J’s hands were dancing right from the first note, gently, joyfully each one seemingly with a mind of its own. She laughed and so did we. It was an invitation. D and I mirrored her movements back. Slinkys became percussion instruments and they danced to. The felt wiggled and D used it to skip. She … Continue reading Creative Encounters: Year 2, Chapter 3, Part 1
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Life as a Trainee Music Leader: Lauren Brant
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by Lauren Brant, Trainee Music Leader
Life as a Trainee Music Leader: Lauren Brant
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Creative Encounters: Year 2, Chapter 2, Part 3
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by Mary Martin, Musician
Creative Encounters: Year 2, Chapter 2, Part 3
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Creative Encounters: Year 2, Chapter 2, Part 2
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by Julian West, Artistic Director and Musician
Julian West, Artistic Director and Musician
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Creative Encounters: Year Two, Chapter 2, Part 1
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by Lucy Steggals, Visual Artist
Creative Encounters: Year Two, Chapter 2, Part 1
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Creative Encounters Year Two: Part Five
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by Alex Marshall, Trainee Music Leader
Creative Encounters Year Two: Part Five
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Open Call 2020
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Open Call is an initiative to support music creators in laboratory-style commissions; offering opportunities to challenge compositional practice, explore new ways of ...
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Creative Encounters Year Two: Part Four
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by Tim Cape, musician on Creative Encounters
An important part of our work in creative encounters sessions comes when the main session has finished and we spread out around the home This is a special time as it …
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Creative Encounters Year Two: Part Three
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by Mary Martin, musician on Creative Encounters
L looks pleased to be offered a baton He sits up in his chair, looks round the room and confidently conducts the band of assembled musicians, shaping the fragments of …
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Spitalfields Music takes part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge
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by Sarah Gee - Chief Executive, Spitalfields Music
As we move into the festive season, inevitably our thoughts turn to those who are not as fortunate, and in particular the young people growing up in our neighbourhood …
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Creative Encounters Year Two: Part Two
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by Julian West, artistic lead for Creative Encounters
There are always surprises Even after more than 20 years of making music in care homes, I am continually caught off guard, shaken out of routines, and made to look, …
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Creative Encounters Year Two: Part One
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by Clare Whistler, dancer for Creative Encounters
Why are so many care homes called ‘Court’ For me the word brings to mind courtiers, and history books, places of grandeur and hierarchies, going to court for the …
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Spitalfields Music Announces Festival Curators & New CEO
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Spitalfields Music is delighted to announce three new imaginative Artistic Curators – Edmund Finnis, Kate Molleson and Errollyn Wallen – who will work alongside …