Waveband

2004

 * Waveband with Mike McGrother at Tees Valley Schools from April 2004 to July 2005: Project managing and delivering music workshops and INSET sessions. Artists: 3 musicians, a composer and trainee. A two year project in three secondary schools from the same borough in the Tees Valley. The project was aimed at Year 10 GCSE music pupils and followed their progression into Year 11. In year one the children explored music making techniques and approaches, composing pieces of music around a given theme. In year two the schools joined together to form a performance group to learn and perform a collaborative piece. It was written by a professional composer adapted from the pieces created in each school in year one. There were 6 INSET sessions for each school. There was training for community musicians on an apprenticeship scheme from the The Sage, Gateshead. A final performance event and CD with booklet documented the project.
 * Waveband music workshops with Tony McNally, Becky Owen and Liz Corney at English Martyrs RC Comprehensive School and Branksome Comprehensive School from September 2004 to July 2005: delivering composition workshops with music pupils to explore music making techniques and approaches, composing pieces of music around a given theme, and finally composing a collaborative piece which involved all three partner schools in a joint performance.
 * Waveband with Marcus Diamond from December 2004 to July 2005: creating accompanying film and animation extracts to accompany the musical material produced by the team. Working with participants and produced for a public performance.