this work is sure to set the hairs on the back of your neck tingling! \nThe Choir:\nThe Nottingham Festival Chorus is Music for Everyone’s flagship choir. Numbering over 200 voices\, singers come from all over the East Midlands and further afield. There are no auditions; all that’s required is a willlingness to work hard and a sense of fun to produce performances of a high standard. \nMusic for the course is sent out in advance along with a rehearsal CD to give singers the opportunity to become familiar with the music before the workshop day. Optional sectional rehearsals will be held at Nottingham Trent University – please see provisional timetable below. \nProvisional Timetable: \nSaturday 25 June 2016\nBluecoat Academy\, Aspley Lane NG8 5GY \n9.30am Registration opens\n10.00am Rehearsals\n1.15pm Meal Break\n2.15pm Rehearsals\n6.00pm End of session \nSunday 26 June 2016\nAlbert Hall NG1 5AA \n11.00am Rehearsal\n1.45pm End of session\n3.30pm Assemble\n4.00pm Performance \nSectional Rehearsals (optional)\nNottingham Trent University NG11 8NS \nTenors and Basses: Wednesday 18 May 7.30 – 9.30pm \nSopranos and Altos: Friday 20 May 7.30 – 9.30pm
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/a-summer-celebration/
LOCATION:Bluecoat Academy\, Aspley Lane\, Nottingham\, NG8 5GY
CATEGORIES:Adult Music
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SUMMARY:Blow the Dust off your Instrument!
DESCRIPTION:String Orchestra\, Swing Band\, Flute Ensemble\, Clarinet Choir\, Wind Band\, Double Reed Ensemble \nDid you learn to play an instrument when you were at school but haven’t got it out of the case for a long time? Or have you taken up playing an instrument in adult life just for fun? Do you like playing orchestral music? Were you once a member of the school recorder group? If the answer is YES to any of these questions then come to our Blow the Dust off your Instrument Ensembles Day. \nThis playing day will give you the chance to renew old skills or put new-found ones into practice in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The principal conductors will be Angela Kay\, Chris McDouall\, Gill Henshaw\, Phil Smith and Kerry Lovell. The instrumental parts will be sent out in advance of the course\, to give you time to get to grips with the notes ahead of the day itself. \nString Orchestra\nThe music chosen gives scope to players of a wide range of abilities and experience. This year there will be the opportunity to perform a Handel Concerto Grosso and by contrast\, a foot-tapping Beach Boys Medley and all the best tunes from the film score of Shakespeare in Love. \nWind Band\, Flute Choir\, Swing Band\, Clarinet Choir\nAll wind players will play in the wind band during the morning then break into smaller ensembles for part of the afternoon. \nRecorder Ensemble\nA chance to remember back to childhood\, or perhaps more recently! The recorder group will meet during the afternoon session. \nPlease note\nAll instruments except recorders – this course is not suitable for players of a standard below Associated Board Grade 2.\nRecorders – players are expected to be able to read music and play a compass of an octave and a half. \nOutline Timetable \nSaturday 11 June 2016\nAlbert Hall\, North Circus Street\, Nottingham NG1 5AA \n9.40am      Registration opens (NB Recorder registration at 1.30pm)\n10.00am    Morning sessions (to include coffee break)\n12.30pm    Meal Break\n1.30pm      Afternoon sessions (to include coffee break)\n1.30pm      Recorder register (1.45pm rehearsals)\n2.30pm     Afternoon sessions (to include coffee break)\n4.30pm     Break\n4.45pm     Informal concert for friends and family\n5.45pm     End of course \nWheelchair access available.
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/blow-the-dust-off-your-instrument-2/
LOCATION:Albert Hall\, Nottingham\, N Circus Street\, Nottingham\, NG1 5AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adult Music
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SUMMARY:Reach for the Stars!
DESCRIPTION:Come and sing songs which take you to the world of space! REACH FOR THE STARS\, SPACE ODDITY\, HALF THE WORLD AWAY\, the space musical BLAST OFF and more! And then at the concert\, let special lighting and sound effects add to the excitement of the performance PLUS – a guest appearance by the national science sensation MAD SCIENCE! \nOver 200 children take part in our fun music events. Our singing weekend\, led by specialists Alison Bennett\, Ray Macleod\, Jane McDouall and Phil Smith give everyone the chance to perform a variety of music in a friendly and secure atmosphere followed by a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. \nSingers are divided into three age-groups choirs: \n\nVocals 1 (school years 1 – 2)\nVocals 2 (school years 3 – 4)\nVocals 3 (school years 5 – 7)\n\nCopies of the words and music will be sent out about a month before the course and to help you practice you can opt to download rehearsal tracks from our website or receive a music CD. \nTimetable\n\n1st Weekend\, Bluecoat Academy\, Aspley Lane\, Nottingham NG8 5GY\n\nSaturday 7 May                                                Sunday 8 May \nVocals 1/2               1.45 – 5.15pm                   Vocals 1/2               1.45 – 5.10pm \nVocals 3                   1.45 – 5.15pm                   Vocals 3                  11.00am – 5.oopm \n  \n\n2nd Weekend\, Albert Hall\, Nottingham NG1 5AA – Sunday 15 May\n\nAssemble           All Groups            12.30 – 12.50pm \nRehearsal                                        12.50 – 3.00pm \nConcert                                            3.30 – 5.00pm \n  \nWheelchair Access to all venues.
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/reach-for-the-stars/
LOCATION:Bluecoat Academy\, Aspley Lane\, Nottingham\, NG8 5GY
CATEGORIES:Youth Music
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SUMMARY:Bandwise! 2016
DESCRIPTION:Youth Windband Weekend\n27/28 February & 6 March 2016 \nCome to Bandwise! 2016\, Music for Everyone’s 15th youth Windband event. \nBandwise! gives young people the opportunity to play a wide variety of music for wind and percussion – from classics to pop and jazz – and to take part in instrumental groups and workshops\, all in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. \nWhere is it and When?\nThe next Bandwise! course will take place at Emmanuel School\, Gresham Park Road\, West Bridgford NG2 7YF on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 February followed by an informal concert for parents and friends at the Albert Hall\, Nottingham on Sunday 6 March. \nWho will be there?\nLots of wind and percussion players from all parts of Derbyshire\, Nottinghamshire\, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. All instruments are included: flutes\, oboes\, clarinets\, bassoons\, saxes\, horns\, trumpets\, cornets\, trombones\, euphoniums\, tubas\, and percussion. \nThe age range is 8 – 21. The artistic director is Gill Henshaw\, Music for Everyone’s principal wind animateur. She will be assisted in conducting and leading workshops by a team of specialists. There will also be a large support group of adult organisers and helpers. \n\nHow good do I have to be?\nWhether you have been playing for years or have only just reached grade 1\, this is for you! Players are divided into three bands… \nBandwise 1 (Associated Board grades 1-2)\nBandwise 2 (Associated Board grades 3-4)\nBandwise 3 (Associated Board grades 5+) \nNB Percussion players should be able to read music and play the appropriate grade. \nWhat are we playing?\nA wide range programme including:\n \nBandwise 1: Fanfare for Freedom Michael Story\nBandwise 2: John Williams: Movie Adventures arr. Sweeney\nBandwise 3: Pirates of the Caribbean arr. Ricketts \nThere will also be a range of fringe activities\, including flute\, clarinet and brass ensembles and a jazz band etc. At the informal concert on Sunday 6 March all groups will give a performance of items rehearsed at the weekend course. \nHow do we learn the music?\n\n\nBy practising the parts and listening to a rehearsal CD which will be sent to you along with copies of the music about four weeks before the course. The CD takes you through the music and the rehearsals at the course carry on from where the CD leaves off. If you have ‘done your homework’ then you’ll have no problems! \nHow much does it cost?\nBandwise 1 – £25.50\nBandwise 2 – £26.50\nBandwise 3 – £27.50 \nWe are offering a 10% discount to all families who have two or more children taking part in the course. \nNB. Numbers in each band are limited so please apply as soon as possible. \n\nDetails of how to book for the concert will be included in your music pack. \nSchedule \n\nFirst Weekend – Emmanuel School\, Gresham Park Road\, West Bridgford NG2 7YF\nSaturday 27 February 2016\nBandwise 1 – 1.30pm – 5.15pm\nBandwise 2 – 1.30pm – 5.15pm\nBandwise 3 – 1.30pm – 5.15pm \nSunday 28 February 2016\nBandwise 1 – 1.30pm – 5.00pm\nBandwise 2 – 11.00am – 5.00pm\nBandwise 3 – 10.00am – 5.00pm \nSecond Weekend – Albert Hall\, Nottingham\, off Derby Road NG1 5AA\nSunday 6 March 2016 \nRehearsals \nBandwise 2 & 3 – 12.30pm – 3.00pm\nBandwise 1 – 1.45pm – 3.00pm \nInformal Concert \nAll groups – 3.30pm – 5.30pm \nHow parents can help\nBy giving some time to help \nWe always welcome volunteers to join the support team for Bandwise from parents of children taking part in the course. This involves helping support the Bandwise groups at the course and/or on the concert day. If you would be interested in being involved please indicate on your enrolment form or for more information please e-mail admin@music-for-everyone.org \nBy becoming a friend of Music for Everyone – More>> \nSpecial discounts for families\nWe are offering a 10% discount to all families who have two or more children taking part in the course. Just fill in the discount box on the application form-if you apply online your discount will be applied automatically. We run a subsidised places scheme for all of our courses. For further information about this scheme or about any aspect of the course please contact us.  \n\n Sign up online below or click here to download a form
URL:https://www.music-for-everyone.org/event/bandwise-2016/
LOCATION:Emmanuel School\, Gresham Park Road\, Nottingham\, NG2 7YF
CATEGORIES:Youth Music
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