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Contents
• Curriculum Support & Enrichment 2018-
19 now launched!
• July Live Music Performance Bookings
Open!
• Classical 100 – Free resource!
• Ensemble Engagement Survey
• Music Therapy
• Primary School Music Self-Assessment
Tool
• Recent Event Reports
• NSCYM Tour
• Forthcoming Singing Events
• Forthcoming Music Concerts
• Local Ensembles
Music Education Partnership:
North Somerset
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Your regular update of what is going on musically in North Somerset and the surrounding area that may be of interest to you, your setting or your pupils.
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June 2018
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Curriculum Support & Enrichment 2018-19 Launch
The Music Service’s Singing, CPD and Enrichment Workshop offer for 2018-19 is now live online. You can view the offer in the new combined brochure. Everything you have come to expect is still there but we’ve got a great new innovation that should be a real benefit for schools! The way we are structuring our offer online has changed a little to make life easier for schools and save you some money whilst maintaining the breadth and quality of what you can access. You can still book the individual activities as you always have done, though through a new
more user friendly online form, but we believe you may prefer to use the new packaged approach.
This year we are offering the four packages described and by selecting one of these packages you can save money! It also enables you to know exactly how much your music support, singing and other activities will cost for the whole year. Armed with the figure for ‘music’ some Governing Bodies or PTA’s might want to take up the baton of fundraising with such a clear goal in mind?
The packages have been designed to reflect what most schools currently buy over a year so we hope you will be able to look at the list and find one that fits your needs. If not, pick the nearest and then add on as many additional activities as you like when completing the online form. We’ve tried to make it really user friendly and obvious how to get the provision you want.
Once you have picked your package we ask you on the online form to indicate which workshops you want and when you want them. The cost is included in your package price. If you want more workshops than your package offers this is where you can also simply select the additional ones you want and these will be charged at the cost indicated. Next you have the option to indicate the singing activities you wish to engage with and any CPD you might want for your
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team or to send individual teachers to. Please remember that the CPD listed is only a snapshot of what you can request. If you have a music education related CPD need then please do just tell us and we will endeavour to meet it. If you really don’t want one of the packages just ignore the first part of the form and book the individual items you want and they will be charged at the price shown. Download the brochure here. Access the booking form here.
July Live Music Performance Bookings now open! Strung Out featuring Jenny Heathcote, Nicola Bradshaw, Alison Welch and Jim Parfitt plus Hot Air with Mark Trego, Rog Sansom, Rob Heathcote, Anne Owen and Nicky Tiddy are available to perform two stimulating programmes in the last week (and a bit) of Term 6.
Hot Air’s 2018 programme is themed around musical representations of animals, so there will be ‘Peter and the Wolf’ with audience participation, ‘The Hen’, ‘The Pink Panther’ and other animal related pieces. Can the children identify which animals the composers are attempting to represent musically?
Strung Out will be offering a programme of ‘Music Through the Ages’. Children will be able to follow the development of musical language through different periods of time. Each performance will last approximately 45 minutes and the charge will be just £50. To book a performance from either group please email [email protected] stating which group you would prefer to visit and offering three alternative days/times that would work best for you between 16th - 22nd July.
Ensemble Engagement Survey The Music Service is undertaking a large-scale project to gather young people’s views on making music with others. Three surveys of different cohorts have already been completed and now we are about to survey every child that the Music Service teaches in small group and individual lessons to obtain their views. To do this in the next few weeks instrumental teachers will be asking pupils just a small number of questions about whether they play
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with others, the type of music they like etc. while they are getting their instruments ready in lessons. We reckon it takes about 90 seconds and we are not recording the names of children, just responses. The responses to the earlier surveys have already led to plans to establish new ensembles in particular locations in September and January so this information when analysed will have an impact upon opportunities for young people.
Music Therapy
Music therapy is a very specific established psychological clinical intervention that is
delivered by registered music therapists that will address psychological, emotional,
cognitive, physical, communicative and social needs. It uses music and sounds where
communication and engagement through verbal language may fail.
‘Music therapy is the skilful use of music and musical elements by an accredited music therapist to promote, maintain, and restore mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Music has non-verbal, creative, structural, and emotive qualities. These are used in the therapeutic relationship to facilitate contact, interaction, self-awareness, learning, self-expression, communication, and personal development.’ (CAMT, 1994)
'Music plays an important role in our everyday lives. It can be exciting or calming, joyful or poignant, can stir memories and powerfully resonate with our feelings, helping us to express them and to communicate with others. Music therapy uses these qualities and the musical components of rhythm, melody and tonality to provide a means of relating within a therapeutic relationship. In music therapy, people work with a wide range of accessible instruments and their voices to create a musical language which reflects their emotional and physical condition; this enables them to build connections with their inner selves and with others around them.' (BAMT, 2017)
Pupils most often proposed for Music Therapy are those with fairly clear SEND challenges,
particularly those on the autistic spectrum, with emotional challenges or with severe
communication difficulties.
Music Therapists do not teach music. They provide a therapeutic experience that uses
music as a tool through which the following type of aims can be addressed.
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Aims might include:
• Developing communication skills
• Encouraging self-expression
• Developing confidence and self-esteem
• Reducing anxiety
• Helping to regulate feelings
• Increased resilience and emotional wellbeing
• Decrease in physical tension
• Increased motivation to communicate
Traditional Music Therapy sessions are 1-2-1 and follow the Therapist meeting the child, a
member of the family or carer and someone from the school to agree what the desired
outcome will be. This enables the Therapist after an assessment session to plan the
following engagements.
Because the Music Service Therapist is HCPC accredited/registered they are required to
undergo a certain number of supervised session each year (the number of supervisions
increase with the number of clients) which are quite costly. These costs are included in the
following charges.
Assessment Session 20 minute initial meeting with family and/or teacher for therapist to learn about the individual context of the child’s situation, followed by 30 minutes with the child, and then 20 minute follow up meeting with the family and/or school teacher to agree the form the therapy will take, the time frame and realistic outcomes.
£50
1-2-1 Therapy session 1 hour allocated of which 40 minutes is with the pupil and twenty minutes to make notes on progress for family and school.
£40
It is very difficult to generalise about the number of sessions that a child needs to engage
with for quantifiable outcomes to become apparent. In most cases 6 sessions would be the
minimum time that it could take for an effective trusting relationship to develop enabling a
review of progress and recommendations for future engagement to be drawn up. At this
point in the treatment an interim report would be produced.
In exceptional circumstances where there are a number of children with very similar
challenges or where a common relevant theme can be followed it may be possible for up to
6 children to engage in a session. Inevitably the outcomes will be more generic than with
1-2-1 sessions. The planning and preparation as well as management of such sessions is
complex and the fee must therefore reflect this. Ideally each child should have an
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individual assessment and then the cost for the groups sessions increases as the number in
the group rises.
Individual Assessment Session
20 minute initial meeting with family and/or teacher for therapist to learn about the individual context of the child’s situation, followed by 30 minutes with the child, and then 20 minute follow up meeting with the family and/or school teacher to agree the benefits the child may obtain from group therapy sessions.
£50 per child
Group Therapy session
1 hour allocated of which 40 minutes is with the children and twenty minutes to make notes on progress.
£50 for 2 children £60 for 3 children £70 for 4 children £75 for 5 or 6 children
Your Music Therapist
The Music Service is very pleased to welcome Heather Walters as it’s ‘in house’ Music
Therapist. She brings to her role vast experience as a teacher as well as therapist, and
benefits from having worked with a variety of age groups in different scenarios. Music
Therapy work can be emotionally as well as physically draining so the Music Service is
balancing Heathers workload with some cello and vocal teaching to
ensure her wellbeing.
MA – Music Therapy
MA – Advanced Musical Studies
PGCE – Early Years
BA – Music
To discuss engaging Heather as your Music Therapist please email [email protected] or telephone 01934 426430
Primary School Music Self-Assessment Tool To help schools evaluate their music offer we have developed a tool to assist with identifying strengths and areas for development and also support the development of a music action plan. The tool contains a list of statements which schools can consider to what extent they agree. Then by scoring the degree of agreement, identifying the barriers that prevent them being able to agree fully, and deciding upon actions to overcome the barriers a music development plan very quickly and painlessly emerges.
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The tool explores…
• National Curriculum
delivery
• Prelude Programme/First
Access/Wider
Opportunities
• Access to Ensembles
• Music Workshops
• Music CPD
• Singing
• Instrumental/Vocal Tuition
• Relationship with Music Service & Hub
Those schools that have trialled the tool have reported it is easy to use, and effectively helps them develop an effective and simple plan for moving music forward. Click here to open and download the toolkit as an Excel file.
Classical 100 – Free Resource
Classical 100 is a free resource for UK primary schools that brings the magic of music to your classroom.
Each piece inspires a challenge that encourages you to listen, learn and explore all 100 pieces and earn stars for your class as you go. The challenges are fun and flexible enough to use in a number of ways – from short starter activities to longer pieces of work spanning several hours. The best thing is, you don’t have to be a specialist music teacher to use it – each challenge includes a helpful guide and all the resources you need to tackle it with your class.
Click here to access
Do you have an idea that can spark enthusiasm for music in classrooms across the UK?
ABRSM is looking for a simple and original idea for a musical challenge based on Carl Orff’s O Fortuna to complete their free resource for primary schools, Classical 100. Find out more
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at abrsm.org/classical100. ABRSM has teamed up with Yamaha to offer a prize for the best idea – you could win a brand new Clavinova CLP-635R digital piano for your school!
Recent Events Reports The team really entered into the spirit of Disco Orchestra Day 2018! during the midterm
break! The idea of this was to give children of Grade 1-4 standard the opportunity to do something rather different in an orchestra.
A fabulous group of young musicians gathered together at St Nicholas Chantry Primary School in Clevedon on the last Friday of their holidays and everyone had a wonderful time. Including the staff! The young musicians were soon in the spirit of ‘Flashdance’ and by the time we got to the performance the bass and drums boomed out and ‘what a feeling’ was created.
‘Thank you very much for organising the disco orchestra today - my two really
enjoyed it. xxx had been concerned that it might be too long for her, but
she had a great time. We'd definitely support another such session in the
future.’
‘Thank you all - xxx really enjoyed it today.’
Yes we will definitely do it again, if only so the staff get to dress up once more! Do watch out for these one-off events when they are promoted and share
them with your pupils. They will thank you for it!
Weston Rocks! was held on Friday 18th May. 290 Y5/6 children got together at Hans Price
Academy for a fabulous morning of singing rock and pop songs led by Anne Clough and Jim Parfitt and supported by Carlo Hooper Head of Music and the music students at Hans Price Academy.
NSCYM Tour The Concert Band and Sinfonia from the NSCYM Clevedon Centre are off to the Loire as soon as ‘school’s out’! Travelling by coach and trailer the 52 young musicians plus staff and Dave the unicorn will head off to Angers.
The accommodation we have found is fantastic and
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situated within a lakeside leisure complex. Staying at the Parc de Loisirs du Lac de Maine there will be lots to do for leisure as well as musically. There are three major concerts planned and local media in France are already promoting them so we are expecting good audiences. We’ll report back upon our return!
Forthcoming Events Year 2 ‘Summer Sing!’ 2018 Singing Festivals 15 Singing festivals will start on Tuesday 19th June with over 2200 Year 2 children participating. ‘Get fit-get singing!’ is the theme and sporty songs have been learnt following a teacher’s CPD twilight seminar in March.
KS2 Choirs Festival 2018 On Wednesday 11th July KS2 Choirs from 10 Primary Schools will perform in the KS2 Choirs Festival after rehearsing songs for many weeks and receiving two support visits. All of the choirs will come together for a morning rehearsal and an evening concert led by Anne Clough.
Forthcoming Concerts!
Sat 30th June 2018 Lions Brass 4 Youth Prize Giving Concert @ Weston-super-Mare Playhouse 7pm
Sat 30th June 2018 NSCYM Clevedon Intermediate Orchestra, Intermediate Strings, Intermediate Band, Junior Strings, Junior Band, Junior Orchestra @ Christ Church, Clevedon 7pm
Thurs 5th July 2018 NSCYM Tutti. Jazz Orchestra, Clarinet Choir, Simply Strings, School of Pop & Rock, Baytree School Open Orchestra @ Priory School, Queensway, Worle, Weston-s-Mare 7pm
Sat 7th July 2018 NSCYM Sinfonia, Vivace, Concert Band, Swing Band @ Christ Church, Clevedon 7:30pm
Sun 8th July 2018 Portishead Raft Race: North Somerset Jazz Orchestra @ The Lake Grounds, Portishead 13.30pm
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Local Ensembles
The MEP:NS partners between them run loads of weekly ensembles for children and young people in North Somerset. Please do encourage your pupils to get involved in some of them. Music making is so much more enjoyable when done with others.
Lions Brass for Youth Rehearsals take place at Clevedon 1st Scout Hut, Great Western Road, Clevedon.
Starter Band # 8 (Fridays 4.10pm to 4.40pm)
Starter Band # 9 (Thursday afternoon Churchill School) Training Band (Fridays 4.45pm to5.15 pm)
The next level after completing the starter band program, or as an entry level Grade 1 on a brass instrument.
Junior Band (Fridays 5.20pm to 6.10pm) For players approaching Grade 3 and above.
Youth Band Fridays 6.15pm to 7.45pm For players approaching Grade 5 and above.
Weston Youth Orchestra Rehearsals take place on Friday evenings throughout the year at the Boulevard United Reformed Church in the heart of Weston-super-Mare. Junior Orchestra (Grades 1 - 5) 6pm - 7pm Senior Orchestra (Grade 5+) 7pm - 9pm
North Somerset Centre for Young Musicians Ensembles meet at a variety of venues and on different days, as follows.
@ Backwell (Backwell Secondary School) Saturdays 9.30 - 12.10
Junior String Orchestra For players from pre Grade 1 to Grade 2 standard.
Intermediate String Orchestra A string orchestra for players of Grades 3 - 5 standard.
Junior Full Orchestra For players of Grades 1 - 2 standards.
Intermediate Full Orchestra For players of Grades 3 - 5 standard.
Junior Wind Band For woodwind, brass and percussion players of Grades 1 - 2 standard.
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Intermediate Wind Band For woodwind, brass and percussion players of Grades 3 - 5 standard.
@ Clevedon (St Nicholas Chantry Primary School) Saturdays, 9.00 - 12.30 North Somerset Sinfonia A full symphony orchestra for players of Grades 5-8. Swing Band Commercial music band for flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, bass guitar and drums. Concert Band A symphonic wind band for players of Grades 5-8. To hear a recent performance click here. Vivace A string orchestra for players of Grades 5 and above.
@ Worle (St Anne's Primary School @ West Wick) Thursdays Tutti Orchestra (5:00-6:00 pm)
An orchestra for players of Grades 1-4 standard. Big Brass! (6:00-7:00 pm)
A fun way to begin learning low Brass instruments. Get started playing the Tuba, Euphonium or Baritone.
Instruments will be provided (subject to availability). Click here for more information.
North Somerset Jazz Orchestra (6:30-8:00pm) North Somerset’s premier youth ‘big band’. Minimum standard grade 5.
Clarinet Choir (5:30-6:30pm) An ensemble for players of Grade 5 plus standard.
@ Nailsea (Nailsea School) Mondays 4.15-5.15pm Simply Strings A string orchestra for players of Grade 4 and above.
School of Pop & Rock Wednesdays 5.30-7.30pm Weston College University Campus, Loxton Road, Weston-super-
Mare A fantastic opportunity for budding rock and pop musicians to
receive coaching in flexible groups and bands from some of the area’s finest and most prolific musicians.