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Current News
Louis Watt Final, 1.00pm July 2nd, Emma Cons HallComposer Alan Bullard will adjudicate the final of the Louis Watt Memorial Competition due to Clara Taylor being indisposed. The finalists are Alex Crawford, Sebastian Freeburn and Amy Roberts. Guitar Department ConcertMembers of the CYM Guitar Department will give a concert of solo and ensemble music at 7.30pm in St Anne's & St Agnes Church, EC2 on Friday July 2nd. July Holiday Course Booking Now!CYM's Instrumental Holiday Courses are a great way for students aged 7 to 15 to meet other musicians and play all kinds of music under the guidance of an enthusiastic and highly experienced tutor team. Sign up now by downloading the application form from this website, or call or e-mail for more details. Dates are shown in the "Also" column. CYM Dance Band & Lincoln Centre JazzOn Saturday June 19th the CYM Dance Band will be taking part in Essentially Ellington at the Barbican Hall (10.00am) - one of the events included in the first residency of Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra. The band will be sharing the stage with NYJO2! There will be further workshop activities through the day. The Laughing Violin!CYM tutors Peter Poole (violin) and Peter Croser (piano) present a programme of music in the lighter vain in the Holst Room (Morley College) at 1.10pm, Saturday 12th June. Admission is free. Peter Ash (LSSO Artistic Director) has opera premiered in USAPeter Ash's opera The Golden Ticket , based on Roald Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, will receive it's World Premiere on June 13th at the Opera Theatre of St Louis. Good Luck Peter! Louis Watt CompetitionInstrumentalists aged 16 and over from CYM, LSSO and LYWB who have attained a level equivalent to Grade 8 or above are eligible to take part in this prestigeous competition. See the link on the left for full details. The closing date for entries is 11th June. The 1st Round will take place on Thursday 24th June, with the Final on Saturday 3rd July. Adjudicators on June 24th are Julie Beaman and Vincent Lindsay-Clarke. The Final will be judged by ABRSM Chief Examiner Clara Taylor. CYM singers at the Globe TheatreA group of our younger singers are to take part in the Globe Theatre production of Henry VIII, opening on Saturday May 15th. Thanks as usual to Head of Singing Lynda Richardson for enabling them this unique opportunity.
Exam Entry DeadlineEntries for ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall Practical Exams should be in on Saturday 1st May. Forms available from the CYM office LSSO at the Barbican Hall, Wednesday 21st April, 7.30pmThe LSSO will again perform at the Barbican Hall, playing Berlioz's Harold in Italy with CYM student Joshua Hayward as viola soloist, and Franck Symphony in D. Robin O'Neill is the guest conductor. Contact the Barbican Box Office for tickets: 020 7638 8891 or www.barbican.org.uk. Half Term DatesPlease note that the Centre has two Saturdays off at half term, the 29th May and the 5th June, not the 22nd May as in some information at the beginning of September. CYM Annual Concert, Saturday 27th March, 7.00pmThe CYM Annual Concert will take place at St. Augustine's Church in Queen's Gate, SW7. The programme will feature both junior and senior students and include the first performance of Sweet Joy by CYM tutor Peter Thorne. All departments will be represented in a contrasting evening of music culminating in Handel's The King Shall Rejoice. Tickets always available on the door. CYM at Sound MovesCYM students will be taking part in two days of events at the South Bank Centre on Friday & Saturday 26th and 27th March. Sound Moves is a showcase for the Music and Dance Scheme partners in the South East region. A concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall at 7.30pm on the 26th will be complimented by numerous workshops and foyer performances throughout the two days. Details available from the South Bank Centre. LYWB at St. John's WaterlooOn Friday 26th February the London Youth Wind Band are joined by saxophone soloist Sam Bullard (Syd Lawrence Orchestra, West End Theatre etc) in a programme of music ranging from Gershwin to Rossini. The concert begins at 7.30pm and tickets are available on the door. Trumpet & Piano RecitalVictoria Curren (Trumpet) and Clive Matthews (Piano) will be giving two performances at CYM on Saturday 27th February. A recital programme of trumpet and piano music at 1.10pm in the Emma Cons Hall and a version for trumpet and piano of Poulenc's charming "Babar the Elephant" at 3.00pm, also in the ECH. Back On Line!Our apologies for the lack of updates over the last weeks - we are now "back on line" and the Diary is up to date. CYM Open DaysThere will be two Open Days for the Saturday Centre giving the opportunity for potential students for 2010/11 entry to observe classes and ensembles, meet tutors and find out what becoming a part of CYM really involves. The first day is Saturday 28th November and runs from 10.00am to 3.00pm. The second day is January 23rd at the same times. Please contact the CYM office for more details. Visitors from FinlandThe Rajalan Puhaltajat Youth Wind Band from Finland will be performing in a Lunchtime Concert in the Emma Cons Hall on Saturday 10th October at 1.10pm. New AppointmentsTwo long serving CYM tutors have been appointed to management positions. Gill Tarlton becomes Head of Strings and Julie Beaman becomes Senior Woodwind Tutor. Geoffrey Harniess takes on a new role as Head of Wind and Brass. Centre for Young Musicians joins Guildhall SchoolLondon’s Centre for Young Musicians has today (22 September 2009) become a department of the renowned Guildhall School of Music & Drama, following a contract agreed by the City of London Corporation and Westminster City Council. The Centre for Young Musicians, which will remain based at Morley College in central London, opened in 1970 and provides high quality music training to thousands of young people from across the capital, regardless of their background or ability to pay. The CYM is recognised as a Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) under the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ (DCSF) Music and Dance Scheme; and the Centre’s flagship London Schools Symphony Orchestra appears regularly at the Barbican Centre. Effective from today, the Centre will move from Westminster City Council’s control to the City of London Corporation, which founded and funds Guildhall School, and provides local government services to the ‘Square Mile’, which it promotes as a world-leading international financial and business centre. The transfer will significantly increase the critical mass of outreach work already undertaken by Guildhall Connect and Junior Guildhall, alongside the LSO’s Discovery and On Track schemes. This exciting opportunity will further promote equal access and develop provision of life-long music education and instrumental tuition to young people in 32 London boroughs, while realising full and unique advantage of the education and outreach programmes offered by the LINK Alliance: London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Guildhall School and the Barbican Centre. Professor Barry Ife, Principal of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, said: “This new partnership with the CYM firmly establishes Guildhall School as the largest provider of specialist music education in the United Kingdom. We look forward to working with our new colleagues to ensure the greatest possible and lasting impact on young people’s lives.” Stuart Fraser, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, said: "The City of London's decision to take on responsibility for the Centre for Young Musicians reinforces our commitment to young people and the arts, and builds on its investment in Guildhall School. I am sure that the students will continue to flourish at the Centre, as it becomes part of the School, which has gained an enviable reputation for producing exceptional talent." Stephen Dagg, CYM Director, said: "I am absolutely delighted that London's Centre for Young Musicians is to join a campus which already boasts such illustrious names as the Barbican Centre, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the London Symphony Orchestra under the aegis of the City of London Corporation. I am confident that CYM's very special spirit can enhance the life-long learning and performing culture of this vibrant, new and exciting partnership." Cllr Mark Page, Westminster Council's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "The transferring of responsibility from Westminster to the City of London Corporation is a really positive move for the Centre for Young Musicians, as it will give the centre renewed focus and benefit hundreds of young musicians across the capital."
New Term 2009/10The CYM Saturday Centre term begins on September 19th with the Induction Day for new students and special activities for the whole Centre. Details will be posted to all CYM students. CYM Students at Thames FestivalOn Saturday 12th September at 2pm both current and former CYM and LSSO students, alongside professional and community musicians, will be taking part in a performance of Flood Tide - a ground-breaking composition by jazz trumpeter and composer John Eacott generated by the flow of tidal water from the Thames. The performance will take place at London Bridge City Pier, right at the heart of the Thames Festival programme. LSSO at the BarbicanThe LSSO will perform at the Barbican Hall on Wednesday 23rd September conducted by their Artistic Director Peter Ash. matthew Trusler will be the soloist in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. The programme also includes works by Rossini, Richard Strauss and Ravel. |
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CYM Instrumental Holiday Course - Book Now! Monday 26th to Friday 30th July at St Saviour's & St Olafe's School, London SE1
LYWB Concert Wednesday 28th July 2010, 7.30pm St Alfege's Church, Greenwich LSSO Concert Tuesday 28th September 2010. 7.30pm, The Barbican Hall -------------------
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