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Weʼve raised £160 to fund another tutor!
- London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom
- Funded on Saturday, 22nd September 2018
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SWeet! Recorder Consort C.I.C.
Dynamic Recorder For The New Generation
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How would you describe your experience with the recorder at primary school? Many people don't realise that it's possible to train to play the recorder professionally, and even gain postgraduate qualifications in recorder performance!
Here in the London Borough of Lambeth, we know that many children are unable to learn to play a musical instrument because their families cannot afford it. Instruments, music lessons, exam. fees, and all the hidden costs that crop up, are simply out of the reach of many families.
SWeet! provides a professional training in playing the recorder to Lambeth schoolchildren aged 8 to 18 years. We especially encourage applications from children who face extra challenges, such as having a special educational need, having a disabled parent or sibling, having a close relative in prison, or fleeing domestic violence. These wonderful, resilient children join together to make beautiful music. See for yourself here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgxnCK98REg&t=64s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxKdxPILbvc
Our children succeed! Many obtain Grade 5 (equivalent to a G.C.S.E.) before leaving primary school, and some go on to achieve the Grade 8 qualification (equivalent to an A-Level) before the end of Key Stage 3. They also perform regularly in ensemble on five different sizes of recorder, and have won awards for their consort playing with Music For Youth, the Beckenham Festival, and Coulsdon & Purley Festival.
Every year, more and more children join us and the project grows. Currently, demand for classes is outstripping what we can provide. We are currently raising money to fund another professionally qualified tutor, so that we can expand our work and help even more disadvantaged young people to become young musicians.
We need £3000 to fund our new tutor for two hours per week for one academic year. Anything you can give, however small, will help our young people to realise their musical dreams!
Thank you.
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lulu buglione
Jun 8, 2018
Good luck. Hope you make your target. Lx
Anonymous
May 29, 2018
£50.00
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May 26, 2018
£50.00
Phoebe Yu
May 25, 2018
£30.00
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Netty Rhodes
London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom
Netty Rhodes graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2005 with a Masters degree in performing on the recorder. Since then she has strived to change attitudes towards her much undervalued instrument, proving that playing the recorder can be very musical and lots of fun!