Twenty two younsters from across North Yorkshire have used art masterpieces as inspiration to create musical monuments. The scheme, which was run by York based Accessible Arts And Media, involved the group of 8 to 12 year olds visiting the National Trust’s Beningborough Hall, which is home to paintings from the National Portrait Gallery. Mollie [...]
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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 [...]
Musical Monuments at Bolton Priory
What is Musical Monuments? Musical Monuments is an exciting project where young people can find out more about their local history through music. Each project is based around a North Yorkshire monument, and in March 2010 Musical Monuments will be coming to Bolton Priory. Workshops will take place on Thursday 11th, Friday 12th, Thursday 18th [...]
Wolds Wonders
You are all so wonderful A festive production by the Wolds Wonders company will take to the stage next week. The independant musical theatre group is for adults with a learning or physical disability in Pocklington and the surrounding area. They will perform their version of Dick Whittington at Pocklington Arts Centre on Wednesday, and [...]
AMICUS Mystery
AMICUS York have joined forces with Accessible Arts, Cube Media’s unique SoundWeavers, MA Students from the University of York and students from Applefields and Tanghall Primary Schools on a musical extravaganza. The project, which has been generously funded by the Gannett Foundation, takes ‘The Mercer’s Tale’ from the original York Cycle of Mystery Plays as [...]
Musical Monuments at Ripon Museums – October 2008
Musical Monuments is an exciting inclusive music project where both mainstream and disabled young people can work together to create music. Want to know what it would have been like in a workhouse or prison? Then come and find out through Music Technology, Singing & Signing 31st October 2008, 9am – 4.30pm at Ripon Museums, [...]
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 [...]
‘Rainbow Fish gets swept away’
Haxby Road Primary School – Spring 2004 In Spring 2004, we ran the first Amicus York project with children in the Foundation Stage and KS1. Amicus York aims to create musical friendship groups between children in mainstream settings and those with special educational needs. The projects provide children with the opportunity to participate in music [...]
Celebration, Procession and Ritual
“Celebration, Procession and Ritual” was the theme for an Amicus project to produce two different musical pieces from a common starting point. Each group comprised children from two schools. Galtres and Tang Hall children were in one group, Lidgett Grove and Poppleton Ousebank formed the other. The two groups developed the themes in different ways. [...]