Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Service
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Northamptonshire
, England
, has a music and performing arts service to provide instrumental music lessons in local schools. Its services are available to around 11,000 school children. In July the music service through MSEP evaluation was given an Outstanding level. The service supports 15 Saturday morning music centres and many music and drama groups, all within Northamptonshire. Membership of the county level groups is determined by an annual audition process in July. For most groups there are three levels: Junior, Training and Youth and are usually abbreviated by teachers and students eg. County Junior Wind Orchestra (CJWO), County Training Strings (CTS) & County Youth Orchestra (CYO)
There are groups covering ensemble
, orchestral, brass band
, wind band, jazz
, rock
, guitar
, percussion, voice
, drama
, dance
and early years music.
in a Victorian
school building on the corner of Clare Street and the Kettering Road that used to be known as John Clare School.
, Spinney Hill Hall
, Cripps Hall
, The Lighthouse Theatre and other venues.
Each year, there are residential courses at Grendon Hall.
The music groups and groups from the Saturday morning centres take part in the National Festival of Music for Youth. At the 2008 festival in Birmingham, the following Northamptonshire groups were presented with awards:
In 2011 all of the top 5 County Youth Groups (Orchestra, Brass band, Big Band, Concert Band and Choir) all won awards at the Music for Youth regional festival in Birmingham.
The music service is often represented at the Schools Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
in November. In 2008 the County Youth Brass Band and Primo Tuba Quartet featured at the Schools Proms and in 2009 the County Youth Big Band and Youth Orchestra featured at the Schools Proms
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, has a music and performing arts service to provide instrumental music lessons in local schools. Its services are available to around 11,000 school children. In July the music service through MSEP evaluation was given an Outstanding level. The service supports 15 Saturday morning music centres and many music and drama groups, all within Northamptonshire. Membership of the county level groups is determined by an annual audition process in July. For most groups there are three levels: Junior, Training and Youth and are usually abbreviated by teachers and students eg. County Junior Wind Orchestra (CJWO), County Training Strings (CTS) & County Youth Orchestra (CYO)
There are groups covering ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, orchestral, brass band
Brass band
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...
, wind band, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, percussion, voice
Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
and early years music.
Location
The music service headquarters is in NorthamptonNorthampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
in a Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
school building on the corner of Clare Street and the Kettering Road that used to be known as John Clare School.
Performances and events
Groups from the music service perform at the DerngateDerngate
Derngate is a part of Northampton, England, with a theatre complex of the same name. It refers to a gate in the old town walls, which was located there....
, Spinney Hill Hall
Northampton School For Girls
Northampton School for Girls is a girls-only comprehensive secondary school in Northampton, England.In 2004, the school gained specialist Music College status, the first school in England to do so, and as a result provides a wide range of musical opportunities for both its students and the local...
, Cripps Hall
Northampton School For Boys
Northampton School for Boys is a secondary school in Northampton, England.- Foundation and History :The school was originally founded in 1541 by mayor Thomas Chipsey, as the town's free boys grammar school. In 1557, the school moved to St. Gregory's church, which was adapted for its use...
, The Lighthouse Theatre and other venues.
Each year, there are residential courses at Grendon Hall.
The music groups and groups from the Saturday morning centres take part in the National Festival of Music for Youth. At the 2008 festival in Birmingham, the following Northamptonshire groups were presented with awards:
- County Youth Concert Band (Outstanding)
- County Youth Brass Band (Outstanding)
- County Youth Orchestra (Outstanding)
- County Youth Big Band (Outstanding)
- County Youth String Sinfonia (Highly Commended)
- County Junior Strings (Outstanding)
In 2011 all of the top 5 County Youth Groups (Orchestra, Brass band, Big Band, Concert Band and Choir) all won awards at the Music for Youth regional festival in Birmingham.
The music service is often represented at the Schools Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in November. In 2008 the County Youth Brass Band and Primo Tuba Quartet featured at the Schools Proms and in 2009 the County Youth Big Band and Youth Orchestra featured at the Schools Proms
Saturday Morning Music and Performing Arts Centres
These are located in the following areas:- BrackleyBrackleyBrackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Oxford and miles form Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford...
- CheneyMiddleton CheneyMiddleton Cheney is a civil parish and the largest village in South Northamptonshire, England. It is situated between Banbury and Brackley. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 3,753.-Local amenities:...
- CorbyCorbyCorby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...
- DaventryDaventryDaventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
- DustonDustonDuston is a village and civil parish in the borough of Northampton in the English county of Northamptonshire. It has been a settlement since at least Roman times....
- FavellWeston FavellWeston Favell is a former village in the English town of Northampton, Northamptonshire.-Location:Since the Industrial Revolution and 20th Century, the town of Northampton has grown closer and closer to the village boundaries, such that it is an outer district of Northampton, near to several other...
- FerrersHigham FerrersHigham Ferrers is a market town in the Nene Valley in East Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders. It forms a single urban area with Rushden to the south and has an estimated population of 6,086...
- GuilsboroughGuilsboroughGuilsborough is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 660 people....
- KetteringKetteringKettering is a market town in the Borough of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about from London. Kettering is mainly situated on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene which meets at Wellingborough...
- OundleOundleOundle is an ancient market town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 5,345 or 5,674 . It lies some north of London and south-west of Peterborough...
- RoadeRoadeRoade is a village in Northamptonshire, England and in the area of the South Northamptonshire District Council where it is in the two-member Blisworth and Roade ward.-Location:...
- TowcesterTowcesterTowcester , the Roman town of Lactodorum, is a small town in south Northamptonshire, England.-Etymology:Towcester comes from the Old English Tófe-ceaster. Tófe refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the "Scandinavian proper names" Tófi and Tófa...
- Spinney HillSpinney HillSpinney Hill is an affluent area of Northampton which lies to the north of the town, located in the Parklands ward. It offers a wide range of amenities including a chippy called Andrew's Takeaway, a Tesco Express and two local estate agents. The local pub in the area called the "Spinney Hill Pub"...
(formerly Trinity) - WellingboroughWellingboroughWellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, situated some from the county town of Northampton. The town is situated on the north side of the River Nene, most of the older town is sited on the flanks of the hills above the river's current flood plain...