Past In Harmony Lambeth Events
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In Harmony - Festival of Britian Concert |
July 2011 |
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| On Tuesday 5 July this year, Southbank Centre’s Festival of Britain provided the backdrop for an exciting collaboration between In Harmony Lambeth and Southbank Centre. The very many children, teachers and parents involved in In Harmony Lambeth, were invited to spend the day at the Festival of Britain in a celebration of the end of their year. Over 500 people in total spent the day at Southbank Centre; from Nursery, to Year 6 pupils at Herbert Morrison, St Stephens and Wyvil Primary Schools; from parents and teachers, to the Lansdowne Green Luncheon Club. Herbert Morrison Primary School actually brought the entire school to experience the day! The pupils were taken on tours of the Festival of Britain, exploring the many different elements of the exhibition site. They took part in gamelan workshops. They even went on a boat trip from The Festival Pier to the Tower of London and back! The nursery and reception children took over the Purcell Room for a fantastic 45 minute performance to each other, their teachers and their parents. At the culmination of the day, pupils from Years 1 to 6 from the three primary schools, together with the young people from the Estate After School Club, gave a massed performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The performance was a wonderful showcase to end the year. Close to 200 pupils were on the stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, presenting the amazing achievements of the pupils. They sang, they improvised, they played their recorders and they performed as string ensembles and as a full orchestra. The concert was a huge success and an exciting precursor to next year’s partnership between Southbank Centre and In Harmony Lambeth. In Harmony Lambeth and Southbank Centre would like to thank the Head Teachers and teaching staff from Herbert Morrison Primary, St Stephens CE Primary and Wyvil Primary schools for all their hard work in making the day possible. |
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Summer Music Xtra More information:
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When: 26th -29th July 2011 Where: Stockwell Park High School View Larger Map |
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| Winter 2010 This term has seen a number of exciting firsts for In Harmony Lambeth: - A group of 20 wind brass and percussion players have started learning flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone and percussion. - 40 year 3 musicians from St Stephens and Herbert Morrison went on the first In Harmony residential course with Pro Corda in Suffolk. Here they spent two days making friends, playing in a ruined abbey, and preparing for a performance based on the Lion King – including composing, singing, dancing and making masks and sets. |
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| - During the visit of the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra, In Harmony musicians had the opportunity to play some of Frank Biddulph’s pieces with them, listen to soloist Nicola Benedetti, and hear the orchestra rehearse and perform. - We hosted the teams from the Liverpool and Norwich In Harmony projects for a two-day conference at Wyvil primary, where we were able to share ideas and where they had a chance to meet the young Lambeth musicians in their end of course performance. |
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This year’s Winter Concerts were held at Stockwell Park High School on November 25th. The year 2’s from St Stephen’s and Herbert Morrison gave a lovely performance, and later the Key Stage 2 full symphony orchestra gave its first performance, with over 130 wind, brass, percussion and string players ending a fine concert with a rousing performance of ‘Blazing Strings’. The estate 2010 beginners gave their first ever performance where they played Jewish Wedding Song with some of the older players giving support. |
| The Key Stage 2 symphony orchestra draws its players from Herbert Morrison, St Stephens and Wyvil Primary schools, and the Lansdowne Green club which includes children from other schools including Macaulay Primary. The musicians range from year 3 to year 7, with five of our senior players, who are now at secondary school, returning to help the younger players, as well as working on their instruments and music tech. This orchestra needs a proper name – suggestions are welcomed. In future we hope to be able to plan more regular rehearsals and performances. In January the Fronter website will be up and running and we hope this will be a valuable resource for supporting the musical and social aims of In Harmony. On December 9th, several In Harmony parents gave an inspiring presentation to delegates from across the UK at a Music Education Conference at the Institute of Education. |
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Statistics! |
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| In Harmony Lambeth - An Evaluation Full Report |
In Harmony Lambeth - An Evaluation Executive Summary |
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| News Update 5 | September 2010 |
As we begin a new term, looking back over the string of successes fills us with amazement and pride at what our young musicians have achieved so far: |
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Playing a concert for 5000 primary school children at the Devon Mix Music Festival Giving the World Première of “String-a-Long” - a new piece by Rachel Leach with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall A handful of older students performed together with 150 other young string players from Lambeth, performing with Levi “Reggae Reggae” Roots on Windrush Square for the Lambeth Music service’s Musitrax Festival Big Bang Lab helped some of the older children make a film called Resonate about their experiences with In Harmony Lambeth. We are printing DVD’s for distribution |
| Joining over 200 musicians from Liverpool and Norwich for “Together in Harmony” when we filled the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Clore Ballroom at Southbank Centre with joyful music, performing with professional musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and, of course, Julian Lloyd Webber Ending the year with the week-long Summer School at Wyvil Primary, where we were joined by the wonderful Catalyst Quartet from New York (part of the Sphinx Organisation), who helped inspire us to bring our playing to a new level. |
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In Harmony Winter Concert |
December 2009 |
After being welcomed by singing by young musicians from St Stephen’s and Herbert Morrison, the audience was wowed by music from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Minh Ly, a young cellist from the estate, took the spotlight to play In The Bleak Midwinter with Julian Lloyd Webber, and then the whole orchestra gave a rousing rendition of Dessi’s Dance. The performance was rounded off in style when the audience were invited to join in with the singing of The Lambeth Walk. Children in the orchestra had only been playing their instruments since September. This debut performance will be just the start of a life-enhancing experience for everyone involved. |
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Launch of In Harmony Portacabin |
November 2009 |
On Friday 27th November, In Harmony launched its new portacabin with a celebration on the Lansdowne Estate. Local residents and other guests listened to live music and shared delicious Portuguese food, as the portacabin was declared officially open! |
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In Harmony Lambeth Summer School 2009 |
July 2009 |
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| In Harmony Lambeth held its first Summer School in the community hall of the Lansdowne Green Estate in Stockwell. The sessions, which took place over five mornings, were attended by between17 – 22 children each day, 88 attendances over the course of the week. Half of those who attended live on the Lansdowne Green Estate; several were from the year 1 groups which are part of the fast track programme at Herbert Morrison and St Stephens’ primary schools. Each day started with a Breakfast Club followed by singing games, movement and the opportunity to play a stringed instrument. There was also a visit to the Southbank Centre foe a Gamelan lesson, which was enjoyed by the children and their accompanying parents. The theme for the week was The Carnival of the Animals, which included a mask making workshop, resulting in a collection of exotic animal and bird masks worn by the children in the final piece which was performed to families on the last day. The feedback from parents and children was extremely positive, with several parents indicating that they would like their children to attend the after school classes on the estate which will start in early September. |
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In Harmony Lambeth Launch |
June 2009 |
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In Harmony Lambeth had its official launch on 22nd June on the Lansdowne Green Estate, Stockwell. The event which took place in a marquee, and featured musical presentations by 60 year 1 children from the two local schools who are part of the In Harmony programme, as well as a cello group from a third school. The children will also performed with Southbank artists in residence Bellowhead whose rousing folk music engaged the entire audience! You can read more about our launch event at the music manifesto site, here:Or see how the children are getting on, one month in, here |
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Children’s visit to London Philharmonic Orchestra Open Rehearsal |
May 2009 |
The return to school following the half term saw 60 year one pupils and their teachers from Herbert Morrison and St Stephens’ schools pay a visit to the Southbank Centre for an open rehearsal by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. They were welcomed by Shan Mclennan, South Bank Centre Head of Learning & participation and Marshall Marcus it’s Head of Music. During the visit the children sat amongst the musicians and were able to experience at close hand how an orchestra works, and to share ideas about orchestral music, consequently they were fully engaged and extremely well behaved. |
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IHL Schools Programme begins |
May 2009 |
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The Lambeth in Harmony Schools Programme has now started, with 120 children from Herbert Morrison and St Stephens’ primary schools initially engaged. The 60 nursery children from the two schools, and 60 year 1’s have started with a programme of songs & movement, percussion and exploration of string instruments. |
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Children’s visit to London Philharmonic Orchestra Open Rehearsal |
April 2009 |
180 children and their families from Herbert Morrison and St Stephens’ primary schools and families from the Lansdowne Green Estate attended a family concert by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela during their hugely successful residency at the Southbank Centre. |
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IHL Music Fun Day |
Feb 2009 |
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The first event of the In Harmony Lambeth calendar, a Musical Fun Day took place on the Lansdowne Green Estate in Stockwell. Together with Herbert Morrison Primary School and St Stephens’ primary, the estate is central to the project. |
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