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Music and Video from Music Arts Pod

 And here is our Youtube playlist – click the menu arrow on the top left to chose a film.

 

 

 

For the Love of Books

More images from the first year of For the Love of Books!

 

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Music Arts Pod

recording lyricsOur schools programme has been running since 2015 with funding from the National Foundation for Youth Music matched by Derbyshire Music Education Hub and contributions from the schools.

This year (2018/19) we are working in Glossopdale Community College, Buxton Community School and New Mills School, to provide weekly music and arts activities for pupils who needed a boost in their learning.

joint workEach year we launch with a trip to Manchester to work at Band on the Wall for the day, where the young people work with their technician on the sound and lighting desk and with professional musicians with different backgrounds.  In the sessions that followed the young people work with Lucy LeClaire, Eskay and G-kut  to learn new skills, such as programming music on software such as Garageband, Logic and Ableton Live; writing lyrics about their lives, and using this to talk about ‘life in general’ in an open way; Researching their musical influences and art and design used by recording artists; and instrumental skills.  They also gain in self confidence and dialogue with staff and teachers who see them achieving and working together.  Since 2015 64 young people have gained an Arts Award from Trinity College London at Bronze or Explore level.

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“It has given me the chance to express myself and I enjoyed doing something without be judged.”  Young participant

 

We also sign post participants into our out of school activity, like Film Cuts Club and Tall Tales.

“The best bit was being creative with music in a chilled atmosphere where we can talk about life in general.”  Young participant.

Click here to see and hear some of their original material.

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100% Wolf!

On 7th August we staged our world premiere of 100% Wolf, from the book by Jayne Lyons. The show opened to the public at the Geoffrey Allen Centre, Gamesley and then two days later at the 100pc Wolf block smPavilion Arts Centre, Buxton.

 

 

“It was hilarious, it was amazing – and the talent!”

 

 

This was the culmination of year 2 of the Tall Tales programme, which began at the end of April in workshops at the Gamesley Community Cafe and Fairfield Dreamscheme in Buxton.  The two groups came together in this year’s summer school – and created the final show in just over a week.

“I know like, when you’re on stage, you might feel a bit worried and sick, but then when you get a bit closer to the end, you might feel a bit relieved that you’ve managed to get through it and not like had a breakdown!”

Watch the show here:

“and why is it you get more confidence?”
“Because it makes you much happier in yourself
Because it gives you better experiences…”

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“I got stage fright – and I felt bit scared, like I couldn’t do it… but then I remember I felt alright, so then I could carry on…”

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“and why is it you get more confidence?”
“Because it makes you much happier in yourself
Because it gives you better experiences…”

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“Yeah – It’s like you look at how many chairs it roughly is, and you think there’s people are going to be sitting there later – and that scares you a bit”

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Our Summer Programme 2015

This year included 3 days story telling in the yurt at Buxton Festival, and Whaley Water Weekend, with story-tellers Shonaleigh and Gordon MacLellan; our usual featured arts workshop for Chernobyl Childrens’ Project with artist Nicky Ward; a ‘silent disco’ in our yurt, for the One World Festival; and we opened our doors for another Open Day at High Lee Hall in New Mills, inviting people to join us for ‘iPaddling’ workshops for New Mills Festival.  These events are an important part of our core programme, despite many being un-funded.  We recognise the important part this work plays in the lives of our communities.

For the love of Books!

High Peak Community Arts are proud to present their first early years arts project, For the Love of Books.

The project aims to promote a joy of books with early years children and their families, who can sign up for sessions with professional artists.  The artists have been asked to choose their favourite children’s book and develop fun, creative and open ended activities that animate the book further. drawing robot

Our first sessions will be running at Gamesley Early Excellence Centre in October, where artist Tony Hall will be making drawing robots with the families. Artist Katy McCall, who has a background in early years learning, will be bringing a range of unusual materials for children to play and experiment with. The session will be based on the book “Robots, Robots Everywhere” by Sue Fliess.

kiddy artWe are thrilled to be planning this early years work, supported by Awards for All from the Big Lottery and also the Clore Duffield Poetry and Literature Awards. All of the sessions will be designed to enable families and children to develop confidence in their creativity and nurture a love of books through playful and enjoyable activities.

This programme of workshops will be rolled out in New Mills, Fairfield and Gamesley between October 2015 and July 2016. For more information call Sophie on 01663 744 516, or email Katy McCall on katymccall@mac.com.

Blue John Felted Panels – Unveiling

Blue John A5 LeafletThank you for joining us! This was a lovely event and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

PAST EVENT:

Come and celebrate the completion and unveiling of our ‘Made in Derbyshire’ project on Wednesday 30th September in Buxton  Library Children’s Area.  Participants from our Arts and Wellbeing programme worked with artist Carol Wilson to create a series of beautiful panels depicting scenes from the children’s book by Berlie Doherty, illustrated by Tim Clarey. Some of the wool used is from whitefaced woodland sheep from Elton, nr Bakewell, a breed indigenous to this area. FREE,. All welcome. 11am. See the artwork and photos from the project. Enjoy refreshements, Meet the author, Berlie Doherty.

iPaddling for New Mills Festival!

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We had a great time on Saturday 19th September as part of New Mills Festival.  High Lee Hall was a-buzz with creative ideas and we made  some beautiful little films and works of art!

 

High Peak Community Arts invited everyone to dip toes into some cool and funky iPad apps.  People used one of our iPads or brought their own, trying video, imaging and music apps & here is our fusion of sound and vision from the day:

And delving underwater:


Finding things you didn’t expect:

Roaming the High Peaks:

And accidents will happen on the farm!

These are the apps we used, if you want to have a go at home!  (some are free, some are cheap and some are a few pounds):

Art:  Paper53, Photoshop Express, Photoshop Mix, Photoshop Sketch

Music: Garageband (check you’ve downloaded all the features), Bloom, Beatwave, Morphwiz, Loopy HD, Propellerhead

Video: iMovie, Action Movie FX, StopMotion

 

 

Tall Tales 2015 – The Summer School

01 IMG_1351.JPGThe summer school began when the two groups met on a trip to Manchester International Festival, to see the international premiere of Wonder.land by Damon Albarn. This inspirational trip was followed up with another trip into Manchester to the Art Gallery, where they worked in one of their studios using physical materials and digital methods to create themes and images for the show. Then they went to the open day at the Bridgewater Hall, tried out instruments, toured the building and had the chance to conduct part of the Halle Orchestra!

“When we went to Manchester Art Gallery we like got a word and we had to find pictures that summed that up – like the Prison Yard, and Like me and Leo found one, and it was like really foggy, like pirates on a ship.”

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“You had to writing bits with the instruments and people were singing it.”

“Yeah – we did the whole run through and it was actually great!”

Click here to see how it went!

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10:45 am Space to Explore @ St Matthew’s Village Hall
Space to Explore @ St Matthew’s Village Hall
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Adult creative arts session to explore neurodivergence. For more info please click here!
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Filmmaking club for young people with additional needs. Click here for more info and how to join!
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Tall Tales @ Fairfield
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Space to Explore @ St Matthew’s Village Hall
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