On Saturday, we walked 25km around Tower Hamlets to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Learning and Participation programme and to raise money to help us continue our work. After a quick warm-up with workshop leader Julian West, we set off on our walk through Spitalfields and Whitechapel, around the Isle of Dogs, up to the Olympic Park…
We’ve been working with The Cherry Trees School for 15 years and over that time our relationship has grown from strength to strength. The primary school specialises in supporting boys with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, so it’s especially important for us to build a trusting relationship between the teaching staff and our artists. In…
Over the past few years, making music with ‘early years’ children (0-5 years old) and their parents has become a core part of our Learning & Participation programme, with projects like Musical Rumpus continuing to flourish and introduce hundreds of babies and toddlers to opera. Working with this age group sprang from recognising a need…
Last Tuesday, children, parents and teachers from Osmani Primary School performed songs and poems to explore the world of heroes through singing, story-telling and musical play. The performance was the culmination of a five-week project lead by workshop leader Penny Desbruslais, Abimaro Gunnell, current Trainee Music Leader Ruth Rosales, and other musicians from Spitalfields Music.…
Throughout the summer, we have delivered creative sessions at Jagonari, the Women’s Educational Resource Centre, on Whitechapel Road to two very different groups of people. Over ten weeks, soprano and early years specialist Penny Desbruslaid and percussionist Jim Cartwright worked with young children between the ages of 0 to 3 at Jagonari Playhouse. The aim of…
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