Click on the relevant press releases for information. If you require any picture material to support an article please contact Melanie Paris on 01904 632220 or email press@humber-music4u.com New music project with BBC Blast will benefit young people across region 20 Jun 2008 BBC Blast work with Music4U in regionwide music projects New Deputy Director for Music4U 9 Jun 2008 Samantha Sumerfield has been appointed Deputy Director for Music4U – the Humber Region’s Youth Music Action Zone. Music4U celebrates Music Making in the Humber Region 7 Apr 2008 A celebratory booklet and DVD highlighting some of the music projects than were organised over the last few years by Music4U – the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone – have just been published. Former Young Offender turns his life around with DJ project in Hull 31 Mar 2008 A DJ project in Hull which offers support to young people looking for a future in music has been hailed a success after one young person has turned his life around through taking part. Local pupils celebrate Grimsby Town’s cup success through Football Chants 21 Mar 2008 Young people in Cleethorpes will have the chance to learn football chants from around the world this Spring to celebrate the success of Grimsby Town in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy this season and help cheer them on for the final. Local pupils celebrate Hull City’s success by learning Football Chants 13 Mar 2008 Young people in Hull will have the chance to learn football chants from around the world this Spring to celebrate the success of Hull City this season and help cheer them on with their push for promotion. Healthy Eating Music Project 25 Feb 2008 Children will get the chance to combine food and music in a series of healthy eating musical workshops run in the Humber Region Youth Music Mentors scheme offers free music training to young people in Hull 28 Jan 2008 A youth music project in Hull which offers support to young people looking for a future in music is expanding the number of opportunities to take part. Melody Monkey Training Courses - February and May 9 Jan 2008 A new course to teach early year’s workers how to use Melody Monkey‘s Marvellous Music Box is being offered by Music4U - the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone. Music4U's Director, Delma Tomlin, awarded an MBE in the New Years' Honours List 2 Jan 2008 Delma Tomlin, the Director of Music4U, the Humber Region Action Zone, has been awarded an MBE for Services to the Arts in Yorkshire in The Queen’s New Years’ Honours List. Indian Music and Dance comes to the Albemarle 11 Dec 2007 Hull and East Riding Hindu Cultural Association present a workshop and performance in Tabla, Sitar and Classical Indian Dance at the Albemarle Music Centre, Ferensway, on Sunday 16th December 2007. Jazzy opening night for the new Albemarle Music Centre 23 Oct 2007 The Music4U Jazz/Gamelan fusion concert is the first concert to be held in the new Albemarle Centre in Hull on Thursday 1 November. Local landscape inspires Youth Music week project in Humberside 15 Oct 2007 Features of the local landscape are set to provide musical inspiration to young people in the Humber region as part of an ambitious project due to take place during National Youth Music week in October half term. GRIMSBY-BASED YOUTH MUSIC PROJECT SCOOPS REGIONAL AWARD 10 Oct 2007 A Dj-ing project aimed at young offenders in North East Lincolnshire, has scooped a regional award this week in the first ever ‘Just Creativity’ Awards run by the Arts Council England, Yorkshire, the Youth Justice Board, the Prison Service and the Youth Offending Teams in Yorkshire and the Humber. Music Mentoring Project Launches in Hull 24 Sep 2007 A new project in Hull this Autumn will offer support to young people looking for a career in Music. The Youth Music Mentors project is aimed at 14 -19 years olds and is being delivered by Music4U – the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone. Young people in Hull to work with top Jazz musician 30 Jul 2007 Fifteen young jazz musicians from Hull will this week take the chance to work with Dennis Rollins, internationally renowned jazz trombonist, in a workshop being supported by Music4U, the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone. Local young people get all that Jazz 2 Jul 2007 Young people in North East Lincolnshire are being offered a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s leading musicians in a Jazz Summer School taking place in August. Young people get all that Jazz in North Lincs 2 Jul 2007 Young people in North Lincolnshire are being offered a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK’s leading musicians in a Jazz Summer School taking place in August. Melody Monkey’s Makeover! 6 Jun 2007 Melody Monkey’s Marvellous Music Box has had a makeover! From this spring a newly designed box, with new instruments, a new finger puppet and a brand new song book containing 20 new songs and rhymes together with five new stories will be available for all those working with young children to help them run music-making sessions. New Songs and Traditional Rhymes for the School Playground 30 Apr 2007 Hopscotch is a new pilot project from Music4U, the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone, which will over the coming year focus on encouraging and revitalising Playground Songs & Singing Games in primary school playgrounds across the region. All Aboard! for a musical journey 19 Feb 2007 A child’s step, jump or a tiptoe can now been turned into musical sounds as a result of All Aboard! a new early years activity created by Music4U – the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone. Free music workshops across West Hull this Spring 23 Jan 2007 This spring West Hull will buzz to the sounds of guitars, drums and spinning records as a series of free music workshops aimed at young people take place at Youth Centres in the area. Half-Term fun with music workshops for kids 22 Jan 2007 Secretary of State for Education and Skills to visit Music4U 22 Nov 2006 EMBARGOED UNTIL 1PM ON FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2006 ‘Re-Creation’ - Music workshops for young people 24 Oct 2006 P.Arts - October Half Term Workshops 23 Oct 2006 Music4U celebrates YMAZ Week in Humber Region 18 Oct 2006 Music4U, the Humber Region Youth Music Action Zone is celebrating the opportunities it provides for young people to get involved in music, by taking part in the first national event for Youth Music Action Zones (YMAZ) organised by Youth Music. Yobs or victims – ASBOs or arts projects 18 Oct 2006 Which is the answer for our ‘hard-to-reach’ children and young people? What answers can music provide? From Hip Hop to DJing, Jazz to Gospel - Youth Music Action Zones throw open doors for a magical music week 18 Oct 2006 From October 25th, Youth Music’s Action Zones (YMAZ) will be throwing open their doors across the UK to welcome young people interested in learning more about music-making options. What’s more, it is totally free! Children get the chance to Jazz it up in Hull 27 Sep 2006 Children from West Hull are working with top jazz saxophonist Snake Davis in a ground-breaking project that fuses modern jazz music with a traditional Indonesian percussion orchestra. Jazz Summer School on the South Bank 25 Jul 2006 This summer young musicians in North East and North Lincolnshire can take part in an amazing summer jazz experience with Snake Davis, one of the UK’s leading saxophonist and flute players. Schools link up with Jazz Quartet 11 Jul 2006 Funky jazz quartet, Tetragon, are to visit the North East Lincolnshire region, to work with school children in music making workshops. HAVE A ROCKING TIME 4 Jul 2006 North Lincolnshire Council is to hold an exciting Summer Rockfest in Church Square, Scunthorpe as part of their Music4U Humber region Youth Music Action Zone programme. The event takes place on Saturday 15 July from 12noon to 5.30pm. P.Arts - May Half Term Workshops 30 May 2006 Here We Go! Football Chant Workshop in Barton 26 May 2006 Come along to share, compose and perform your own football chants as well as learning about the history of football chanting in the lead up to the World Cup. Here We Go! Here We Go! Here We Go! 25 May 2006 There is a chance for young people to learn football chants from around the world in the lead-up to this year’s World Cup. All Aboard! for an early music journey in Beverley 9 May 2006 The sounds of hurdy-gurdys, lutes, pipes and drums will be enjoyed by nursery school children in the Humber Region as they use music technology to take them back in time. Young people can take P.art this half-term in music workshops 20 Feb 2006 ‘P.arts’ workshops, taking place this half-term in the East Riding, will offer local young people aged 8 and over the chance to make music using body percussion. Creation music workshops in the East Riding 20 Feb 2006 Young people from the East Riding have a chance to make music this Spring in workshops being offered in the region. Young People Fuse Jazz, Rap and Gamelan 28 Feb 2005 Young people in North Lincolnshire have the chance to join with three professional musicians this Easter for an unusual music project. Youth music project success at Hull school 7 Feb 2005 Budding musicians at Winifred Holtby School in Bransholme are taking part in a young persons Youth Music 4U project 'Access Urban' this half term that encourages them to write and perform their own R&B and hip hop tracks in a city centre venue. Rapagam - Music Fusion in North Lincs 7 Feb 2005 Rapping, jazz improvisation and gamelan playing are on the menu for young people in North Lincolnshire this Easter. February Half Term Workshops in the East Riding 16 Jan 2005 Visit the East Riding page for details about these world music workshops. Music Jobs for Local Musicians 3 Nov 2004 Recruitment is now underway for the 2005 Community Music for Practitioners Course, run by Music4U, the Humber Region’s Youth Music Action Zone. Bollywood comes to Scunthorpe 15 Oct 2004 Teenagers in North Lincolnshire have the chance to perform with some of the stars from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End hit musical ‘Bombay Dreams’ in an October half-term music and dance workshop taking place in Scunthorpe. Half Term Fun in the East Riding 28 Sep 2004 Find out more about percussion workshops run by Gary Hammond of The Beautiful South or learn to sing like a pirate, policeman or even Japanese maid with Cameo Opera. Bhangra & Bollywood Beats in North Lincolnshire 16 Sep 2004 Dhol House 2 - Free October 1/2 term workshop at The Screen in Scunthorpe Kids Experience Pzazz in Jazz 7 Sep 2004 The Cleethorpes Beachcomber Jazz Weekend 2004 will open with a special concert for school children on Friday 10th September by one of the UK’s leading jazz funk bands, Dennis Rollins Badbone & Co. Gamelan Across the South Bank 29 Jun 2004 A group of young people from St Hughes Special School in Scunthorpe are taking part in a series of Gamelan music workshops at The Baysgarth Museum in Barton as part of a Music4U project. Music4U goes to the Big Gig! 15 Jun 2004 Young people from Grimsby and Cleethorpes made their debut at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, last week. Imaginative Play for Special School 25 Mar 2004 A groundbreaking abstract workshop, allowing children with severe physical disabilities the chance to interact and have fun with music and visual art, is taking place this week at Frederick Holmes School in Hull. Community Musicians Course Takes to the Stage 12 Mar 2004 Musicians taking part in the first ever ‘Community Music For Practitioners Course’ running as part of Music4U in the Humber Region, will be making their first public appearance in April. Rhythm House in Hull 10 Feb 2004 Young people from Maybury Youth Centre, East Hull, West Hull Warren and Hessle Road Yoof Network are taking part in a six-week Latin American and African drumming project that culminates in a free public performance at the Mortimer Suite, Hull City Hall on Friday 20 February at 7.30pm. Gamelan and Shadow Puppets at Tweendykes Special School 5 Feb 2004 Gamelan and puppet making skills are on the menu for children at Tweendykes Special School, who are taking part in an unusual project. Half Term Activities in East Riding 3 Feb 2004 Check out the music workshops happening in the East Riding between 16 - 20 February Bhangra & Bollywood in Hull 1 Oct 2003 Don't miss a fabulous week of Bhangra Beats and Bollywood Dancing with stars from the West End Hit Musical Bombay Dreams. BLAST Off in Goole 25 Oct 2002 A group of budding musicians aged between 8 and 12 have formed BLAST - a scrap metal percussion band - who will be playing at the Goole Community Fireworks event on Tuesday 5th November. A Chance to Appear in the Hull Jazz Festival 11 Jul 2002 Young people between the ages of 10 and 13 in the Humber region, have the chance to appear in Hull’s International Jazz Festival as part of the finale event for the ‘On the Pulse’ percussion project. Japanese Drummers Beat Out The Rhythm 30 Apr 2002 Mugenkyo, Europe’s foremost exponent of the exciting and dynamic art of Japanese Taiko drumming, will be running workshops and performing in the Humber Region this May. Melody Monkey is Here! 19 Mar 2002 Young children in the Humber Region will soon get the chance to meet Melody Monkey and her friends Crotchet Crocodile, Octave Owl and Forte Frog. Music4u is On-Line 11 Feb 2002 A new events website detailing all the music activities which are part of Music4U – a major music initiative happening across the region this year – is now available at www.humber-music4u.com Major Music Initiative in the East Ridings 7 Feb 2002 ‘Echo’ the East Riding strand of the newly formed Music4U - Humber Region Youth Music Action - will be launched throughout the region next week during half term holidays. Pandemonium in North East Lincolnshire! 2 Nov 2001 African drumming, steel pan music, a live samba band and a steel orchestra are some of the delights to be sampled at the opening of the Pandemonium Project on Friday 9th November at The National Fishing Heritage Centre.