Winter Wonderland

Calling all parents, carers, siblings, families .....

PLEASE JOIN US NEXT WEEK…..

Our next session, on December 13^th, is the last Heart Beats session of 2012.

Please come in and join in the music. We will be having fun and creating music with the theme of ‘winter wonderland.’

We’ll be bringing hot drinks and mince pies too.

Don’t forget – Heart Beats starts again on January 10^th.

Underwater themes

Great improvising last night! David put it really well:

'I loved playing the instruments and the drums and being in the water, the river, and making music like swimming under the sea. Yes.'

Declan's gig - important!

Please can everyone note that Declans' gig is TUESDAY DECEMBER 4TH not Wednesday December 5th!
Do go and support him if you can, and spread the news. Thanks.

Declan's gig

'Our' musician in residence, Decan Millar, is out and about gigging. Please support him if you can!

Maggie and Bill Johnson form the Beacon Acoustic club say:

Dec performed at The Beacon last night and I'm still searching for an adjective that would do justice to his 'butterfly' song - how amazing to write songs of that calibre when still only 15 years old....

 

Anyway, if you fancy hearing more of his work now's your chance:

 

On Tuesday December 5th, Glastonbury Assembly Rooms' regular folk night, "Fabulous Furry Folk" hosts its youngest ever headline act in an evening of rootsy folk with a community vibe, and an opportunity for floor spots to support the main act. Recent "FFF" gigs have included headliners Robin Williamson, Martin Carthy and Martha Tilston but the final gig of the year brings it all back home with a chance for a local musician to play in the magical acoustic atmosphere of the Assembly Rooms' stone hall. Declan Millar has earned his wings over 5 years of appearances at Fabulous Furry Folk (yes - it's been going since 2007 when Dec was only 10!) and various other Assembly Rooms gigs. Still only 15 years old, he has also shared stages with Eliza Carthy and Lau and has recently been working on his first CD, produced in Bristol by Patrick Duff of Strangelove, and featuring his sister Caelia on fiddle and Brendan Sweetman on keyboards. His music blends influences including classic folk-rock and psych-folk; Declan is truly one of Glastonbury's finest troubadors. This gig will launch the new album and give the audience a chance to hear some  of his latest material as well as earlier songs.Support will be from various floor spots; please get in touch to play. Admission £5 on the door - 8 p.m. for an 8.30 start.(Nathan Williams)

Dates for 2013

We have some Heart Beats dates now for 2013.

They are :

1. Jan 10th
2. Jan 24th
3. Feb 7th
4. Feb 21st
5. Mar 7th
6. Mar 21st

Put them in your diary .......

Keep yourself warm with Heart Beats this winter

Never mind the snow, the wind, the rain, the frost .... come and keep warm with Heart Beats this winter.
We have a session this Thursday, November 15th - another one on November 29th - and our final meeting of 2012 on December 13th.

On December 13th we'll throw open the doors and have another Heart Beats tea party - Mums, Dads, sisters, brothers, friends, carers all welcome. Come and create a musical winter wonderland.
We'll have hot drinks and mince pies too.

If you are worried about the weather on any of these dates and would like to check if we're going ahead, please either
TEXT 07522 982574
or
EMAIL info@heartbeats.org.uk

MUSE

I'm excited to have come across the MUSE project yesterday whilst doing my 'other' job.
Here's their website
They seek to ' empower young, disabled musicians by helping them challenge any barriers to musical participation that they may experience. '
They are working across the SW region with Youth Music funding at the moment.
Really exciting stuff.

Themes

One great thing about being a music leader is that you get to work with themes. And because we're not bound to any curriculum our themes can be as diverse as we want - there's mileage to be had in all sorts of ideas -  and learning and fun too.
Themes of the week include :
journeys
colours
space jumps
spaceman dub
beginnings /endings
strange celestial roads .....

Early years music

It's great to see Frome early years music leader Willow Harwood has been awarded some funding for instruments through a Youth Music initiative.
Willow contributes her bit of wisdom to an online resource on Youth Musics' Network blog. Click here for the Youth Music resources page.
Some of the 'top tips' hold good for our work too. 
Willow says "Ensuring a mix of adult led and child initiated music making builds confidence in even the youngest of music makers."

In our project, we make music with young adults, but we value scaffolding and sound support as the foundation for confidence building too.
Heart Beats really appreciates the funding that enables us to have a good, solid team of music leaders, trainees, support worker, volunteer and musician in residence .... it's a great way to work.

chimes

Hooray, a BIG box arrived today - full of bass and alto chime bars - bliss......