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LMM Intern Rhuti takes Painting Music to Bridge Fest
Part of my life involves visiting a wide variety of different schools across the country to give workshops with my group, Painting Music. But I can safely say we have never been invited to anything quite as vibrant, exciting and enjoyable as Bridge Fest 2010, held at Jessop Primary School on 9 July. The day opened with a whole school assembly, where everyone got a taste of just what was in store during the day. As well as Painting Music there were brass players from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, singing workshops with the incredibly enthusiastic Jess and Aidan, RCM clarinettists brought in to entertain the nursery children, and, to top it all off, some West African Drumming!...
Bridge to the community
As part of Bridge Fest 2010, two small groups of Year 1 and 2 students from Ashmole Primary school took part in our first community performances, taking their violins to Stockwell Good Neighbours and Vassal Elderly Peoples Project to showcase their skills...
LMM Internship programme launches!
Read what Alice, Katherine and Matt have to say about their summer work experience at LMM...
Bridge students impress Boris Johnson!
Well, the big day we have all been working towards finally arrived and the children from Jessop and Ashmole finally got the chance to perform for the Mayor,of London ,Boris Johnson. This visit, which took place on Monday 7 June, was hugely significant for the pupils and their teachers. It gave the Bridge Project an enormous publicity boost, but more importantly, the event reinforced all the positive musical attitudes which the students have been building during the past two years.
LMM according to Dilys
I arrived at the Ashmole Primary School a little nervous and also a little late, having got myself lost on route! On arrival I was introduced by Charlotte to a number of people whose names and roles I instantly forgot! (You would think as a teacher I might be better with names!) I then stood with Charlotte, and the person I now know to be Rachel, at the back of the school hall and watched as the room gradually filled up with parents, students and teachers, an activity accompanied by the sounds of a last minute Bridge Project rehearsal. As the yr 1 and 2 performance began, I looked on in fear, remembering the horror of a chorus of beginner violins from my youth with the local music service. But instead I looked on in amazement as the year 1 and 2 students played, not only in tune but as an ensemble and with confidence and skill! They finished with a slightly clumsy and very cute bow and were given a huge applause from the audience.
This was the beginning of my first day as an intern with London Music Masters, providing me with an instant understanding of the positive and outstanding musical outcomes of the Bridge Project. It also made clear the number of lives LMM is impacting through music and education. It was also really good fun!
Notes from a small charity: Kate Barry, LMM Assistant (LMM Internship Programme) reports back
When I read the advertised vacancy for the position of intern with LMM, I applied immediately. The opportunity looked too good to miss, and the most attractive thing about it was the dual nature of the organisation. The side which deals with recognising and advancing the careers of professional violinists, LMM Awards, excited me as someone who has learned the violin, and the educational programme within the charity, the Bridge Project, appealed to me due to my strong interest in education and my experience working in primary schools in the past.
Must we suppress our instinctive reactions to music? LMM discusses Alex Ross' recent lecture on 21st Century concert etiquette...
An eager audience filled the Wigmore Hall on Monday night as Alex Ross talked about the evolution of concert culture, and in particular the downfall of spontaneous applause. Ross, who writes about classical music for the New Yorker and received great acclaim for his book, 'The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century,' painted a vivid picture of days gone by, when it was perfectly acceptable to clap not just between movements but even to applaud alongside the music during particularly thrilling parts of a performance! I found his thoughts very refreshing and the LMM team pondered the issue with me in the office the following day...
London Music Masters promotional video
London Music Masters' promotional video is now up on YouTube!
Take a look to find out more about London Music Masters' inspirational activities - the Bridge Project and the LMM Awards. Meet our founder (Victoria Sharp), Artistic Director (Itzhak Rashkovsky), and see excerpts from our three LMM Artists, winners of the first LMM Awards for 2009-2012: Jennifer Pike, Agata Szymczewska and Elena Urioste...