Concert tonight / Play to an audience at the airport / New Hub website / 50th birthday events

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Welcome to Southampton Music Hub's April e-newsletter which looks back on recent events from the Hub partnership, and lets you know about what's coming up. 

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Don't miss tonight's concert


Recorder Extravaganza with Piers Adams

2 April / 7pm / £10 (under 16s £5) / Turner Sims Concert Hall

Would you like to hear one of the world's greatest recorder players tonight? Recorders of all shapes and sizes will take over the Turner Sims as children from schools across Southampton perform alongside leading recorder player Piers Adams. Accompanying Piers will be pianist Howard Moody.


So, what's new?...


Music In The Air


Calling all musicians! It's your chance to perform at Southampton Airport

Southampton Airport is offering talented musicians in the local area a chance to perform in the airport's busy terminal. Planning is underway for this year’s programme of ‘Music In The Air’ – a series of musical performances on Friday evenings in the airport lounge.  Last year’s debut programme included saxophonists to acoustic rock bands, youth swing groups and electric string duos. Passengers were musically entertained as they travelled through the terminal.

Hazel Screech, Terminal Operations Manager, said: “Music In The Air was very well received by our passengers last autumn and we’re excited to be offering the wider community an opportunity to perform throughout this year.”

Music In The Air is a collaboration between Southampton Music Service and Southampton Airport. Interested musicians should contact music@southampton.gov.uk with the act/band/group name, what kind of music they play, the age of the musicians and links to samples of their music.


Southampton Music Hub launches new website

As we continue to develop and expand in this fast-moving digital landscape, a brand new website has been launched to keep parents and children up-to-date with music in Southampton.

The new website is a colourful, regularly updated, user-friendly centre for users to find out the latest news, events and information on music education and activities in Southampton. We hope you will find it useful. Please visit our new site here: www.southamptonmusichub.org.

Computer lesson

March highlights...


SYCS Spring Concert

SYCS


The Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia Spring Concert at Oasis Academy Lord's Hill gave the audience an opportunity to hear and see the excellent results of the work accomplished on the SYCS February half-term residency in Shropshire. The orchestra played each piece with style and character, ending the evening with an energetic performance of Pirates of the Caribbean. 


If you missed the concert but would like to hear an excerpt; please click on the SoundCloud link below...

Soundcloud

Big Spring Sing


The Big Spring Sing workshops have been taking place at schools across Southampton. Southampton Music Service provides schools with a music pack and audio tracks so they can prepare their students for a final Big Sing workshop/presentation to parents and guests. Participating schools link up to share a theme for their singing events. Last year the Big Sing themes were 'animals' and 'space'. This year the themes are 'sports' and 'Southampton'.


Pyramid

Photo by Phil Robinson

Southampton Pyramid Orchestras Concert

Last Saturday the annual Southampton Pyramid Orchestras Concert took place. As always the young musicians performed music to a very professional standard and the audience listened to Hub ensembles including Acorn Strings, Elgar Strings, Southampton Young Strings, Southampton Youth Concert Sinfonia and the Southampton Youth Orchestra. Yes, we run a lot of amazing ensembles!! They all worked together to deliver an impressive programme including a traditional Lapland lullaby and an upbeat string medley of 'The Best of Queen'.


FREE concert tickets for young people

Are you or your children aged between 8 and 25? If so, the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust is giving young people the chance to see some amazing concerts for free! Please contact Southampton Music Service on 023 8083 3648 for a booking form if you want to attend any of the concerts detailed below.

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Also coming up...


Soul singer


LAST FEW PLACES available for Big Saturday Sing!

5 April / 3.10 -  4.30pm (ages 13 - 18) / Cantell Maths and Computing College / Email us to book now

The Southampton Music Hub is inviting young enthusiastic singers to participate in the final of three FREE choir taster afternoons as part of the Big Saturday Sing. With songs from musical theatre, films, major vocal works as well as chart hits; there will be lots of fun for everyone!


50@50


50@50

50 years of Southampton’s city status

2014 marks 50 years since Southampton became a city. Southampton Music Hub is celebrating this with a series of 50 musical events during June 2014 – called 50@50.

42 schools have now signed up to be a part of this project. 

Congratulations to The Sholing Technology College who are the first to be featured in the Daily Echo. We hope to feature as many events as possible in the press during the coming months. 

Below is a taste of some of the events that are taking place.

  • 7/6 Choral Performance, City Art Gallery, Shirley Warren Community Choir
  • 13/6 BG Fest, Bassett Green
  • 13/06 Galeazzi Ensemble, Turner Sims
  • 26/06 Highfield School Concert
  • 26/06 Newsreel 64, The Sholing Technology College
  • 27/06, Steel Pan Workshop, Cedar School
  • Fridays throughout June, Flautissimo open rehearsals

Brass band


Scratch Wind Band

re-scheduled

14 June / 2 - 3.30pm / £5 / Cantell Maths and Computing College / 18+ years

For rusty and not-so-rusty amateur players who would like to spend an afternoon playing in a wind band! Open to woodwind, percussion and brass players aged 18+. To guarantee your place please contact us at music@southampton.gov.uk.


Concert calendar

02/04  Recorder Extravaganza with Piers Adams / Turner Sims / 6.30pm

05/04  The Big Saturday Sing - singing workshop / Cantell Maths and Computing College / 3 - 4.30pm

07/04  Music In the Air / Southampton Airport / 5pm (TBC)

21/04  Music In the Air / Southampton Airport / 5pm (TBC)

26/04  SYO Concert / Turner Sims / 7.30pm

26/04  SYS 4tets appearing in Charity Chamber Concert / St Andrew's Church / 7pm

28/04  Friends of Music in Winchester AGM - Pupil Performances / North Transept / 2.45 - 3.30pm


Contact information

If you would like to contact Southampton Music Service about any of our Hub activities, or to find out about music lessons, concerts and joining a group, please get in touch:

023 8083 3648
southamptonmusichub.org
music@southampton.gov.uk

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