Summer Courses

Summer Music Xtra - 20th-24th July 2009
Lambeth Academy, Elms Road, Clapham, SW4 9ET

• Different music ensembles to suit your level of experience
• Take part in fun workshops
• Recorder Consort
• Try out different instruments
• Event Production
• Crazy Choir
• Music Technology

plus lots of other fun activities!

This 5 day summer-holiday music course is open to primary and secondary children who want to improve their musical skills, with a variety of musical activities but most of all want to have fun!

All are welcome regardless of whether you play an instrument or not.

Members of Lambeth Winds/Strings borough ensembles will
also rehearse as part of this course.

The day lasts from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Thursday and
a half day on Friday the 24th ending with a performance
for all your friends and family.

Cost: £65 (£60 if applied by the 8th July)
Siblings: £55 (£50 if applied by the 8th July)
If eligible for free school meals: £35
BURSARIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM LMET.

Move It Music 2008

Move It Music 2008 was even more exciting and action-packed than last year’s successful course.  A variety of fun tutors offered a range of workshops and activities such as a crazy choir, composing with computers, instrumental ensembles, have-a-go instrument sessions and a surprise workshop.  The week concluded with a heart-warming performance to family and friends.

Move It Music 2007

The 2007 course featured djembe drums with Sheila Stocking, brass with Jim Tucker, strings and crazy choir with Gill Walshaw, wind with Hannah Riches, Steel Pans with Raul Gomez, Pastoral support from Karen Bennett and a Maori Music workshop (indiginous people from New Zealand) showing us how to dance and make poi's that we all took home.
There was also a masterclass where the children performed solos and duos to each other, and a final performance to parents on the last day.  There was also some beautiful artwork created by the children during the week.  Congratulations to course participant Stevie on winning the Beethoven Brain-Box Test!

The week was great fun and enjoyed by all.  Come and join us on the next course

Comments from Parents and Carers
‘I wanted to express my admiration and thanks for Gill and her colleagues at the Summer School. Social education doesn't get any better than staff that are kind, committed and expert’.

‘my daughter,very much wants to come back in 2008.  Thank you very much’. 

‘I was impressed by what you had managed to achieve in just a week with the kids! And to expose them to such a variety of music was really good too. The singing at the concert was great. I liked the teachers very much, they obviously have a talent for bringing the best out of children.. We will be eagerly waiting to hear about the next course’.

 ‘It would be nice if the course ran for 2 weeks, as my son enjoyed it very much.’

‘Feedback from the kids was very positive, the best holiday programme so far!'

From the Children

‘I liked it when we played new pieces on the violin’

‘I enjoyed the steel pans because I hadn’t done it before’.