This year’s Primary Schools Music Conference is taking place online on Monday 22nd March 2021 and will be led by Christine Judge. Further details are shown on the flyer, below.
Truro Cathedral are recruiting boy choristers who are currently in years 2, 3 and 5.
The Cathedral’s Director of Music, Christopher Gray, writes:
Hello,
I’m the Director of Music here at Truro Cathedral where we are fortunate to have a nationally recognised choir of boys, girls, and adults (you might have seen us on Britain’s Got Talent!).
Right now, we’re recruiting for boy choristers and are seeking to audition boys currently in Years 2, 3 and 5. For the right boy, this can be a life-changing experience that boosts self-esteem while being part of a close-knit team singing great music.
If you know of any boys who enjoy singing and may be interested in finding out more, please could you forward my email address to his parents/guardians?: christophergray@trurocathedral.org.uk
This video link which tells all about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRyzQW7hYME&t=22s
I should say that we also have a wonderful team of girl choristers and their auditions usually take place in January each year for girls in Year 8 (deadline for applications is the month before).
Please feel free to share this email and invite anyone interested to contact me.
With best wishes,
Christopher Gray
Director of Music
Truro Cathedral
The Old Cathedral School
Cathedral Close
Truro
TR1 2FQ
Main office (01872) 276782
Website: www.trurocathedral.org.uk
Facebook: @TruroCathedral
Twitter: @TruroCathedral
The Radford Charitable Trust has generously allocated some funds to help families who may be facing financial challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic pay for music lessons.
Parents can apply for a one off grant to pay for up to 12 Instrumental or Vocal lessons. It is for those children, who through financial hardship, would not otherwise be able to continue with their music lessons due to a drop in income and the grant may be used to pay for an individual or group lesson. This financial support is open to all children learning within CMST as well as privately taught students.
To make an application for a grant, please click here.
Cornwall Music Service Trust are delighted to announce the launch of our online art gallery!
Following a successful pilot project organised by Kari Gilbert before Christmas 2020, we would welcome entries from all ages which are a reaction to music that they hear or play. Whatever your art form - painting, drawing, photography, 3D sculpture or poetry - we would be delighted to showcase it to a wider audience. Some of the early entries from the pilot can now be seen on our website: https://www.cornwallmusicservicetrust.org/music-gallery where you can also find details of how to submit your piece.
Look out for competitions in the future!
Music and Me by Evie
At Cornwall Music Service Trust we’re finding ways to address the interruption caused by Covid-19.
We need your help to provide bursaries so that families in financial difficulties don’t have to stop music lessons, and that new students can start. In addition, we would like to help fund music therapy sessions for children and adults who have had their mental health affected by the pandemic.
For more information and to make a donation please visit out Music Matters Crowdfunder Page.
A video explaining the appeal can be seen below:
Our most recent newsletter can be downloaded here.
Following an extraordinarily challenging year, staff and students from The Roseland Academy are celebrating Christmas with the production of a brand new Christmas single and video in aid of local charity, St Petroc’s Winter Appeal.
It's an original song written by their orchestra director Matt Douglas, recorded and performed by Roseland students who have played or sung every single instrument and vocal that you hear on the track, which has been created from scratch this term.
Due to the current pandemic The Roseland Academy have been unable to run their usual school orchestras, bands and choirs this term, so they wanted to give their students a different kind of musical opportunity... they have certainly risen to the challenge and all the parts have been recorded individually by students, either at home or at school, before being put together to create the final track.
The Roseland Academy have chosen to support St Petroc's Winter Appeal who are working to end homelessness in Cornwall, and we invite all those who enjoy our Christmas recording to make a donation via the St Petroc’s website on the donations link below.
Please click on the link below to watch our fundraising video, or visit The Roseland Academy Facebook page for more information - we hope you enjoy it!
Video link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RkGKvqAAljLWM14Oqrc8lCl9QBgsyN4H/view?usp=sharing
Donations link:
We would like to share this festive collaboration between staff and students of Cornwall Music Service Trust, Truro School and members of the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival.
In addition, many community musicians have virtually come together to bring you a little festive cheer!
A Year 6 class from a school in North Cornwall has been working with one of our Curriculum Music team, Georgina Bridle, this term. The class enjoyed the sessions so much they wrote a little note to say '“thank you”!
Dear Mrs Bridle,
We wanted to let you know how much we have enjoyed working with you this term. We have really enjoyed composing an original piece of music
When we first started, we practised different rhythms, clapping and tapping on our thighs. Then we got into small groups and made up our own beats and rhythms. Then we decided which notes would go with which beat.
After that, you took them away and combined everyone’s ideas into one piece of music and played it to us on the piano. In small groups we then practised the piece on tuned percussion until we could all play together in time. It has been really enjoyable and we’ve learnt a lot about composing music and then playing a shared piece together, which contains all our ideas. We would really like to do this again.
Yours Faithfully,
Year 6
Our most recent Newsletter can be downloaded here.
Cornwall Youth Chamber Choir couldn’t meet for face to face rehearsals during the Summer Term but Lockdown didn’t stop us singing as rehearsals shifted to Zoom!
Here is a recording of one of the songs the choir worked on during that time.
Huge thanks to Choir member Bryher and her Father for putting this beautiful recording together for us. Normal rehearsals will be resuming in September. Watch this space for more information!
This project was a part of the first-ever CMST Virtual Summer School where participants engaged with 3 days of inspiring musical activities. One of the outcomes was this virtual orchestra performance of David Frost’s wonderful arrangement of ‘Thank You For The Music’, directed by Sara Munns.
Should you wish to make any donations, this can be done via this link.