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As part of ‘Tune In’, the Government’s National Year of Music, Trinity Guildhall, The Open University and Radiowaves are running a year-long programme to celebrate children’s achievements through Wider Opportunities programmes.
Celebration eventLast Wednesday 800 children from all over England took part in an event in Nottingham Arena which formed the high point of Perform! Were you there? tell us what you thought hereThis is what participants and audience members have been saying about Perform!:
“Today has been the best day of my life” – one of the children performing
“Our parents were dancing in their seats” – head of one of the schools taking part
“The children who took part will remember it for the rest of their lives” – another head teacher
“Enormously exciting, enjoyable, effective, energetic and encouraging” – Dick Hallam – DoE Music Participation Director
“Really inspirational” head of a music service
But Perform! is much more than just a concert – it is what happens when the principles and pedagogy that underpin the KS2 Music CPD Programme are put into practice. At the heart of Perform! is an understanding that children’s experience of music is at its richest when they are immersed in real musical experiences - acting as musicians and engaging in all aspects of what it is to be musical – performing, composing, listening and appraising. New resources and repertoire were written for the project, workshops were run for participating teachers, the KS2 CPD team worked alongside teachers in schools, schools worked together in clusters and children’s work was shared on the web. The centrepiece of the event, watched by an audience of just over 1,000, was a 45 minute long piece involving all the children which incorporated elements of plainchant, reggae, African township songs, samba, 80s disco and Rachmaninoff.... and it’s not over ......!
A key part of Perform! is the sharing of practice which is taking place through a dedicated Radiowaves website www.radiowaves.co.uk/perform. Here not only can teachers and schools download resources but they can upload video of the work they are doing in their classes, building a community of teachers and sharing good practice. The online aspect of Perform! will continue to be available through this site so please encourage teachers and schools to get involved.
Over the coming weeks and months we will be producing a brief published report, a full downloadable report and publishing extensive video footage.
Engage in the debate:
We are running a discussion forum on this website posing the question: "is enough of the music education we offer children and young people “immersing them in real musical experiences”?
Have your say by clicking here
What''s happening on the Perform! network right now?
Radiowaves Training
Let us know if you need some help getting started with Radiowaves - either by contacting Salome Chasey at Trinity salome.chasey@trinityguildhall.co.uk or hello@radiowaves.co.uk
If there is a group of you all interested in training we can arrange to come out to you.
Go to the Perform! Radiowaves network NOW www.radiowaves.co.uk/perform
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