MINI SESSIONS: SCHOOL AGE YOUNG PEOPLE
FIDDLY FOURTH FINGERS FOR SCHOOL AGE UPPER STRINGS PLAYERS
Tuesday 16 April 7.30-8.30pm UK Time
Join violinist Alex Laing as he helps you develop a more reliable fourth finger which will enable you to tackle trickier or faster music with confidence.
This Session is recommended for young people who are working at Intermediate level and above.
Cost: £7 - FULL bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch Back - Recording available until 30 October 2024.
WELLBEING: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR WARM UPS AND LOOKING AFTER OUR BODIES
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Join Melissa White and Elena Urioste — violinists, yogis, and co-founders of Intermission, a program that unites body, mind, breath, and music-making through yoga and meditation — to breathe, move, chat, and play together! We'll explore the many ways in which music and yoga intersect, as well as ways to honour the musician as a whole.
Cost: £6 - FULL bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch Back - Recording available until 30 April 2024.
FINDING YOUR MUSICAL VOICE
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Join The Ayoub Sisters, Laura and Sarah as we explore the journey to finding your own musical voice.
In this Session, we will look at designing your own projects including working with fellow musicians, promoters, managers and record labels. We’ll explore the use of loop pedals, improvisation, arranging and how they unite different musical genres and cultures together through their unique compositional style.
Find out more about The Ayoub Sisters here.
Cost: £7 - FULL bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch Back - Recording available until 31 May 2024.
COME AND PLAY: JAZZ SESSION FOR ALL WITH RICHARD MICHAEL
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Bring your instruments and join us for an open jazz session with pianist Richard Michael. With his philosophy of' ‘Mistakes are Cool,’ we invite you to join Richard and to explore the musical freedom that jazz and improvisation offers. This will be a safe place to play along and expand or explore new skills.
Cost: £7 - FULL Bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch back - Recording available until 31 May 2024.
Parents/Carers: Please note this session is open to all ages. We would recommend young people under 13 have an adult present in the room during the session.
TOP TIPS FOR DEVELOPING SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS: INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED VIOLIN PLAYERS
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In this session, violinist and renowned teacher, Amy Beth Horman, will be sharing her all-time best tips and tricks for gaining fluency over major and minor scales and arpeggios. We are going to learn how to build them, practice them, and then light them up for repertoire use!
In addition to traditional scales, we will also switch it up and have some fun outside the box with a few pentatonic scales to open our ears and spark creativity for improvisation. Scales are a story waiting to be told. What's in your scale story?
This Session is suitable for intermediate and advanced violinists who are working on 3 octave scales and arpeggios.
Cost: £14 - FULL bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch Back - Recording available until 30 September 2024.
WELLBEING FOR PERFORMERS: A DISCUSSION ON PERFORMANCE ANXIETY AND NERVES
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Join professional musicians Tom Poster, Elena Urioste and Laura van der Heijden as we explore the topic of wellbeing for performers.
“We all get nervous - sometimes horribly so. Come and chat to us about it, and ask us anything you like - we’ll try to help! Love Elena, Laura and Tom”
This Session is open to adults and we are recommending a minimum age of 16.
Cost: £7 - FULL bursaries available (please tick the box on the sign up form)
Watch Back - Recording available until 30 September 2024.