MusicLeader Yorkshire Courses and Events: Summer Term 2011

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Move to the Music with Dalcroze
Starts Monday 9^th May – The Carriageworks, Leeds
Please note – this course was postponed from Monday 28^th February

Music Ambassadors Programme: Part 2 in partnership with Opera North
Starts Tuesday 10^th May – Central Leeds
There are currently no further places on this course - please contact us at Yorkshire@musicleader.net to find out about opportunities in 2011 – 12

Fundamentals of Kodaly and Early Years in partnership with NOEL
Starts Wednesday 11^th May – Eureka!, Halifax

Creative Renewal for MusicLeaders
Part 3: Collaborative Processes
Saturday 14^th and Sunday 15^th May – Central Leeds
Participants can book onto individual parts or onto the whole set of 4 double sessions

Develop your Music Leading
Wednesday 18^th and Wednesday 25^th May – The Carriageworks, Leeds

Creative Renewal for MusicLeaders
Part 4: Performance
Saturday 11^th and Sunday 12^th June – Central Leeds
Participants can book onto individual parts or onto the whole set of 4 double sessions

Music Technology made easy!
Starts Thursday 23^rd June – Old Courthouse, Thirsk

Sing Up in Yorkshire: Summer Term 2011

Singing Progression through KS2

Tuesday 17^th May – Barnsley Music Service Centre

Places are still available on this FREE course – contact Rebeka at rebeka.haigh@musicleader.net

Sing Up wins prestigious award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music – January 2011

The National Singing Programme has been awarded the highly regarded 2011 Making Music Sir Charles Groves Prize for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Established in 1990, the Sir Charles Groves Prize recognises the outstanding contribution that individuals and organisations make to British music. Previous recipients of the Prize include Howard Goodall, Glastonbury Festival and Classic FM. It is awarded by Making Music, the National Federation of Music Societies, one of the largest arts umbrella organisations for amateur music making in the UK.

Sing Up launched in November 2007 following a commitment by Government to raise the standard of music education for children. The overall aim of the programme is to increase opportunities for primary school-aged children throughout England to enjoy singing as part of their everyday lives. The comprehensive programme includes a workforce development strand for teachers, Funded Programmes, an Awards scheme and an accessible online singing resource and magazine. Currently, over 94% of state primary schools in England are signed up to the programme.

The programme was initially championed by the composer and broadcaster Howard Goodall who is the National Singing Ambassador and was recently honoured with a CBE! It is a collaboration of a consortium led by Youth Music with advertising agency AMV-BBDO, music publishers Faber Music and The Sage Gateshead.

Youth Music Chief Exec, Christina Coker OBE, commented:
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Sing Up has been recognised for the transformative impact it has had on primary music education. In the relatively short time since its launch, we’ve helped to enable the power of singing to transform schools and communities and created a world-class programme of which we are all immensely proud to be a part. This Prize also recognises the extraordinary enthusiasm and commitment of staff and partners across the country.”

Anthony Sargent, General Director at The Sage Gateshead, said:
“Sing Up has been an extraordinarily transformational programme in so many ways; in the 94% of all English primary schools it’s so far reached, in the self confidence of innumerable primary teachers and as a vivid trail-blazer for a completely new kind of relationship between the worlds of education and the arts.  We’ve been enormously proud and happy to have been part of the consortium team leading Sing Up, and we’ll be reflecting the many lessons we’ve derived from the programme in many different aspects of our future work.”

MusicLeader Yorkshire Courses and Events: Spring Term 2011

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· Music Ambassadors Programme with Opera North: Part 1
Starts Tuesday 18^th January – Central Leeds
Starts Wednesday 19^th January – Bradford
There are currently no further places on this course - please contact us at Yorkshire@musicleader.net to find out about opportunities in 2011 - 12

Introduction to Kodaly with NOEL
Wednesday 19^th January – Barnsley Music Centre
OR Wednesday 9^th March – Eureka!, Halifax

Move to the Music with Dalcroze
Starts Monday 31^st January – St Mary’s Church, Sheffield

Rural Practitioners Forum: Creating Classroom Compositions
Tuesday 8^th February – Old Courthouse, Thirsk

· MusicLeader DNA day… in York
Friday 11^th February – Priory Street Centre, York

· Creative Renewal for MusicLeaders
Starts Wednesday 16^th February – Central Leeds

· Rhythm, Movement and the Early Years
Thursday 17^th February – Deighton Centre, Huddersfield

· Youth Music Open Programme Surgery
Tuesday 1^st March – Priory Street Centre, York

· Creative Composition
Wednesday 3^rd March – Bannerdale Centre, Sheffield

· MusicLeader Start Up
Monday 7^th March – The Carriageworks, Leeds

· Music in Health
Starts Tuesday 9^th March – Sheffield
There are currently no further places on this course - please contact us at Yorkshire@musicleader.net to find out about opportunities in 2011 – 12

· Fundamentals of Music Technology
Starts Thursday 10^th March – Old Courthouse, Thirsk

· MusicLeader DNA day… in Huddersfield
Saturday 12^th March – Deighton Centre, Huddersfield

MusicLeader DNA day… in Sheffield
Monday 4^th April – Bannerdale Centre, Sheffield

Rural Practitioners Forum: Music and Stories
Tuesday 5^th April – Old Courthouse, Thirsk

Sing Up in Yorkshire Courses and Events: Spring Term 2011

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· Beatboxing and the Power of the Human Voice with Jason Singh
Tuesday 15th February

· Moving Song
Wednesday 16th February

MusicLeader Yorkshire Courses and Events: Summer Term 2010

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DNA day in Sheffield

Wednesday 21^st April at the Bannerdale Centre

Humber Music CPD Network:

A load of old rubbish! Making music from Junk…

Saturday 24^th April at The Ropewalk in Barton-upon-Humber

Global Grooves – Journey of the Orixas

Saturday 12^th June at The Quality Royal Hotel in Hull

Rural Practitioners' Forum Events: Music and Movement

Tuesday 27^th April at The Old Courthouse, Thirsk

South Yorkshire Music CPD Network: Working with Mixed Ability Groups

Wednesday 5^th May at Get Sorted Academy of Music, Rotherham

Advanced Music Technology course with Epiphany Music

Starts Tuesday 11^th May at Sheffield South CLC

Safeguarding Children and Safer Practice under the new VBS

Thursday 13^th May at The Media Centre in Huddersfield

Sing Up in Yorkshire Courses and Events: Summer Term 2010

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Composing with the Curriculum course with Kate Pearson

Starts Monday 26^th April in Thirsk

Starts Thursday 6^th May in Sheffield

Simple Steps to Classroom Singing with Sue Nicholls

Wednesday 28^th April in Hull

Beatboxing: The Basics and Beyond with Jason Singh

Thursday 6^th May in Leeds

Friday 7^th May in Huddersfield

Monday 10^th May in Sheffield

Monday 7^th June in Wakefield

How to Improve Your Choir

Thursday 6^th May at The Ropewalk in Barton-upon-Humber

Wednesday 19^th May at Beverley Racecourse

How to Conduct Your Choir

Thursday 13^th May at the Cairn Hotel in Harrogate

North Yorkshire Singing Roadshow

Monday 21^st June at The Old Courthouse in Thirsk

Tuesday 22^nd June at Selby Town Hall

Wednesday 23^rd June at Scarborough Library

Thursday 24^th June at the Victoria Hall in Settle

Friday 25^th June at Thornborough Hall in Leyburn

Promotional material not yet available – for more information contact Amelia Kasmi at yym@singup.org

Singing in SEN Settings course with DARTS

Starts 9^th July at Stone Hill Special School in Doncaster

Before Christmas 2009, BBC Radio 4’s Today guest editor Robert Wyatt asked people who sang in amateur choirs around the UK to send the sound of their song to the Today programme.
The producers were inundated in music - from requiems to carols and folk songs. From Mousehole to Aberdeen you can hear the sound of Great Britain's choirs by clicking the icons on the interactive map athttp://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8436000/8436192.stm. The map is a work in progress, and they will endeavour to add as many of the choirs we received as possible in the coming days. Submissions are now closed. 
Professor Stephen Clift, director of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, appeared on the Today programme on the13 January 2010 discussing what makes choral singing so popular and some of the health benefits.
You can listen again by going tohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8455000/8455784.stm
and scrolling down to 0828.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Courses and Events: Spring Term 10

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South Yorkshire Music CPD Network:

Musical Mish Mash!

4^th February at Get Sorted Academy of Music, Rotherham

Creative Group Work with Teenagers

23^rd March at Get Sorted Academy of Music, Rotherham

Humber Music CPD Network: Creative Lesson Planning

6^th February at the Quality Royal Hotel, Hull

MusicLeader Start Up!

11^th February at Yorkshire Dance, Leeds

MLY and MU Introduction to the New Vetting and Barring System

24^th February at NCEM, York

Fundamentals of Music Technology

Starts 4^th March at Sheffield South CLC

Rural Practitioners' Forum Events: Bringing the Curriculum Alive with Music!

9^th March at The Old Courthouse, Thirsk

An Introduction to Workshop Leading

10^th and 17^th March at The Carriageworks, Leeds

DNA day in Hull

24^th March at Staff House, University of Hull

Sing Up in Yorkshire Courses and Events: Spring Term 10

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Beatboxing: The Basics and Beyond with Jason Singh

24^th February at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Making a Musical

3^rd March at the National Centre for Early Music, York

4^th March at the Albemarle Centre, Hull

MusicLeader Yorkshire Courses and Events: Autumn Term 09

DNA days - one to one sessions with a MusicLeader Yorkshire advisor

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2913

Kodály Concept Training course

Starts 12^th October in Sheffield

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2872

Rural Practitioners' Forum events:

An Introduction to Soundbeam

13^th October in Thirsk

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2873

Creative Songwriting

1^st December in Thirsk

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2874

Humber Music CPD Network: Steel Pan Jammin’

18^th October in Barton-upon-Humber

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2884

MusicLeader Yorkshire and Live Music Now: Engage and Connect

Starts 2^nd November in Leeds

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2888

South Yorkshire Music CPD Network: Effective Leadership of Groups

12^th November in Rotherham

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2889

MusicLeader Start Up!

23^rd November in Hull

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2900

MusicLeader Yorkshire and the Musicians’ Union:

Safeguarding Children and Safer Practice

26^th November in Leeds

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2893

Sing Up in Yorkshire Courses and Events: Autumn Term 09

Singing Journey: Finding the clues to develop quality singing with KS2

28^th September in Wakefield

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2936

6^th November in Wakefield

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2937

Simple Steps to Classroom Singing

30^th September in Sheffield

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2938

1^st October in Hull

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2940

6^th November in Beverley

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2944

9^th November in Bradford

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2941

How to Conduct your Choir

8^th October in Wakefield

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2943

Keeping KS2 Singing

12^th October in Doncaster

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2939

Sing Up Awards Launch

6^th November in Scunthorpe

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2942

10^th November in Thirsk

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2945

Sing Up - An Intro to Singing with Deaf Children

11^th November in Thirsk

http://www.musicleader.net/trainingcourses_details.asp?TPID=2946

July 2009

Sing Up Announces Launch of New Training Programme

Sing Up have announced the launch of a new range of diverse, practical one-day workshops available throughout the next academic year. These workshops are for everyone, from teachers who have never sung a note to those looking for fresh ideas.

Led by some of the nation's best singing leaders, the Sing Up Training Programme will enable teachers to refresh and bring their teaching to life, providing them with skills that can be applied to teaching all subjects.

This top quality training covers particular subjects (e.g. vocal health, transitions, choirs and singing in the primary curriculum) suitable for all levels of experience. Each training day will run between 10 am and 4 pm with lunch and will take place in venues across the 9 regions of England.

The first wave of dates have been made available for booking with many more being added all the time.

Bookings can be made by visiting the skills and training section of the Sing Up website (www.singup.org) or by calling us on 01634 729883.