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FOOTBALL CHANTS IN HULL & NORTH EAST LINCS
A Football Chants singing project has been taking place at Longhill Primary School in Hull and at Middlethorpe Primary School in Cleethorpes.
Community musicians Pete Moran and Mike Allan led a group of young people from Year 5 in three after school workshops based on learning and writing football chants.
Through three workshops a group of around 20-30 children learnt how to make catchy rhythms using drums, horns and whistles and then compose their own football chants and sing them.
Following these workshops a performance session in school assembly meant that the young people could show off what they have learnt.
The project aims to encourage young people, especially boys to sing.
The musicians will also provide a teachers resource sheet to be left with the school to guide in future singing sessions.
WE TOOK PART IN NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC WEEK 2007!
Music4U celebrated national Youth Music Week 2007 with a special programme of activities for young people in the Humberside area.
As part of the national celebration of Youth Music during October half term 2007, Music4U brought together young music makers from across all the four regions: Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire.
'Borders, Barriers and Bridges' was the name for the Music4U activities and a series of workshops were on offer over three days in all four regions with participants coming together for a rehearsal and shared performance at the Octagon Centre in Hull on the final day. The performance was filmed to be shown on BBC Big Screen in Hull later in the year.
Activities included African drumming, singing and rapping workshops with Polar Bear Poet.
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In just one day at half-term, a group of 20 young people aged between 8 and 12 learnt how to rap, write compose and perform their own songs. Community musicians, Jennie Beasty and Dave Watts put a creative spin on songwriting and the participants amazed with the results.
The session started with a rap based around excuses for not handing in homework and the young people enjoyed adding their own bizarre excuses! There were then opportunities to perform these raps to the rest of the group with a backing track to help them get the correct rhythm. This was the first time many of the participants had used a microphone and there were some helpful tips on hand from the tutors as to how to get the best sounds.
Creating a song from scratch was a more challenging task. To aid this process the musicians had a selection of magazines and newspapers and encouraged the young people to find words and phrases that they would like to use in their own songs. Then, working in small groups they linked their words together and picked themes for their songs.
Once the lyrics were in place, the tutors worked with the groups to create the music – some of this happened vocally and some with the help of xylophones to pick up a simple tune.
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Earlier this year Music4U ran a Football Chants project in Hull & Cleethorpes. Click play below to see a clip of the Hull City themed part of the scheme and watch how young people from Longhill sang Hull City all the way to the Premier League.
BURTON HAS BEEN ROCKING!
Rock Workshops and Performances for Young People have been taking place on Saturday mornings in the Village Hall in Burton upon Stather in North Lincs.
Workshops culminated in two performances at Burtonfest 2008: one on 13th June at the Raw Talent night aimed at young people and one on 15th June for families and the community at large.
See our North Lincs events section on our main website for more details and for more rock and music workshops coming up in the area: What's On in North Lincs
For national Youth Music Week 2007,
24 - 31 October with Music4U, we put on singing, rapping and drumming activities for young people in the Humberside region to get involved in. Check out more information on the 'Borders, Barriers and Bridges' project below and click above to watch our montage of photos and below for our video clip!
*STOP PRESS!* National Youth Music Week 2008 will take place 25th October - 1st November. Watch this space for news of activities to be run by Music4U in the Humber region.
All about Music4U...
Music4U is the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone, running a wide range of music activities across the region.
Music4U is co-ordinated by the National Centre for Early Music working in partnership with the East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire Councils supported by Arts Council England, Yorkshire and instigated and funded by Youth Music.
Changing Lives is a short (10 minute) film highlighting some of the projects delivered by Music4U. Watch Changing Lives to see Music4U in action. We hope you enjoy it!
More about Music4U...
Music4U is one of 22 Youth Music Action Zones running throughout the country. It was set up in the Humber Region in September 2001 and since this time more than 22,000 young people up to the age of 18 have taken part in a wide range of music related activities, gained in confidence and broadened their musical understanding.
Young people in the region have had the opportunity to work with community musicians who have been trained on Music4U’s Community Music For Practitioners Course representing a wide range of musical styles and cultures and have had lots of fun along the way.
Music4U has a new programme of activities running until April 2009 in the Humber Region and there are lots of opportunities for young people to get involved.
For the latest events news visit our website:
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The track you are listening to is The Rhythmn is in my Grasp created by young people from Winifred Holtby School in Hull in Music4U workshops.
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The Basement Studio is now running free open access sessions in Bristol again. These sessions are for young people at all levels of music interest and experience. There are two areas: Live music – with drum kit, bass, electric or acoustic guitars, keyboard and mics; Urban music – with music tech, DJing and MCing. There are 3x 40 min slots in each area every session. Each area is run by a tutor who will talk to you about what you want to do - and help you do it. There are also youth workers who can help you get info and advice on anything you need to know about and are generally up for a chat. They can also help you get certificates such as National Youth Achievement Awards or Arts Awards – either for the music you make or for other projects. Call the Basement (0117) 934 9013 for more info – or just turn up. We’re at the Unicorns, Colston Street (next to Colston Hall), on Tues and Thurs eves, 7.30-10pm. When you’re standing in front of Colston Hall there’s an archway directly to the right. Walk through there, make for the double brown doors (next to the bins) – through them and downstairs to the Unicorns.
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