Young musicians on the programme work with a wide range of professional musicians and educators to explore their potential through music. Through the various musical activities, In Harmony engages the local community and inspires the next generation through creative learning.
Continuing from 8 successful years at Old Park Primary School, In Harmony Telford & Stoke-on-Trent expanded into two new schools in October 2020 and a further school in September 2022. Working with St Augustine’s Catholic Academy and St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy in Stoke-on-Trent and Hollinswood Primary School in Telford means that our In Harmony programme brings music to over 1500 young people and their families.
Our Telford In Harmony Youth Orchestra is open to young musicians of any ability from across Telford who play orchestral instruments, from age 8 – 18. We work hard to make the music accessible for beginners and challenging for those who are more advanced, but more importantly the orchestra is a great place for making new friends and having fun!
In Summer 2024, 340 children from Years 5 and 6 from the four In Harmony schools in Telford and Stoke-on-Trent spent an afternoon with musicians of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire LEAP Ensemble creating and performing music together at the Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.
Read More...This summer saw professional band Diddy Sweg run two 3-day creative music summer schools, one in Telford and one in Stoke-on-Trent. Nearly 100 children aged 6-18 spent 3 days creating their own music inspired by the ‘apocalyptic drum n bass’ sounds of Diddy Sweg. The young musicians …
Read More...Happy New Year! It’s been a while since our last update and an awful lot has happened, but we’ll try to condense into a few paragraphs!
In September 2022 we officially welcomed school number 4 onto the programme - St Maria Goretti …
Read More...In Harmony provision restarted in September and all three schools are doing fantastically well.
We have now started an after-school programme at all 3 schools which has been very well attended with around 50 children attending each week at each of the 3 schools. This makes for some very hectic but …
Read More...St Augustine’s Catholic Academy and Hollinswood Primary School only started with In Harmony after half term and have already recorded some lovely videos to share with family and friends. You can view them on the media page or subscribe to our youtube channel and you’ll never miss another …
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