North Cumbria Transition Choir & Ensemble

Programme of Activities in 2015

"Afternoon At The Alhambra"

A series of music and film sharing sessions for primary schools in North Cumbria.

First session: 18th March

Final Session: 1st July at Rheged

Participating schools: Armathwaite; Beaconside; Bewcastle; Greystoke; North Lakes; Yanwath;

This is a special session linking with our Stone Meets Sky Heritage project. Details will be emailed to participating schools

Resources: Alhambra

For participants: find tracks here to practice singing to.
First here is the BlueJam remix of the Mountains song.
Backing track for Mountains Remix [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195264175" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="80" iframe="true" /] It's A Great Life by Meg Harrison [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195265180" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="80" iframe="true" /]

Stone Meets Sky

A fantastic opportunity for Year 6 pupils across North Cumbria to take part in a composition and film-making project with BlueJam Arts Young Songwriters.

Working with BlueJam tutors, the children will create film and music as a creative response to the local Neolithic heritage.

Subsidised workshops will be offered to participating primary schools in the summer term.

Letters will be sent out to schools in March.

Funded by Heritage Lottery.

 

Creative Ensemble

As part of NCTCE’s mission to increase the number of children who feel confident to play an instrument in a group in a mixed ability setting, schools who sign up to either the Alhambra project or Stone Meets Sky project are invited to free open sessions of the Children’s Orchestra. This takes place in Penrith Music Centre @ North Lakes School on Saturday mornings.

The next open session is March 21st 2015.

10.30 – 12.30

Afternoon at the Alhambra

Wednesday 18th March Alhambra Cinema Penrith 1-3pm.

 

An afternoon where children from North Cumbrian primary schools can sing together, present individual school showcases and take part in a live soundtrack to film of local stone circles.

 

This event is now fully booked but we are planning another one for the Summer term and will send a letter out to schools in March.

Leadership

NCTCE is a North Lakes School/BlueJam Arts project
run with support from Cumbria Music Hub.

Music Director:
Jilly jarman,
Creative Director, BlueJam Arts
Programme Coordinator:
Martyn Soulsby,
Music Specialist, North Lakes School