Coda had devised and delivered music projects with schools and communities across Dorset and Hampshire. This outreach programme is created in response to local need and uses music as a tool for change, often tackling issues of social deprivation or crime, isolation, ill-health or disability. Our current projects include:
Static Rush
A weekly music workshop for young people aged 13 to 19, Static Rush has been running since October 2009 and has been supported by Youth Music, New Milton Town Council, New Forest District Council and Hampshire County Council among others.
The project places professional young music leaders into Forest Arts Centre to work with young people who wish to overcome the challenges in their lives and provides new learning opportunities, skills and inspiration to support their ambitions.
The Coda Fiddle Orchestra is Coda's longest standing community project. For over 6 years the project has been working with children and young people in Bournemouth, Dorset, to create a performing Orchestra unlike any other in the region. "Dorset's own El Systema" Ros Fry, WestMead Creatives.
Music in the Early Years
Coda is now in the second year of a training project for staff in 12 local pre-school nursery settings. Developed in partnership with Hampshire Children's Services, the project aims to provide strategic professional development for staff to begin to use music and singing in their everyday work through twilight training sessions and pactice based visits to each nursery.
The project, led by Liz Le Rossignol from Coda, has been hugely successful with participants, now armed with new found musical skills and confidence, leading a range of sessions with children.
A number of Children's Centres across the region are now also engaging Coda to work with registered childminders to support their use of music with children in the home.
If you would like more information on our work supporting music with early years children please get in touch.
Schools Projects
Coda will devise and deliver large scale projects with local schools, often addressing issues around transiition from primary to secondary school or family learning and is always looking for new partners with whom to work. In recent months we have developed a samba band with children from 7 local schools in Hampshire, and a hip hop music and street dance project with schools in Christchurch, Dorset.
We are currently developing our work with children with severe behavioural, emotional or social difficulties and/or learning difficulties through our longstanding relationship with Coxlease School in Lyndhurst and a new series of workshops with Bicknell School in Bournemouth. Both projects seek to engage pupils in constructive, creative music workshops, plus music tutition to provide new skills and accredited educational goals, and inspirational role models through our music leaders.
Community Events
Find us at forthcoming events.
For more news on upcoming events please see our Events Calendar.
August 24th, 2010 | 