Hello!
Welcome to the April edition of our Bridgewater For All Playback, where we look back at the highlights of the Learning and Participation programme at The Bridgewater Hall for this month. From dancing with dinosaurs to dancing the Charleston, we’ve been jam packed with activity this month.
We hope you enjoy reading what we’ve been up to in April.
The L&P Department
Music Makers – 15 April
The amazing Sarah led our Music Makers this month, which took us on a journey to a land before time. In this sensory music workshop, the little music makers met lots of different dinosaurs of all shapes, sizes, and colours, and with her flute, drum and accordion, Sarah introduced us to lots of new sounds and genres of music. Join us next month where Georgie will take us on a walk magical musical walk through the forest!
To find out more about Music Makers click here.
Be Hear Now – 21 April
Our Be Hear Now lead, Beth, led a very special session this month, as we’re proud to announce that Be Hear Now is sponsored by Fletchers Solicitors and supported by Brainwave. Fletchers kindly put on a lovely lunch for our Be Hear Now families and it was great to see everyone get involved in the session which starred the amazing Meera and Dom from Maharaj Degavino Duo. Representing her Father’s Trinidad roots, Meera took us to Carnival with some tunes on her flute. It was a celebration all around, and a great way to kick off the collaboration with our great families, partners, and sponsors!
To find out more about Be Hear Now click here.
To find out more about Fletchers Solicitors click here.
To find out more about Brainwave click here.
Live Music Now Specialist School Concert – 22 April
The fabulous Festivo Winds led our specialist schools’ concert on 22 April. We learnt all about the trios’ instruments including the flute, cor anglais and French horn. Did you know if you were to unravel the French horn it’d be the same length as a double decker bus!? Festivo then treated us to a medley of music from the movies, as well as some beautiful classical pieces. It was great to see so many school groups flexing their listening skills and getting involved with the interactive workshop too – huge thank you to everyone involved!
To find out more about Live Music Now specialist schools concert click here.
Be Hear Now in the Community – 9 April
For this month’s Be Hear Now in the Community session at PossAbilities, Witley Road in Rochdale we were joined by Live Music Now’s amazing duo Iwan Owen and Nicole Boardman. Soprano Nicole blew us away with her beautiful voice – it felt like we were in the room with a real-life Disney princess! Iwan’s piano playing was equally as beautiful, and the participants had a great time being a bit cheeky conducting his rag-time piano playing at an extra fast tempo. There were lots of laughs, singing and dancing (including a great Charleston from Beth!) this month at Be Hear Now in the Community – thank you to everyone involved!
To find out more about Live Music Now click here.
Bridgewater Hall Singers – 24 April
Our Singers have been busy preparing for a Summer full of exciting performances, the first one being an extra special pop-up performance as part of Manchester Flower Festival launch on Friday 24 May. Keep your eyes peeled for what that might be! We’ve lots of amazing new members and new material to learn this term, including Cyndi Lauper’s True Colours and the ever powerful Something Inside So Strong.
To find out more about The Bridgewater Hall Singers click here.