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MusicTank - MusicTank hopes to bring together people working in all music genres at any stage in their careers

South East Folk Arts Network - admin@sefan.org.uk
South East Music Schemes
Southern England Touring Agency - The venue development agency for the south of England, serving a consortium of over 75 small to middle scale arts promoters in the south and south east arts regions.
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• What if you could inspire creative learning in your school and support your pupils to reach their full potential by raising aspirations and attainment?
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Future Creative can help you find the answer to these questions by using creativity to stretch people’s imaginations, spark their talents and help them to reach their full potential; offering all stakeholders a chance to gain a fresh perspective on the world through creative and cultural learning programmes.
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Listen to an Interview on Thanet Community Radio
about
The Pilgrims Hospices, fundraising, the job, and  a glimpse of life behind the scenes
http://www.thanetcommunityradio.com/programsclipstream/Pilgrims%20Hospice/Pilgrims-Hospice-program.html

If you can help please contact:-
Karen Kenward
Regional Fundraising Manager
Pilgrims Hospice
Ramsgate Road
Margate
Kent CT9 4AD

01843233934
07872417423
karen_kenward@pilgrimshospice.org
http://pilgrimshospice.org/

Youth Music project Training Them Live and The Babylon Live Lounge in Maidstone have joined forces to provide budding musicians a unique opportunity to show off their musical talent in a professional music venue starting Sunday 13th February 2011.
The event will run from 3pm until 10pm, allowing some of the younger bands to play to their younger fans and families.
The venue will be hosting a variety of different pop/rock groups and solo artists, playing at the same time both upstairs acoustic and downstairs plugged in on the main stage.
There will also be a chance to have your performances recorded and filmed live as well as a photo pod for bands to have their promotional band photos taken by the TTL media team. Artists will also be able to buy refreshments and merchandise from a number of stalls at the event. Some of the Acts showcasing represent the best talent Kent has to offer; a great day of entertainment.
Babylon Live Lounge and Training Them Live will be running future events which will be on the first Sunday of every month. Any musicians wishing to play at the venue should apply in person on event days where they will be added to the list to of artists wishing to play there. Full details for the gigs can be found on ttlgigs.co.uk
Press contact:
Chris Ellen
Chairman Training Them Live
chris@trainingthemlive.co.uk
07775 595 955
Event: Valentine Vibe, 13th Feb 2011, 3-10pm

Kirit Velani, the owner of Babylon Live Lounge said:
“We contacted the guys at Training Them Live having heard about their Rock Schools and the work they do in providing Acts and Event management for the massive Under Siege concerts at Rochester Castle. We’ve opened our doors to give musicians a chance to play in a real music venue using and learning from all of our lighting and sound equipment”.
Chris Ellen and Dan Wise of Training Them Live said:
"We’re really grateful to Kirit for offering us his venue to showcase Kent Bands and Artists. We have been looking for suitable pubs and clubs in Kent to run our events, Babylon Live Lounge is the perfect place for us as it holds up to 800 people allowing both young and older bands and Artists to showcase themselves to live audiences. We can also double the amount of Acts performing giving everyone a chance to play”

MUSICIANS HAVE YOUR SAY ...

- Take part in the biggest ever UK and Eire survey of musicians...
- Tell us how to spend our money, and you could get £150 of Amazon vouchers

The Musicians Benevolent Fund (MBF) is the music business's own charity. Each
year, we spend around £2.5 million, helping professional musicians, music
students and others who work in the profession. Our mission is to 'listen to
musicians - respond to their needs', and that's why we're asking for your help.
We'd like you to tell us what we should be doing to help musicians today.

That's why we're launching Musicians...Have your say, which we think is the
biggest ever survey of professional musicians and music students across the UK
and Eire. We plan to use what musicians tell us to help us determine what we'll
spend our money on in the future.

We're distributing over 50 000 of these to shops, recording studios and
rehearsal spaces around the country, so that we get feedback from as wide a
range of musicians as possible. We're also working with industry bodies, such as
the Musicians' Union and AIM to spread the word.

If you're a professional musician or a music student, we hope you'll be able to
free up the ten minutes or so it will take you to fill it out a questionnaire
and tell us some facts about your life. What you tell us could directly affect
how we support professional musicians and music students in the future.

The hub is working with the Musicians Benevolent Fund on what we think is the
biggest UK and Eire survey of musicians and music students. Check it out at:

http://www.musicianshaveyoursay.com

Digital Foundations - Community Music and MulitmediaDigital Foundations offers community music and media workshops, projects and Performances to people living in Ashford, Kent. Sessions include artist recording and development, Rock School for people wanting to learn an instrument, Learning music production, DJ and MC workshops and creating music videos. A lot of these sessions have funding and are free to all participants, but some are not and require booking. For more information please contact us or visit our website. Ken Cameron - Digital Foundations - Ashford, Kent

Telephone: (07752) 224 170
info@digitalfoundations.co.uk
URL: http://www.digitalfoundations.co.uk

Musicians Benevolent Fund
There are a large number of resources available to students, parents and teachers to assist with the funding of study projects for gifted musicians and this database and Awards Wizard can help you to identify many of the Music Awards and Scholarships which are available.This database is not exhaustive and does not list awards and prizes that are offered and administered by music colleges, nor awards, grants and loans which may be available from local authorities - details of these can be obtained by contacting the organisations concerned directly.Questions will help the Awards Wizard determine which awards may be suitable. Once you have answered all of the questions click on the "Finish" button to display a shortlist of Awards which may be suitable for you.
Visit https://www.mbf.org.uk/ngen_public/index.asp

The WOMAD Foundation is a registered educational charity established in 1983 and is the educational arm of the WOMAD Festival organisation.. Worldwide we provide opportunities for cultural exchange, learning and active participation, bringing the arts of different cultures to the widest possible audience.Over and above our festival workshop programmes throughout the world, the Foundation devises and produces: § Projects for schools, from nursery through to tertiary level,
§ Community music projects
§ Festival outreach programmes
§ Site specific visual arts events
§ Artist residences
§ Artist exchanges We have over 20 years experience of working with artists and educators in many different educational settings and our current programme of work has three main components:§ The Growth of Music - A series of educational sessions introducing musicians who come from specific musical and performance traditions in their countries of origin, presenting and exploring these traditions through particular cultural contexts.§ Cultural Collaborations - New music in the making, bringing together musicians from diverse cultures and musical backgrounds, to explore the interaction of musical cultures and the impact of collaboration on a personal level for musicians. This programme provides opportunities to work with both young people and professional musicians.§ Voices of the Ancestors - This series introduces musicians whose work is steeped in a sense of social and spiritual history, exploring the places where their cultural heritage converges and diverges. Artists who have left their countries of origin, will share their experiences through musical dialogue, discussion and performance. This project lends itself particularly well to a cross curricular approach.We create educational resources and background materials for all our projects, which aim to broaden and strengthen the curriculum. We work on a consultative level with regional, national and international organisations, as well as government and funding bodies, to realise individual projects. If you are interested in partnering the WOMAD Foundation in a project in the South East or would like to discuss any of the above, ...please contact :anniem@realworld.co.uk

Annie Menter - Director,Education and Special Projects, The WOMAD Foundation, Millside, Mill Lane, Box, Wiltshire SN13 8PN. Tel: 01225 743188 Fax: 01225 743481