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After two years of activity, we now have a steady flow
of up to 400 musicians a week coming through the doors
of Penwith Music Centre, to rehearse, record, train,
teach, compose, discuss, collaborate...and in order
for us to develop our potential for projects that will
support and stimulate community music, we have now formed
a company, Penwith Music Centre.
The Centre is currently consulting with all its users
and contacts to find out what our local community would
like to see happening here. Ideas proposed so far include:
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weekend and holiday
music programmes for young people not currently
involved in music making
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training programmes for
local musicians interested in becoming music leaders
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a junk percussion band
for young people to develop as their own project
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inter-generational music
making - young people and community elders sharing
musical memories
Penwith Music Centre - it's official!
As of last December, Penwith Music Centre is a company limited by guarantee - and on its way, we hope, to becoming a charity later in the year. Our Mem and Arts for the company have a simple object: ''the advancement of musical education for the people of Penwith in particular and for the public benefit in general''.
Our Board has been appointed to see the Centre through its first months of company status, before we hold an open event later in the year for everyone interested to feed in their vision for what's possible.
Chair:
Neil Walden, Deputy Chair of Governors, Humphry Davy School
Trustees:
Andy Hazlehurst, musician and Golowan Festival
Paul Marks Joffe, musician and conductor/accompanist
Simeon Royle, Director of Music, Humphry Davy School
Thalia Marrington, freelance musician
Kathryn Uren, Chair of Governors, Humphry Davy School
Tim Boulton, Director Penzance Youth String Orchestra;Conductor South West Sinfonia
Olivia Khadka, Business Advisor, Creative Skills
Amanda Pickering, Music Development Worker, Penwith Music Centre
If you've any ideas, dreams, ambitions, constructive criticisms - please get in touch at any time, by calling Amanda Pickering on 07751 786315, or by email at apickering@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk.
When you visit the Centre, you'll meet a whole team
of staff - we've included their photos and biog's below
so you can find out a bit more about them!
|  Simeon
Royle
Director of Music and Deputy
Head Teacher
Originally from Lancashire, Simeon studied singing
and conducting at York University before training
as a teacher at Goldsmiths College, London. He
has taught in Southwark, Surrey and Kent before
moving to Humphry Davy School in 2000. Since then
he has written the school’s successful bid
to become a Specialist Music College, one of only
15 in the country. His musical experiences are
wide, varied and certainly curious, ranging from
supporting Bob Geldof in Sheffield, to leading
bands to perform in the Albert Hall, the Millennium
Dome, and in front of Mick Jagger. |
Claire Yates
Music Teacher
Having studied classical piano in her teens,
Claire discovered Jools Holland and jazz improvisation,
and now leads the HDS Jazz Band as well as teaching
music throughout the school. She also plays clarinet
and accordion. |
Dave Richards
Music Tech
Dave runs the studio side of the Music Centre,
as well as being a teaching assistant in the school
music lessons. Outside school, he is vocalist
and guitarist with the band Blackfish, recently
returned from the International Pan Celtic song
contest, as well as with the Penwith acoustic
band The Space Between. |
Dare Mason
Consultant to PMC
Dare Mason, of the VIP Lounge in Penzance, advises
the Centre on our recording studio facilities.
He has extensive experience in the music industry
and a strong interest in developing the same skills
in others. |
Amanda Pickering
Music Development Worker
Amanda works to link the Centre with the local
community, developing music networks, projects,
and facilities. She also runs her own community
music business, BoumBoum Drum Workshops, and plays
in West African band Kookoojii and Afro-Cuban band Kabasa. |
Anthony Cooper
Music Tech
Ant Cooper plays keyboards, saxophone and clarinet
and started his musical career as a musician in
the Army with the Paras and then in the Band of
the Welsh Guards. He studied at the Royal Military
School of Music and has played on many occasions
for the Royal Family all over the world. Ant has
also played and toured Europe with different rock
and blues bands and recorded several albums. He
currently plays with a local rock band called
Solution www.solutionmusic.com. |
Lisa Wakfer
Penwith Music Centre Administrator 2
Lisa Wakfer handles all queries and bookings
at the Centre, and works with us every weekday
afternoon from 1-5pm. Within the School, she also takes care
of all pupils' instrumental lesson bookings. Her
musical favourites include Simply Red, UB40 and
Queen. |
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Contact
Here are a few quick contact details for the
staff, teachers and technicians at PMC.
Amanda Pickering
Music Development Worker
t. 01736 352151
m. 07751 786315
e. apickering@
humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk
Lisa Wakfer
Music Centre Administrator
Please contact Lisa weekdays after 1pm or leave
a message and we'll get back to you.
t. 01736 352152
e. lwakfer@
humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk
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