Guildhall Young Artists Taunton Free Workshops and Masterclasses
Guildhall Young Artists Taunton Free Workshops and Events
Guildhall Young Artists (GYA) Taunton hosts free workshops and masterclasses throughout the day from students and alumni from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, as well as professional artists visiting the Southwest.
Workshops and masterclasses are open to all GYA Taunton students. We also very much welcome anyone who is not a GYA Taunton member and interested to find out more about our performing arts centre.
To find out more and to book a place for any of our workshops or masterclasses, please email gyataunton@gsmd.ac.uk.
Any upcoming workshops and events will be listed below.
Street Band Workshop with The Sound of The Streets: Saturday 8 February, 2pm-4pm
At Guildhall Young Artists Taunton, at Richard Huish College, Taunton
A free opportunity for all young players of brass, wind and drums (ideally Grade 3+) to come explore the exciting and inspiring world of street band music with The Sound of The Streets.
The workshop will be given by 3 leading music educators and street band musicians. Street bands are one of the musical wonders of the world, making strong and rhythmic music full of life and energy, the sound of celebration from New Orleans to South Africa, Delhi to the Balkans.
This is music that is great for developing musical skills, ensemble playing, rhythmic sense, improvisation, and confidence, learning to play by ear and exploring your instrument. We will use a mixture of playing by ear and from music, whatever people are most comfortable with.
The workshop is for all young musicians from Guildhall Young Artists Taunton and any other young musicians under 19 years of age. Players should be Grade 3 equivalent or above, i.e. comfortable with their instrument.
Free admission but advance booking is essential.
The workshop will be led by drummer Emma Holbrook, brass player Tom Francombe and saxophonist leader Tim Hill. Together they have a wealth of experience, as Emma is a top rock and funk player, Tom is head of brass at John Packer Ltd, and Tim is a veteran street band musician who has led workshops and started street bands around the country. They all play in Tim’s band Tongues of Fire.
www.tonguesoffirestreetband.co.uk
ABOUT THE SOUND OF THE STREETS
The Sound of the Streets, a charity based in Somerset that promotes street bands and celebratory sound, creates free festivals and events and runs education projects and bands for children and young people, especially to inspire and support them playing music. The organisation has a youth street band based at The Castle School, which meets at The Castle School on Wednesdays and young musicians are welcome to join, and a Primary School band based at Stoke St Gregory Primary School. The organisation is running their fourth festival in July.
Songwriting workshop with Meredith Disney-Walford: Saturday 8 March, 2pm-4pm
At Guildhall Young Artists Taunton, at Richard Huish College, Taunton
A free opportunity for all musicians aged under 19 to explore songwriting with Meredith Disney-Walford, a past student of GYA Taunton. Meredith is currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and, after a lunchtime performance at 1.20pm-1.50pm, Meredith will lead a songwriting workshop and talk about the songwriting process.
Free admission but advance booking is essential.