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Current News
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. Summer Term First Day EventsSaturday 25th April is the first day of the Summer term. In the Emma Cons Hall at 1.10pm there will be a performance of Schumann's Dichterliebe by guest artist Henry Manning. Robin Bigwood will present a talk and demonstration on the harpsichord in Room B08 at Morley College, also at 1.10pm. LSSO Barbican ConcertThe LSSO return to the Barbican Hall on Wednesday 22nd April with Tamas Vasary as soloist and conductor in a programme of music by Dvorak, Chopin and Brahms. CYM Ensembles at South BankThe CYM Saxophone and Percussion Ensembles appeared at the Royal Festival Hall Clore Ballroom in the events marking the week long residancy of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra. Students and parents were also able to attend performances by the Venezualen musicians. CYM Annual ConcertThe 2009 CYM Annual Concert will be held in St. Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road on Saturday 28th March, 7.00pm. Groups taking part are: Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Choir, Tango Band, Senior Brass, Recorder Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Senior Jazz Yellow Form!Our apologies for an error on the Yellow Form sent out last week - the deadline for return is 21st March as stated at the bottom of the page, not 2nd March as in the text at the beginning. But thanks to those who have already returned them! BBC soloist with LYWBThe London Youth Wind Band will be joined by soloist Kate Moore, Principal Trumpet of the BBC Concert Orchestra, for it's concert on 27th February. Kate will perform the Haydn Trumpet Concerto and Edrich Siebert's The Lazy Trumpeter. CYM Saxophones at the Mayor's SummitSixteen CYM saxophone players led by tutor Catherine Shrubshall (billed as Mama Cat and the Jazz Kittens!)performed at the Mayor of London's Music Education Summit at London County Hall on February 14th. Delegates included distinguished musicians from across the capital with Jim Naughtie of Radio 4's Today Programme as Chairperson. CYM Director Stephen Dagg was invited to speak as panelist in the opening session. Publication of CYM/the hub researchAll delegates at the Mayors's Summit received a copy of the summary report of research undertaken by the hub on behalf of CYM and the DCSF into progression routes for young musicians in the capital in jazz, folk and world music. This and the full report can be requested from the CYM office. LSSO SuccessThe LSSO received enthusiastic reviews in the Evening Standard and at www.classicalresource.com for its 7th January Barbican Hall concert with Finnish composer and conductor Lief Segerstam and violin soloist Elina Vahala. Visiting SoloistInternationally reknowned violinist Geoffrey Allan will give a recital in the Emma Cons Hall on Saturday 17th January. He will perform music by J.S. Bach and Nathan Milstein. (This event was postponed from November due to illness) Open Day24th January 2009 Further to last term's Open Day students (and parents)considering applying for September 2009 entry to the Centre will have a further opportunity to see it all in action on Saturday 24th January. The day will run from 10pm to 2pm and visitors will be able to observe classes and meet staff and current students and parents. There will be a Lunchtime Time Concert featuring Brass Band and senior brass soloists. Congratulations!Nicholas Sabisky won the Under 13 Open Sonata Class at the Beckenham Festival playing the Poulenc Flute Sonata. FRIENDS of CYM new webpageWe invite you to take a look HERE. There's a list of related downloads, especially the AGM reports (in advance of Sat 29th November FCYM AGM). New Edition of UpbeatThe Autumn edition of Upbeat produced by the Friends of CYM is now available from the CYM office - a very good read! It is also available for download from the Friends of CYM page HERE. Shlomo at CYMThe new CYM year will begin with a vist from beatbox artist Shlomo (see his website shlo.co.uk). He is currently one of the South Bank Centre's Artists in Residence and will take two workshops on Induction and Activities for CYM students. CYM & LYWB at the Royal Albert HallThe CYM Chamber Orchestra and the London Youth Wind Band have been invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall on the 20th and 21st of October respectively in the Music for Youth Primary Proms. CYM Brass and Saxophone Ensembles will also be taking part. Summer ToursThe LSSO (Spain & Portugal) and the LYWB (Rhineland) both enjoyed highly successful tours in July. The groups each gave three performances and the LYWB were joined in Germany, and at their London concert at St James's Piccadilly, by the CYM Dance Band. The LSSO will repeat their programme of Rimsky Korsakov, Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky at the Barbican Hall on Tuesday 22nd September at 7.30pm.
Spitalfields Festival Tuesday 10th June, 7.00pmThe CYM Intermediate Orchestra will take part in a concert in the Spitalfields Festival at Shoreditch Church on Tuesday 10th June. They will give the first performance of a specially commissioned work by the Japanese composer Shu Wang entitled "Clouds". Tickets are free and available on the door. National Festival of Music for YouthThe Percussion Ensemble will travel to Birmingham on Tuesday 8th July, and the Wind Sextet on Friday 11th. Unfortunately the CYMSO's invitation was for Saturday 12th July, the last day of the CYM term and are therefore not able to take up the offer. The players can nonetheless be very proud of their achievement and will have the opportunity to show off their talents at the End of Term Concert that day in St Peter's Church, Vauxhall. More details to follow on this! South Bank ActivitiesA group of Students went to a workshop at the South Bank Centre with Borlotti-Buitoni Trust winners - clarinettist Martin Frost, violinist Soovin Kim, and cellist Christian Poltera. These young professional musicians did a workshop on Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, a piece they will be performing with Mitsuoko Uchida in November at the South Bank Centre. If anyone wants to know more about these musicians please see this website - www.bbtrust.com Congratulations!Sarah Davies, Adam Gray, and Hannah Sutcliffe won their group in the Croydon Festival this weekend CYMSO, Wind Sextet and the Percussion Ensemble have been selected to perform at the National Festival of Music for Youth in July (more details to follow). The Jack Petchey Award for April was presented to Hannah Sutcliffe for stunning playing at the Annual Concert, and continual contribution to CYM. Many congratulations to the LSSO who did a terrific performance of an all English Programme on the 22nd April. Annual ConcertThis year's annual concert was held at St Alfege Church in Greenwich. Congratulations to all the students involved in such a successfull and vibrant evening of music. Congratulations also go to Peter Croser who won the Jack Petchey Leader Award, and the twelve recipients of the monthly awards. We also said goodbye to Katie Sudlow and welcomed Helen Edwards as the new CYM Administrator. --------------------------------------- Upbeat Spring 2008The Spring edition of the magazine published by the Friends of CYM is now out - collect your copy today! -------------------------------------- |
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LYWB Concert Friday 26th February 2010, 7.30pm, St John's Waterloo LSSO Concert Wednesday 21st April 2010. 7.30pm, The Barbican Hall LYWB Concert Wednesday 28th July 2010, 7.30pm St Alfege's Church, Greenwich -------------------
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