News: Applications now open for Free Composition Workshops in June 2012 with Jeremy Thurlow and the Cambridge University New Music Group!
We are pleased to announce that we have joined forces with Cambridge Youth Music to run the Cambridge Young Composer of the Year Competition (2012-13). For the first time in the history of the competition, Jeremy Thurlow (competition judge) and the Cambridge University New Music Group will be running composition workshops (June 8th 2012 for years 7-12, and June 15th 2012 for years 3-6) BEFORE the competition opens. These workshops will explain the competition brief to any students interested and offer advice and tips on how to write for the instruments included. The workshops will be a great way to start getting ideas together for the competition deadline in September and they also give students the opportunity to meet the performers who will be playing their pieces in the final at the University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas in October. To be one of the lucky students to take part in these workshops, download a workshop flyer and workshop application form today!
Music Outreach at Cambridge
It is increasingly recognised that music offers enormous potential for social benefit, and the Faculty has established an outreach programme that both takes students and staff out into the wider community, and brings a wide range of different groups into the Faculty. Supported by grants from HEFCE’s Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) and the University’s Active Community Fund, our Outreach Officer, Ruth Hardie, has developed an ambitious portfolio of activities for secondary schools and colleges and primary schools alongside community projects and public events.
The links on the top right of this page will take you to information about our work in specific areas. For examples of past projects, with pictures and descriptions, try our Projects Archive.
Students play an active role in these events and we see the opportunity to be involved in such projects as adding an important dimension to the education available within the Faculty. Since the foundation of the programme in May 2009 to November 2011, 230 student and academic volunteers have given a total of 1846 hours of their time to outreach projects which have engaged with over 7000 people. As a result of this work, we now see outreach and community involvement as an essential part of the Faculty’s work and of our students’ experience. We are pleased to announce that we have secured a further four year funding stream (HEIF5) to continue the work of our outreach porgramme, with the hope to expand further to offer even more opportunities, projects and events to local and national groups.