SHORT BREAK GRANT SCHEME Woldgate College are now working in partnership with Accessible Arts & Media, iMATA (interactive Music Accessible To All) and East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Other support has been given by Elvington Air Museum, Apollo Creative, HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association), Pocklington Youth Club – DofE students, Francis Scaife Sports Centre [...]
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Welcome to iMATA – interactive Music Accessible To All
Hello and welcome to iMATA - interactive Music Accessible To All You will find interesting information here about us and what we do, who we do it with and, more importantly, you will be able to interact with us and share your own comments and experiences so why not register now and join our community. Feel free to start by telling us what [...]
Pupils sing sign of the times
YOUNGSTERS from two York schools put on a special show as part of the city’s Festival Of Rivers. Pupils from Fishergate Primary and Appleflelds School delivered the performance at Joseph Rowntree Park. Twelve children from each school worked in the project. They were split into two groups, one working with technology and the other working [...]
Amicus York Summer Project
The Amicus Interactive Music Project is a charitable organisation which brings children together in an environment of fun and friendship to create music. This Summer, Amicus York is joining forces with Cube Media and Accessible Arts to run a project with children from Fishergate Primary and Applefields Schools. The project will be run in conjunction [...]
Changes – Review by Artforms Interactive
Review: CHANGES Release Date: 4 December 2004 – immediate A TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE The performance of ‘Changes ‘ (run in association with the SightSonic Festival year-round programme) at the National Centre for Early Music in front of a Full House was not only a remarkable achievement for the many people involved but also a powerful piece [...]
Changes
Run in association with SightSonic Festival 2004 Year-Round Programme Accessible Arts, Cube Media, AMICUS York and the City of York Arts Service, York College and the Manor School Community Programme have joined forces to bring you a unique, devised and interactive piece, which explores Greek stories of human transformation or ‘change’. Four ancient Greek myths [...]
Music groups up for heroes’ award
TWO much-valued groups which have proved the therapeutic value of music have been nominated for York Community Pride awards The Smile And A Song trio, who provide musical entertainment in elderly people’s homes, have been put forward in the Charity Fundraiser of the Year category by 83-year-old Catherine Halliwell, of Rawcliffe. Mrs Halliwell said she [...]
Music of friendship
BARMBY Moor Kids’ Club has been ‘Rockin ‘n’ Rollin’ this week as children took part in an AMICUS workshop on Wednesday morning. Passersby could have been fooled that a live band was practising in the old school, as the enthusiastic kids, aged from 4 to 11 years, played with the touch-sensitive equipment. The amazing equipment [...]
Teaching with a tune
TEACHING through tune was the aim of a local music group after attending a junior school recently. The youngsters at Pocklington Juniors spent a morning with two members of Amicus, the interactive music project who visit schools with their alternative teaching methods. Over 70 children were involved with the fun day which saw the youngsters [...]
Fund-raising disco for music and radio projects
A DISCO will be held at Pocklington Football Club on Friday, 20 September to raise funds for Pock FM and the Amicus Interactive Music Project. The event is to be held in recognition of the support that Amicus received from members of the Pock FM team during its first broadcasts back in January and all [...]