Key
Notes Summer 2009
Hello, and welcome to the July/August edition of Key Notes,
the newsletter of Penwith Music Centre. We now have
over 350 musicians using the Centre facilities each
week, and as we get busier, these news bulletins will
be more frequent, with daily updates as well as the
monthly email reminder. Please pass the link on to anyone
you know who might be interested, and invite them to
contact me direct to join the e-mailing list. And please
let me know of any events, performances, workshops,
gigs, instruments for sale - all can be added to the
website and circulated through the newsletter.
We've a busy Spring/Summer ahead of us at the Centre, as we'll
be:
- progressing our application
for charitable status
- running a Band Lab
course for young musicians, starting on 17th May
- completing our Sing
Up project with primary schools in the Penzance East
cluster
- launching our Musician
Skills series of workshops (see courses page for info)
- and generally doing
our best to promote music and music-making in Penwith.
We always need your
help - so if you've ideas, ambitions, resources, fantasies
- and energy! - please get in touch...
Amanda Pickering
Music Development Worker
apickering@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk
01736
352151/07751 786315
Laura Hardman
I'm
very sad to have to post news of the death on 24th June of Laura
Hardman, who many of you will have known either as a
film maker, as Director of Cornwall Film Festival, or as
Project Manager of the FEAST programme for Cornwall
Creative Unit. In all capacities, Laura was a vital
force in the Cornish arts scene, and will be very much
missed. Her service of thanksgiving takes place on Wednesday
8th July at
3pm in Truro Cathedral.
Free Musical Futures resource materials for music
leaders
Musical Futures
brings non-formal teaching and informal learning
approaches into schools. It aims to make music learning
relevant to young people, connect in school and
out-of-school experiences, and find ways of engaging all
11 to 18 year olds in sustainable music making and
learning.
Musical Futures: An Approach to Teaching and Learning
guides teachers and practitioners through the ethos and
approach of Musical Futures, providing practical advice
and a range of resources. Order your free copy now (£5
postage and packing) at
www.musicalfutures.org.uk/c/teacher+pack.
For more details, email Abigail D'Amore, National
Coordinator, at
abigail.damore@googlemail.com.
Band Lab bands
to perform at Port Eliot Festival!
Congratulations to all the acts from Penwith Music
Centre's Band Lab who
auditioned for performance slots at the Port Eliot Lit
Fest - every one was successful! They'll now be part of
the Twenty Five showcase of young talent on 25th and
26th July - look out for:
The IJ's
Uncensored
Jai New
Beth Chapman
After
the success of Band Lab, which generated at least five
new bands and revealed some serious new talent on the
Penwith music scene, we shall be applying for funding
for more Labs in the coming year - watch this pace, and
get in touch if you're interested in attending.
Changes to checks for those
working with children and vulnerable adults will start
from October 2009. The fees structure for the scheme has
also been set. The creation of the Independent
Safeguarding Authority (ISA) is part of the biggest
overhaul of vetting and barring arrangements ever
undertaken in this country. It will cover 11.3 million
people wishing to seek work or volunteer with children
or vulnerable adults.
The ISA scheme will mean a
single vetting authority maintains a constantly updated
list of people who are not allowed to work with children
or vulnerable adults – this will incorporate all
existing barring lists. If a person is not barred from
employment with vulnerable people they will be ISA
registered, although it will remain the employer’s
decision whether to hire them. The authority will work
alongside the Criminal Records Bureau, which will
continue
to issue criminal records disclosures to help employers
make recruitment decisions. Home Office Minister Meg
Hillier said: 'The Independent Safeguarding Authority is
at the heart of the Government's drive to increase the
protection of vulnerable members of our society.'The
mandatory scheme aims to prevent those who are deemed
unsuitable to work with children and/or vulnerable
adults from gaining access to them through their work.
'From October 2009 employers will be able to check that
individual staff members have been assessed for work
with vulnerable groups, further enhancing one of the
most robust employment checking
systems in the world.'
The ISA is an independent body with its own remit and
barring criteria which
will decide on a case-by-case basis if an individual
poses a risk of harm to
vulnerable groups. Individuals wishing to undertake paid
employment while engaging with vulnerable groups will
pay a one-off fee of £64. The fee will consist of two
components: an
ISA registration fee of £28 and a CRB enhanced
disclosure, currently £36, which
provides employers with details of information held on
police records about
potential staff members.
For more information please
visit:
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/independent-authority-go-live
www.isa-gov.org
Buskers/performers needed for
Penzance Farmers Market
Yvonne Bristow of the new Farmers' Market in Penzance
(every Friday 9-3) would like to have musicians there
regularly to liven up the atmosphere and pull in the
customers. She's looking for buskers (though they could
pay a little as well) who might commit to coming regularly,
or from time to time, to do a short, or long, spot.
If
you're interested, please contact Yvonne direct:
Yvonne Bristow
Acting Market Manager
Penzance Farmers' Market
Telephone: 01736 788202 (office); mobile 07706659784
email:
yvonnebristow@blue-earth.co.uk
Performance opportunity for young bands July 18th-19th
Mount Hawke
Organisers of what has become on of the most popular
gigs of the summer - Mount Hawke's Gig on the Green
- are seeking bands for this year's event on July 18th
and 19th. Bands will play from 4pm - 11pm both
days, with half-hour slots available - a good range
of genres, styles, bands and solo artists is needed.
If you're interested, please contact Diana Rodda on
01209 891818.
Youth Music launches new funding programme
Youth Music
will be launching its new funding programme on 30 June
2009. Grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 will be
available to projects providing structured, regular and
progressive music-making activities for children and
young people. Projects should support Youth Music’s
three goals of:
• working with early years;
• children and young people in challenging
circumstances;
• encouraging talent.
Projects should be working with children and young
people aged 0 to18 (or up to 25 if they have special
educational needs, disabilities or are in detention) and
children and young people should be central to the
decision making on projects. You can sign up to the
Youth Music Newsletter on the Youth Music website to be
informed when the fund opens.
www.youthmusic.org.uk/news/new-youth-music-fund-launches-30-june.html
Using the Arts to Develop Leadership, Aspiration and
Potential
2nd October 2009, Plymouth Music Zone, 9.45 am- 4 pm
Artsplan, the training and publications department of
Artswork and the in-house training provider of ENYAN
(English National Youth Arts Network) are pleased to
announce the launch of a NEW Youth Arts Training Course:
‘Using the Arts to Develop Leadership, Aspiration and
Potential’.
As
with all new Artsplan courses, we conduct a pilot
session and use the valuable feedback from participants
to develop and shape our courses. This new course is
being run as a full day course 9.45 am- 4 pm on 2nd
October 2009 at Plymouth Music Zone.
The one-day course, ‘Using the Arts to raise Aspiration,
Leadership and Potential’, has been created as part of
the legacy for the 2009 ENYAN Campaign ‘Young Arts
Leaders’ and has been developed following a period of
research conducted by ENYAN , throughout the 9 English
regions into how participation in cultural activities
can have a significant impact on young people’s
development and can give young people the chance to
develop important life skills such as creativity,
confidence, self discipline, effective communication and
the ability to work in teams.
This course is suitable for anyone, professional or
voluntary, seeking to use or develop the arts in their
work with young people. It looks to demonstrate how the
arts can be used as a mechanism to develop young
people’s leadership skills, aspiration and potential. It
celebrates inspirational examples of young people who
have excelled through engagement in youth-led arts
projects, continue to achieve well and are an
inspiration to both the youth and cultural sectors at
large. The course also benefits from being part
facilitated by young people who have taken on leadership
roles within a creative setting.
Rachel Preston, Artsplan Development Manager, comments:
“This course makes the case for why we should be
investing time and resources into providing creative
opportunities for young people that can engage and
empower them.”
All participants will receive a certificate of
attendance upon successful completion of the course and
a wealth of practical resources. Artsplan is subsidising
the cost of the training in return for a short 20 minute
feedback session with participants at the end of the
day. The cost of training has therefore been reduced to
£75* (normal training charges vary from £150- £110)
which includes all training resources, lunch,
refreshments and certification.
To
download the ENYAN ‘Young Arts Leaders’ campaign
document visit
enyan.
For more information on the course and to book a place,
please contact The Artsplan Team, on
artsplan@artswork.org.uk call 023 8068 2535.
*This subsidised course fee is exclusive of any ENYAN
discount schemes.
Latin American percussion and dance/capoeira workshops
Mick Wheeler will be offering
the following workshops this summer in Penwith - if
you're interested, please contact him at
floorshapes@yahoo.co.uk
for further details:
- Individual
and/or group workshops in Pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine
- an incredibly funky and complete percussion technique)
and Berimbau (single stringed bow with gourd resonator)
looking at Samba variations, Partido, Alto, Capoeira,
Funk etc etc
- Capoeira
Angola workshop and/or classes - Capoeira as a traditional
art form with emphasis on learning to play the game,
having fun/improvising, connection between song,
percussion and movement etc
- Capoeira
technique as choreography, acrobatics, fitness training
etc, fusing capoeira with other dance forms, breakdance
etc
Musical equipment and instruments for sale:
4 track & cassette recorder £45
TASCAM 244 portastudio 4 track mixer/recorder with instruction
manual (Requires new drive belt). The 4 track comes
with a separate Technics HX pro cassette player/recorder,
fully working and in excellent condition.
Yamaha RX17 drum machine £10
... for that authentic 80's sound! with manual
For all of the above, please contact
Greg on 07770 918 909.
FEAST funding opportunities
We have just posted the briefs for the enhancing community
led events and festivals fund on the FEAST website,
www.cornwallculture.co.uk/feast.
The fund is divided into two: We are looking for
an organization, or team of individuals to help us deliver
a support system for voluntary led events and Festivals
(see brief)
And for this year, we are also offering funds for voluntary
led events and Festivals to apply for a project to enhance
their programmed (see brief)
This latter fund is open to all, rather than just professional
artists, and we ask that you use the ‘open smaller
grants’ application form.
www.cornwallculture.co.uk/feast.
Private Members’ Bill for live music
Speaking in the House of Lords last week, Liberal
Democrat Peer Lord Clement-Jones announced his intention
to introduce a Private Members’ Bill that will provide a
conditional exemption for live music in small venues
licensed under the Licensing Act 2003.
The announcement came during a debate on the
Government’s ‘Minor Variations Amendment’, where Lord
Clement-Jones argued that so far, the Licensing Act 2003
had done little to promote live music performance and
that it was clear that amendments to allow concessions
for certain live music venues have been futile.
The intended solution of a Private Members’ Bill will
have three main proposals:
• To exempt live music in small venues from the
Licensing Act, conditional on Section 177, which will be
triggered so that a licence for live music can be
reviewed, and if complaints by local residents are made,
then there can be a full, proper hearing.
• To reintroduce the two-in-a-bar rule so that any
performance of unamplified live music by up to two
people will be exempt from the need for a licence.
• To provide a total exemption for hospitals, schools
and colleges from the requirement to obtain a licence
for live music when providing entertainment where
alcohol is not sold and the entertainment involves no
more than 200 people
A transcript of the debate is available at
www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2009-06-15a.923.2.
Music mentors required for new
Cornish music industry academy
Music, dance and drama mentors are required for 'The
A List', a new music industry training academy opening
in Cornwall in the new year.
Ark Music Group is launching The A List from it's mid
Cornwall base, and is looking for a range of freelance
tutors for it's 16-24 year old students who are following
in the footsteps of Cornish girl group The Vanity Girls.
Students will work weekly with professional tutors on
development of key skills including dance, vocal, music
production etc to build their portfolio of skills ready
for work within the industry.
Fantastic rates of pay, all backgrounds and experience
welcome.
For an informal chat please contact 0871 288 4360 or
email your CV to info@apaluk.com
FEAST programme:
Artist commissions for rural touring,
Year One
We
are
pleased to let you know that the FEAST website is
up with all of our creative briefs, deadlines and application
forms, at
www.cornwallculture.co.uk/feast. These documents
include criteria and guidelines, containing a frequently
asked questions section. If you have a question which
is not addressed, please let us know so that we can give
you an answer, and add this to our list, which we want
to be as helpful as possible.
There is a general stage one
application deadline every Monday, with two stage two
application deadlines of April 28th and Sept 8th
The creative brief for the enhancing community led events
strand will be published shortly.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions,
Feast
The Creative Unit
Krowji, The Old Grammar School, West Park, Redruth,
TR15 3AJ
Tel: 01209 218826
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