Penzance East Sing Up
Project working with local community musicians, school
children and world musicians to promote singing for pleasure.
Through Penwith Extended Schools network, local school children are using world music as a vehicle to develop their love of singing. The project is working through a team of six community musicians, each with a particular strength in world music and/or vocal technique, to support teachers and key parents/carers in developing singing sessions before or after school. Through the project, the children will learn more about other cultures, meet visiting world musicians through day-long workshops at Humphry Davy Specialist Music School, and make friends with children from other primaries who will be with them in their new secondary schools next year.
The project will be celebrating its progress through live performances, recording a CD of their songs, and creating a website as an ongoing resource for other local singing groups. The first performance by children from Gulval, Ludgvan, St Mary's RC, St Hilary, St Mary's CofE and Marazion Primary Schools, will take place during Golowan on Wednesday 25th June, 6.30pm at the Chapel Street Methodist Church. Admission will be free, but donations towards the project,, which is only funded until March 09, will be very welcome.
 Children singing in Abene, Senegal
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Project News
Thursday 19th June 08
Workshop for local singing leaders from Chartwell Dutiro, as part of the Sing Up project. All local choir leaders welcome, please contact Amanda Pickering if you'd like to attend this day with an extraordinary Zimbabwean musician.
Wednesday 25th June 08
Penzance East Sing Up Concert for the Golowan
Festival.
Chapel Street Methodist Church, Penzance: 6.30pm
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