Music Leader Events: Creative Portal

Networking Events 2007/08

MusicLeader Yorkshire Project Managers’ Forums

Following the success of these events over the past two years, we have planned an exciting programme that will run throughout the 07 – 08 academic year. We are also delighted that LCM Select will now be partnering us for these events. There is a chance for some networking followed by input from leading project managers and strategy makers on various aspects of music education work.

Wednesday 17 ^th October 2007
2pm – 4pm
Martha’s Meeting Room, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds
Music and Health - Ian Anstee from Live Music Now and Holly Marland from the Royal Northern College of Music.

Ian talks about the current state of music in the healthcare sector in the UK with examples taken from work undertaken by Live Music Now musicians in London and work in the Royal Blackburn Hospital by Music Experience. Holly will showcase the Music and Health work that the Royal Northern College of Music is involved in and talk about new developments in the sector. The session will also look at the merits of working in healthcare settings and the variety of ways to approach this kind of work.

Each forum costs £7.50 to attend (£15 for non-MusicLeader members), but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!
To book a place on any of our Project Managers Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire and Sound Sense

MusicLeader Yorkshire is delighted that their partnership work with Sound Sense continues this year, with an event that promises to be fun, informative and full of resources.

‘Preach what you Practise’
Tuesday 30 ^th October 2007
10am – 4pm
The Carriageworks, Leeds
£10 for MusicLeader or Sound Sense members (£20 for non-members)

‘Preach what you practise’ is an opportunity to show other practitioners from around the region a part of your work that you consider is an example of good practice in musical learning, and to pick up ideas from others. Each participant will be invited to submit in advance one exercise they use in a workshop setting that exemplifies for them good practice in musical learning. On the day, these ideas will be presented in small groups and experienced facilitators will lead discussions about the exercises, why they work and good practice issues. Copyright allowing, all exercises will be pulled together into a resource pack for practitioners to take away from the day with them.

Other parts of the day will include a fantastic key note speaker, and a roving reporter who will lead the final discussion group based around the day’s outcomes. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet, share and talk with other practitioners from around the region and reflect on the work you deliver in an informal, non-threatening environment – so come along and join us!

For more information or a booking pack, please contact us on 01422 321823, yorkshire@musicleader.net or contact Sound Sense on info@soundsense.org

MusicLeader Yorkshire Rural Practitioners’ Forums

These popular forum events are a fantastic way for those who live and work in the more rural areas of North Yorkshire to meet and learn together. After much success last year, this year’s programme promises to be more jam packed and exciting than ever!

Tuesday 6 ^th November 2007
5pm – 7pm
Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Rhythmic Ideas - Chris Bartram

Chris’ successful and popular Musical Fun and Games sessions are continuing with an exploration of the development and possibilities of working with rhythm.

This session will look at wide range of activities using rhythm, including warm ups to develop group rhythm, using words as a source for rhythm, chants, ostinati and improvising with rhythm

Each forum costs £7.50 (£15 for non-MusicLeader members) to attend, but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Rural Practitioners' Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Project Managers’ Forums

Wednesday 21 ^st November 2007
2pm – 4pm
Martha’s Meeting Room, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds
How to maximize your PR potential - Jo Swann from Chocolate PR

Jo discusses ways to increase your profile and make best use of the PR opportunities you can create for yourself or your organization

Each forum costs £7.50 to attend (£15 for non-MusicLeader members), but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Project Managers Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Rural Practitioners’ Forums

Tuesday 4 ^th December 2007
5pm – 7pm
Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Group Songs and Group Singing - Em Whitfield Brooks

This workshop will explore ways in to working with singing groups of all shapes, sizes, and levels of experience, offering warm up ideas, effective repertoire, simple approaches to group songwriting and singing in harmony. Whatever your own level of experience, or the age or experience-level of your group, Em’s session will equip you with useful tools and great new songs!

Each forum costs £7.50 (£15 for non-MusicLeader members) to attend, but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Rural Practitioners' Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Project Managers’ Forums

Wednesday 6 ^th February 2008
2pm – 4pm
Martha’s Meeting Room, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds
Strategic Horizons - Stephanie Simm, Education and Learning Officer from Arts Council England Yorkshire, and Stuart Macfarlane, Creative and Digital Industries Manager from Yorkshire Forward

Stephanie and Stuart talk about the latest regional developments and investments in the music sector and talk about their organisations’ priorities and how they may apply to you or your work.

Each forum costs £7.50 to attend (£15 for non-MusicLeader members), but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Project Managers Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Rural Practitioners’ Forums

Tuesday 19 ^th February 2008
5pm – 7pm
Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Everything you need to know about….Tuned Percussion - Janet Fulton

Following the fantastic session Janet ran in the last series of forums, her ‘everything you need to know’ series continues with a lively and practical session based on how to develop your own skills on tuned classroom percussion, and how to develop ideas to make working with percussion exciting and fun!

Each forum costs £7.50 (£15 for non-MusicLeader members) to attend, but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Rural Practitioners' Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Rural Practitioners’ Forums

Tuesday 11 ^th March 2008
5pm – 7pm
Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Composing and creating - Karen Roberts

A session designed to give you lots of ideas for creating simple but effective compositions using voices and classroom instruments. Come along and explore a variety of different genres and take away a whole new set of creative ideas

Each forum costs £7.50 (£15 for non-MusicLeader members) to attend, but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Rural Practitioners' Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Project Managers’ Forums

Wednesday 16 ^th April 2008
2pm – 4pm
Martha’s Meeting Room, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds
Working with children with PMLD - Diane Paterson from the "YAMSEN – specially music" (Yorkshire Association for Music with Special Educational Needs)

Diane talks about her experience of designing and leading large scale Music Days and Projects for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties. She also looks at how to adapt creative musical ideas and how to approach practical details that may need to be considered when running this type of work.

Each forum costs £7.50 to attend (£15 for non-MusicLeader members), but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Project Managers Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Rural Practitioners’ Forums

Tuesday 29 ^th April 2008
5pm – 7pm
Old Courthouse, Thirsk
Motivate, inspire, evaluate! - Karen Roberts

Karen Roberts, Primary Music AST, looks at the features of a successful music making session with groups of children and young people. Karen explores issues such as how you get young people interested and motivated from the start and how you can maintain their enthusiasm. Karen will also look at how you can evaluate your own sessions to monitor their success.

Each forum costs £7.50 (£15 for non-MusicLeader members) to attend, but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Rural Practitioners' Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire Project Managers’ Forums

Wednesday 14 ^th May 2008
2pm – 4pm
Martha’s Meeting Room, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds
RESPECT! - Samantha Sumerfield from Music4U - the Humber Youth Music Action Zone

Sam talks about the work that Music4U has been doing around the government’s RESPECT agenda, putting the agenda into context, and looking at the challenges and achievements of working with hard to reach young people through music projects.

Each forum costs £7.50 to attend (£15 for non-MusicLeader members), but we are offering a discounted rate of £25 (£50 for non-MusicLeader members) if you book all 5 sessions!

To book a place on any of our Project Managers Forums, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire and Humbersound

MusicLeader Yorkshire is delighted to be working in partnership with Humbersound for a second year to deliver their training and networking programme. Humbersound is a networking organisation run by community musicians for community musicians and was launched in Hull in July 2006.

Humbersound aims to contribute to the development of vibrant and accessible music making activities within the Humber region. Their objectives are to develop and co-ordinate networking opportunities and continuing professional development (CPD) to support community musicians in the Humber region. They aim to devise, develop and deliver projects, to provide quality help, advice, support, and information for music makers, community groups and organisations involved with projects. Their forward plan includes the development of a mentoring scheme in a support network for musicians.

MusicLeader Yorkshire works with Humbersound to run their network days, which take place approximately 5 times a year, focusing on many different aspects of community music work, working with high quality facilitators from around the region.

Humbersound is a regional resource run by regional community musicians and art workers to develop multi-arts partnerships. The above will lead to the creation of opportunities for the people of the Humber region to participate in music making activities.

Having been successfully running for a year now, Humbersound is looking to encourage more members into the network.

For more information on how to become part of this rapidly expanding organisation, please contact yorkshire@musicleader.net , humbersound@yahoo.co.uk or call 01422 321823.

Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)

Careers in Music Education

Want to get into any aspect of music education? Want to include community projects as part of your portfolio career? Don’t know where to start? Or just want to find out more?

MusicLeader Yorkshire, in collaboration with LCM Select are running our Careers Event, back by popular demand, which will showcase all aspects of working with music and young people. The day will take place at The Venue at Leeds College of Music on Monday 25 ^th February 2008 from 11am – 3.30pm and is FREE OF CHARGE. Throughout the day, we will be running taster workshops, holding ‘Speaker’s Corner’ sessions, and there will be lots of stalls to visit and people to talk to from all areas of the profession.

Aimed at students in F.E. or H.E., as well as artists embarking on their career and anyone looking for new inspiration or a change of direction, this event promises to be packed with information and contacts from around the region. So whether you’re a budding opera star, someone with a passion for teaching, or a technology genius, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to explore areas of work that interest you.

To get a copy of the booking form for this event, or for more information, please email yorkshire@musicleader.net or call 01422 321823.

What are YOUR training needs?
Don’t know? Then take part in a MusicLeader DNA!

If you are not sure about what your training needs are, and would like to find out more, or would like advice and guidance as to where to go next in your career, why not book a place on one of our DNA days? Our days for 07 – 08 are running across the region, so you just need to pick a date and time that are suitable for you!

When you come along to the session, you will go through a Development Needs Analysis process with one of our trained advisers. This process lasts approximately an hour and a half, and will consist of a one-to-one session with one of the MusicLeader Yorkshire team, identifying your skills and areas in which you would like to develop further. You will then receive a Professional Development Plan from us, and help on accessing any courses, placements or mentoring that is relevant to your needs. All of this service is free of charge.

If you are unable to attend any of the pre-arranged days, get in touch with details of where you live and when you are most available and we will attempt to organise a bespoke session for you.

DNA dates:

Wednesday 3 ^rd October 2007
10am – 4pm
University of Hull Staff House, Cottingham Road
Hull

Wednesday 5 ^th December 2007
10am – 4.30pm
Culture Tourism and Sport Offices, Jacob’s Well
Bradford

Saturday 2 ^nd February 2008
10am – 4pm
Leeds

Wednesday 30 ^th April 2008
10am – 4pm
The Point
Doncaster

To book a time slot for a Development Needs Analysis, or for a copy of the MusicLeader Development Needs Analysis Statement of Service, please email deborah.welch@musicleader.net or call 01422 321823.

MusicLeader Yorkshire hits Bradford’s air waves!

Music Leader Yorkshire and BCB Radio's 'About Bradford' have teamed up to present a regular monthly slot of music-making and training and development information to the listening public. Highlighting policies and strategies within music education and answering specific questions from musicians in the district, the programme relies heavily on feedback from the public and especially musicians and artists.

About Bradford, which is produced in association with Bradford Vision, and presented by Katherine Canoville, goes out on Wednesdays at 10am, and includes features and interviews covering the Bradford District.

If you have any questions that you would like answering LIVE on air, want updates or are just generally interested in hearing about music development within the Bradford district please email studio@bcbradio.co.uk , clare.games@musicleader.net or katherine.canoville@sky.com or ring 01274 771677.

Broadcast dates for 2007 are:

Wednesday 12 ^th September 2007
Wednesday 17 ^th October 2007
Wednesday 14 ^th November 2007
Wednesday 12 ^th December 2007

BCB 106.6fm is Bradford's Community Radio station. They are committed to providing a dedicated and accessible station, broadcasting a range of distinctive and entertaining programmes that you want to hear.

BCB Radio broadcast a full-time Community Radio license on 106.6fm around Bradford and the Aire Valley and have secured a five-year License from Ofcom.

Training Events

Kodaly Methodology Training
For Music Practitioners and Primary School Teachers

As well as helping non-specialist Primary School teachers to deliver the National Curriculum for Music using Kodály methodology, and providing sustainable skills for teachers and pupils, this course will deliver enhanced employment potential for music practitioners and includes practical music making ideas.

The Kodály method is the practice of and belief in musicianship development through singing. Much emphasis is placed on unconscious learning which is later made conscious. The procedures include building a “song bank” from which other learning can be based, utilisation of playground games and action songs (to develop co-ordination), and basic voice production. Unlike other methods this system of learning provides sustainable skills using an international musical language, invaluable to music leaders and students alike.

The MusicLeader Yorkshire and NOEL Kodály course is being led by Judith Brindle, who was formally a primary music advisory teacher in Bradford, a lecturer in primary music at Trinity + All Saints University College Leeds and who is an experienced practitioner and member of the British Kodály Academy. It will be co-hosted by Nicky Woods, music specialist for North Yorkshire LEA, advisory teacher for the Voices Foundation and tutor for the British Kodály academy.

All practitioners places have now been filled on the course for this academic year. However, if you are interested in registering for information for the 08 – 09 academic year, please email yorkshire@musicleader.net and we will put you on a priority mailing list.

Music and Learning Disabilities training Programme

MusicLeader Yorkshire, along with Cube Media and Accessible Arts have developed an exciting new scheme for music leaders interested in working with adults with learning difficulties. The scheme is designed to give participants ‘hands-on’ experience of working with people with learning difficulties, as well as equipping them with the necessary skills to work with this group. Participants on the scheme will commit themselves to a term long placement with one of the following groups:

Hands and Voices

Hands and Voices is a singing and signing choir made up of adults with learning and associated disabilities. The choir gives regular performances across the country, as well as writing and creating their own large scale productions. The choir is run by a committee of members, who also co-ordinate the Hands and Voices Training Programme; the first scheme in the country to train learning disabled adults as workshop leaders.

On a placement with Hands and Voices, you will be expected to attend regular rehearsals on Wednesday evenings and any performances during the term. You will take part in the preparation of a performance, supporting the members with singing, signing and drama. No previous experience of signing is necessary.

SoundWeavers

The SoundWeavers are a group of adults with mild learning difficulties who write and perform their own music using accessible music technology, including MIDIcreator and Soundbeam. Like Hands and Voices, the SoundWeavers give regular performances as well as leading workshops to demonstrate this technology to others. On a placement with the SoundWeavers, you will be expected to attend regular rehearsals on Monday evenings, as well as any performances during the term. You will join the SoundWeavers in creating their own sounds and music for a performance.

As part of the placement scheme, you will be assigned a learning disabled mentor from your group to support you in rehearsals and help you design a personal plan to decide what you would like to get out of the placement.

In addition to the placement, we will be running four twilight training sessions to help you develop the skills necessary to work with this group. These sessions will include:

Disability Awareness

This session will be led by a group of learning disabled adults from York People First, a local disability advocacy group.

Workshop skills

This will cover the basic skills you need to lead a session, including warm ups and cool downs, group dynamics, and good practice in workshop leading.

Making Information Accessible

This will demonstrate how to produce information in an accessible format that can be understood by those with learning difficulties. It will cover various sign and symbol packages including Widgit, Change, and MAKATON.

Accessible Music Technology

This will be a basic introduction to the technology used by the SoundWeavers (MIDIcreator and Soundbeam), as well as how to use various computer programmes to create a backing track.

The dates for these training sessions are:

Thursday 24 ^th January 2008
Thursday 7 ^th February 2008
Thursday 21 ^st February 2008
Thursday 13 ^th March 2008

Participants on the course are expected to attend ALL dates, which will take place at Cube Media in York from 6pm – 9pm.

By the end of the scheme you will have an overview of the technology and techniques used by workshop leaders in disability arts and will have gained valuable experience in working with people with learning difficulties. A must for anyone interested in working in disability arts!

The cost of the training will be £25 for MusicLeader members and £50 for non-members. To find out more information, or to get a copy of the application form for this fantastic course, contact us on 01422 321 823, or email yorkshire@musicleader.net . The deadline for applications is Friday 7 ^th December 2007.

Music and the Deaf – train with us!

Imagine your life without music. How different it would be. How many wonderful performances have you participated in or enjoyed as a member of the audience? But what if you were deaf? 9 million people in the UK have some degree of deafness yet they can, and do, enjoy music too.

If you've ever wanted to learn more about making music with deaf people, here's your chance. Following on from our previous one-day sessions looking at making music with deaf people, Music and the Deaf, MusicLeader Yorkshire and MusicLeader North West are delighted to announce a more intensive course over the 07 – 08 academic year. The programme will consist of 4 training days, taking place over 8 months. Each session has been designed to cover in-depth ways of making music with deaf people, as well as some basic sign language skills and information on putting together music making sessions with deaf people. Each practitioner that participates in the course will undertake 1 placement in between each training session on a Music and the Deaf project, putting into practice what they have experienced in the training sessions and seeing the practical applications of their learning.

The course dates are as follows:

Tuesday 27 ^th November 2007
Tuesday 29 ^th January 2008
Tuesday 22 ^nd April 2008
Tuesday 17 ^th June 2008

Each session will take place at The Media Centre in Huddersfield and will run from 10am – 4pm. The cost of the course will be £50 (£100 for non-MusicLeader members) and the closing date for applications is Friday 19 ^th October 2007.

For more information or an application form, please contact 01422 321823 or yorkshire@musicleader.net . For more info about Music and the Deaf see www.matd.org.uk

MusicLeader Yorkshire and Opera North
Music Ambassadors Project

After a hugely successful pilot programme in 06 -07, we are delighted to announce our Music Ambassadors Project, in partnership with Opera North, will be running again in the 2007-8 academic year. This is a project aimed at offering support and training in skills in music for non-specialist primary teachers and in particular reaching/supporting/partnering schools where there is no music specialist. We are also looking for a small group of early career artists who wish to train alongside the classroom teachers and orchestral musicians from Opera North to improve their knowledge of classroom practice and enhance their workshop repertoire. Participants experience 7 twilight CPD sessions in the spring and summer terms of 2008, focusing on singing and transferable workshop skills, and receive a full resource pack to accompany the course free of charge. Following the training, teachers and trainees will be invited to work together on project proposals which will then be considered by Opera North and MusicLeader Yorkshire and funded if approved.

Aims:

To build confidence in using music and broader creative activities in the classroom, among non-specialist primary teachers.
To equip non-specialist teachers with basic tools and skills for the effective leading of music activities with an emphasis upon the voice and singing
To provide training and experience for young artists and support the development of relationships between those artists and primary teachers
To create a network of musical ambassadors in primary schools where there are currently no music specialists. These ambassadors will advocate the benefits of inclusion of music in the classroom both during the course and beyond the life span of the project

The cost of the training is £50 for schools and £25 for early career artists (£50 for non MusicLeader members). Places will be allocated to artists based upon submission of an application form and then attendance at an informal interview. Priority will be given to schools where there is currently no music specialist

The deadline for applications from schools and artists is Friday 9 ^th November 2007, with artist interviews taking place at some point between 5 ^th and 12 ^th December 2007. To register your interest, or to find out more, please contact MusicLeader Yorkshire on 01422 321823 or email us on yorkshire@musicleader.net

Sheffield Music CPD network

MusicLeader Yorkshire is thrilled to announce our BRAND NEW Professional Development network for music practitioners in Sheffield, developed in partnership with The Musical Works.

The network will meet over 4 days in the 2007 – 8 academic year and practitioners will have the opportunity to access training from leading music professionals and share practice, contacts and project information. Anyone is welcome, just book a place and come along! All days run from 10am – 3.30pm, and take place at Highfield Trinity Church in Sheffield

The dates and topics for 07 – 08 are:

Friday 12 ^th October 2007
Musical Fun and Games
Chris Bartram

A fun session which aims to provide participants with a very wide range of simple musical warm ups and games! The activities are excellent as quick “fillers”, and many can also be the starting point for more advanced composition and devising work. Participants will receive a set of handouts that contain all the activities done during the sessions.

Tuesday 13 ^th November 2007
Vocal Workshop
Em Whitfield Brooks

This workshop will explore ways in to working with singing groups of all shapes and sizes, offering warm up ideas, effective repertoire, useful techniques for improving a group’s sound, range, focus and collective confidence, as well as finding easy approaches to leading harmony singing. Whatever the age or experience-level of your group, and whether you are leading them in a one-off or a regular session, Em’s session will equip you with the useful tools, tips and tricks – within an enjoyable and easy atmosphere – that will improve your leadership, enhance your conducting skills and increase your confidence as a vocal leader.

Wednesday 23 ^rd January 2008
Group Dynamics and Leadership for Arts Workers
Phil Mullen

This fascinating day has been devised to give a clear understanding of the nature of groups and how they work, to provide frameworks for arts leadership that take into account the characteristics of creative groups, to help better understand the behaviours of individuals in groups and to enable arts workers to develop strategies for coping with conflictand potential conflict in groups.

Tuesday 4 ^th March 2008
Marketing and Fundraising in the Arts, with a skills sharing afternoon
Hannah Young and Surriya Falconer

Hannah Young talks about possibility for music education practitioners and organisations to create funding opportunities from the Arts Council and explores other regional funding information. Surriya Falconer from McKevitt and Kenwood examines marketing on a small budget for arts workers and project managers. Surriya takes time to look at marketing yourselves or projects you work on, both to the media and potential funders. In the afternoon, get involved in a skills sharing session – bring activites to show fellow practitioners and learn from them what makes their workshops go with a bang!

Each day costs £20 to attend (£40 for non-MusicLeader members), but book a place on all 4 days for only £65 (£130 for non-MusicLeader members)

To book a place on any of these courses, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.

One-off training events

An insight into the Music Industry
Tuesday 25th September 2007
Venue: Abbeydale Grange School Studio, Sheffield
Times: 4pm - 6pm
Trainer: Sarah Jay Hawley from ‘Massive Attack’
Cost: £10 (£20 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: All

For anyone involved in music or teaching music - particularly anyone involved in vocal work - this opportunity to participate in a hands-on workshop is one not to miss.

Sarah will share her career story, as well as tips and techniques for better voice production and how to lay down a track.

MusicLeader Yorkshire is pleased to be presenting this event in partnership with Sero Consultancy. For more information on Sero’s work, please go to www.sero.co.uk

Dare to Jam II
Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Venue: Abbeydale Grange School Studio, Sheffield
Times: 12 noon – 3pm
Level: All

This event is designed to inspire, teach and offer access to top creatives in the music industry. Dare to Jam is a live jamming event with an amazing line up, including the cream of Sheffield’s leading musical talent. Workshop leaders, teachers and pupils work on a special track with creative artists, coming together at the end of the afternoon in an improvised jamming session to create 20 minute and 10 minute versions of a famous song.

Dare to Jam offers innovative ways to learn more about the creative and digital industries and experience firsthand some of the challenges and opportunities out there.

MusicLeader Yorkshire is pleased to be presenting this event in partnership with Sero Consultancy. For more information on Sero’s work, please go to www.sero.co.uk . For more information or to reserve a place at this event, please contact Linda Barton on linda.barton@sero.co.uk

Musical Leadership Masterclass
Thursday 17 ^th January 2008
Venue: The Carriageworks, Leeds
Times: 10am – 4pm
Trainer: Tim Steiner, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: Established Music Leaders

This day will explore advanced techniques and skills of leadership in music workshop and performance contexts. It will look at the skills a leader needs in order to inspire and motivate a team in an inclusive and creative way. Through a range of practical activities, students will lead each other and explore a number of core skills that lie at the heart of good leadership.

Students will take from the day a range of practical activities they can use either as workshop tools, or to enable them to continue to develop their own leadership skills.

Attendees from previous, inspirational days that Tim has led for MusicLeader in Yorkshire and the North West, should book onto this masterclass to work alongside Tim again on new and challenging ideas and exercises. If you have not been to one of these sessions before, then come and experience Tim’s high level, exciting musical leadership for the first time!

Reviewing and Developing Workshop Practice
Thursday 28 ^th February 2008
Venue: The Mansion House, York
Times: 10am – 4pm
Trainer: Chris Bartram
Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: Developing/Established Music Leaders

Reviewing and Developing Workshop PracticeDate: Thursday 28 February 2008Venue: The Mansion House, York Times: 10am – 4pmTrainer: Chris Bartram Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)Level: Developing/Established Music Leaders

For those who have had some workshop practice and want to review their work so far, as well as develop their work for the future.

The day will include:

A short review of good workshop practice
Managing Group Dynamics
Group States
Creating/developing a positive learning environment
Practical work: devising and presenting workshops and evaluation
Review of Information on Health and Safety, CRB checks, etc

‘A load of old rubbish!’ – Making Music from Junk
Thursday 24 ^th April 2008
Venue: The Carriageworks, Leeds
Times: 10am – 4pm
Trainer: Chris Bartram
Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: Developing/Established Music Leaders

A day that looks into the properties of everyday materials in order to create instruments and music.

Practitioners will take away simple ideas and activities for creating effective instruments out of materials and ideas for creating music with junk instruments

An Introduction to Music Workshop Leading
Wednesday 7 ^th and Thursday 8 ^th May 2008
Venue: The Carriageworks, Leeds
Times: 10am – 5pm both days
Trainer: Phil Mullen, Goldsmith’s College London
Cost: £20 each day or £30 for both days (£40 each day or £60 both days for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: Beginner Music Leaders

Back again for the third year, Phil uses these two incredibly popular days to guide you through the world of music workshop leading. For those who are yet to embark on their workshop leading career, or those who have just started out, Phil’s mixture of musical input and ideas on planning and executing sessions are an invaluable tool for all the work you will carry out in the future. We are delighted that this year, for the first time, these days are being run in conjunction with LCM Select.

Music and Movement
Thursday 22 ^nd May 2008
Venue: Priory Street Centre, York
Times: 10am – 4pm
Trainer: Chris Bartram
Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: Developing/Established Music Leaders

Showing ways in which cross artform practice can be used to good effect, this workshop introduces simple ways to develop movement and dance in response to music, including:

Warm ups
Development of gesture and movement with music
Activities for the devising of new work

Trevor Hawes - An insight into brain based learning for music practitioners
Wednesday 11 ^th June 2008
Venue: William Appleby Music Centre, Doncaster
Times: 9am – 3.30pm
Trainer: Trevor Hawes
Cost: £20 (£40 for non-MusicLeader members)
Level: All

This one day course, run in partnership with Doncaster Music Service, will present the latest neuro-scientific research on the learning brain and will include specific reference to the “musical brain” and developing musical ability.

Trevor Hawes is one of the UK’s leading experts on Teaching, Learning and Thinking. His days are typically described as “fun”, “inspirational” and “highly practical”.

People attending the course are guaranteed to come away with a wealth of useful strategies in how to:

Develop musical ability in a brain compatible way.
Cater for different Learning Styles.
Ensure students perform well in both examinations and concerts.

To book a place on any of our one day courses, please contact us by email on yorkshire@musicleader.net or by phone on 01422 321823.