OVERVIEW QUALIFIED TRAINERS Qualified Trainers Eight community musicians passed the Community Music For Practitioners 2004 training course and a further twelve graduated from the 2005 course. These are: 2004 Jennie Beasty Lee Crane - Keyboards, Music Technology Carol Dawson - Violin, Voice, Guitar, Djembe Steve LeVoguer - Guitar, Voice, Percussion, Drums, Movement Sue Murray - Voice Anna Myatt - Voice Paul O’Donoghue - Keyboard, Percussion, Music Technology Geoff Wilson - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards 2005 Alistair Wilson-DJ-ing Clare Marshall - Recorder, Voice, Piano, Clarinet Deborah Pollard - Piano, singing workshops with hand percussion Donna Smith - Guitar, Voice, Drumming Ian Riggall - Drums, Percussion Joby Harding Madeleine Cross - Flute, Piano, Viola Mike Allan - Voice, Keyboard, Whistle, Banjo, Bodhran Sally Nunn - Violin, Recorder family, Keyboard, Guitar, Voice Samantha Elm - Voice Steve Clark - Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Voice, Songwriting Dave Foulds - Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Live Recording, Music Technology Many of these musicians, as a result of this course, are now running music workshops in the Humber region. All four local authorities are confident to employ these musicians who have achieved a high standard in community musicianship. ANNA MYATT Anna Myatt left University with degrees in Music and Maths, and Contemporary Music-Theatre, and set as a Piano and Singing teacher in rural East Yorkshire, as well as performing as a singing in the Contemporary Music Ensemble “Black Hair” who are now Musicians in Residence with Arts Council England, Yorkshire. Following the Community Music for Practitioners Course, Anna now works freelance in the region, for Music4U, Come and Play, and the Humber Mouth Festival. Recent Projects include African Folksong (involving drumming and dance), Music Technology - “Sounds Scary” at the Humber Mouth Festival 2005, Music and Textiles, and Junk Percussion. She is interested in any projects to with the voice; and likes to work with other artists, involving other media and combining disciplines (like music and dance; music and art; music and textiles). She would also like to work more with computer music having created a CD-ROM of a musical book with some children for “Sounds Scary”. Future work includes an Intergenerational Singing Project, Creative Rock Workshops and Music and Video on a horror theme. CAROL DAWSON Carol Dawson’s instruments include violin, viola, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, and the family of recorders, djembe, some world percussion, drum kit and voice. She studied at Leeds College of Music and Huddersfield University gaining Diplomas from the London College of Music and Trinity College of Music and a Graduate Diploma in Music Performance. She then worked for Scarborough College and as a freelance musician in Leeds. Subsequently she worked for North Lincolnshire Music Support Service and began playing with an Appalachian dance team and a successful traditional group called Prism. Carol also set up Wootton Fiddle Club and from this Brigg Fiddle Festival was born, which is in its ninth year, is a celebration of violin music, and brings International artists to the small market town of Brigg. Carol was a graduate from the first years’ Community Music for Practitioners and the following year became the administrator for the group, and then a committee member of the resulting community organisation HUMBERSOUND - a support network and CPD opportunities for the graduates of the Course working in partnership with Music Leader, and successfully bidding for grants from The Network Fund, Global Grants and Arts Council England. Carol has delivered projects for Melody Monkey and All Aboard, and has created a transitional creative music project, which incorporates the balance of Good Health called Scrumptious Sounds, as well as working on last years Rock and Pop project for North Lincolnshire, Arts Council and Music4U. In addition Carol helped create and deliver a musical journey round the world as a holiday project. This included African song, drumming and junk Samba. She has also worked for Creative Partnerships and presently is creating a recycling project through music and working with refugees and Asylum seekers in Grimsby. Additionally Carol teaches violin, play in the band "Workshy Profits" and the Black Diamond Ceilidh Band. GEOFF WILSON Geoff Wilson has been a working musician singing and playing guitar in different bands most of his working life, writing, recording and performing original material and adapting to what-ever style of music was required from the bands which varied from Pop, Rock, Funk, Heavy Metal, Indie and different Dance styles of music. As a musician Geoff is self taught learning by ear, from other musicians, then eventually learning to read music. He has been a guitar and vocal tutor for many years. In 2004 Geoff attended the Community Music Practitioners Course and has not looked back since. As a result of the course he have been running workshops for Hull City Arts, Hull Youth Services, Connexions, Abilities, Creative Play and North Lincolnshire Council. The workshops Geoff runs are song-writing (from pop, rock, R&B, urban, etc), music-technology (using Acid-Pro), band workshops, music & performance and he also has a mobile recording studio (Pro-Tools) available for recording bands, workshop performances, etc. Geoff also runs recording technology workshops, and composition and arrangement sessions. Since completing the Community Music Practitioners Course he has diversified as a working musician in many areas of music and also as a student, as he has now completed a BA (Hon) degree in Popular Music at the University Centre in Barnsley where he achieved a 1st. IAN RIGGALL Ian Riggall is a completely self taught musician and percussionist who performed in various bands as a youth. For the last five years Ian has been successfully delivering community projects using Latin American Samba, African and UK drumming workshops in and around the Grimsby area. Ian is at present delivering educational work for North East Lincs Music and Performing Arts and North Lincs Council delivering the Rockworks project as well as working with harder to reach groups such as asylum seekers and migrant workers in some exiting projects through the "Humbersound" organisation. Ian's view of the field he is working in was really only realised during his successful completion of Music4U's Community Musicians Practitioners Course, since which he has built on existing skills to broaden his capabilities as a community musician. Ian is also musical director to Great Grimsby's "Sambalada" - a tight, snappy Samba band made up of different aged members of the community who are now an experienced outfit with many performances tucked in their belts. STEVE CLARK Steve is an experienced music workshop facilitator and professional musician of 7 years standing with expertise in drums, guitar, samba, African drumming and singing. He has worked on percussion, band and singing projects for people with learning difficulties, young people between the ages of 10-18 years, adults and people from overseas (ESOL students) in numerous settings including day centres, Hull College, youth centres and schools. Steve is currently working full time for Creative Connexions as a Creative Development Officer, running music projects across the East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire region as well as working freelance for Humbersound, running a 20 week pop music project at Brigg Youth Centre. In addition Steve is plays drums for a Johnny Cash tribute band called "Keep It Cash" who play in theatres and venues across the country. STEVE LE VOGUER Steve Le Voguer is a drama and music workshop leader from Goole. He can play numerous musical instruments, such as guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, djembe, congas, bongos, percussion, vocals, in various styles, including rock, jazz, folk, world music, fusions etc. and deliver workshops on a variety of themes from African music to junk percussion, early years music to rock workshops. Steve studied drama at The University of Manchester, and previously worked at The Docktown Project, a community arts initiative in Goole. Since graduating from the Community Music For Practitioners Course Steve has been involved in various projects with different organisations, including drama with Creative Partnerships, Come & Play for Music4U, Rockworks in North Lincolnshire, All Aboard, ISSP rock music workshops in North Lincolnshire, special needs music workshops & events with Hull & East Yorkshire Ability, Goole community fireworks event for Goole Town Council and Blaize, and Wider Opportunities for Hull Music Support Service. Steve also lectures in drama at Hull College, plays solo Flamenco, plays in a few ceilidh bands and with Workshy Profits, a modern folk trio. Steve is also a founding member and secretary of Humbersound, a community music organisation covering the four Humber region authorities running network and training events in partnership with Music Leader and Music4U, and organising music workshops in out of school clubs in North Lincolnshire, at Hull’s Sea Fever Festival, teaching English through music for ESOL students as well as running rock music workshops in nine youth settings in North Lincolnshire. SUE MURRAY Sue is a singer, community musician, and Primary class teacher with over 25 years experience. She plays recorders of various sizes, guitar and keyboard, and has a keen interest in voice work and song writing with all ages, and across genres. As a school teacher she have organised many cross curricular projects, such as dancing and singing in a Viking longhouse, a Tudor masque, and song composition about the lives of working children in Victorian Britain, together with several performances of folk/world music at local Festivals. Since completing the Community Music for Practitioners Course, freelance work has included music technology, African music (dance and song) Come & Play, and All Aboard (midi-creator nursery project). In addition Sue performs on the local folk circuit and co-leads Beverley Community Choir (a cappella harmony singing group for adults). SAMANTHA ELM Samantha Elm is currently studying for a degree in Music Performance. She has a lot of experience of working with adults and children with severe learning and physical disabilities in both a musical and a care capacity. Her speciality is voice although she continues to facilitate other workshops. Samantha works with all ages from toddlers to adults, and all kind of settings from corporate parties to community gardens.