Author: Abbie McCarthy

Mandy Sangiuseppe joined the Kent Music Hub team at the end of November 2022 as our Inclusion Development Manager. She’s already making waves in supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in music education in the county!

What links a centuries-old Kentish folk tune, a modern bhangra piece and secondary school pupils in Ashford? Well, in the summer of 2022 it was just the one thing – the Ashford Creative Orchestra project.

Staplehurst Primary has an amazing number of students in music lessons. Music Lead Teacher Penny Seal tells us how she made this happen!

This autumn, Kent Music is thrilled to be moving to a brand-new bespoke building in the exciting Creative Enterprise Quarter (CEQ) on Ashford’s Javelin Way.

Welcome, adventurers! After Orchestra ONE‘s 29th project, participants were asked what themes and ideas they’d be interested in exploring when Orchestra ONE met in the Summer of 2022, and Fantasy was a hugely popular choice.

In August 2021, Orchestra ONE (O1) returned for its 27th project and our first one face-to-face in nearly two years! It was absolutely wonderful to see so many familiar faces and to hear our young musicians making live music again.

Following the success of our first ever virtual Orchestra ONE (O1) course back in October, we were thrilled to welcome 17 young musicians who joined us via Zoom for Project 26. Our participants spent the second week of the Easter holidays composing a brand new piece on the topic of “Communication”.

2020 was a challenging year for all of us. For Orchestra ONE (O1), it meant that we were unable to hold our usual projects in the Easter and Summer holidays. However, in the October half term our fantastic participants and inspiring tutors came together for our first ever virtual O1 course. It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces again after nearly a year apart, and even better to welcome new participants to the O1 family.

Welcome to Day & Night Festival, a brand-new virtual music festival from Kent Music for summer 2020!