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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!

The Day & Night Festival isn’t just about hearing from us at Kent Music! Summer days, nights and music are for everyone, so we want to hear from you.

We were delighted to work with Sound Connections on their ‘Zoom In To Youth Voice‘ project this summer.

Kent Music is proud to celebrate young harpist Hannah Runting, who has been placed second in her category of the North London Harp Competition, a national event which is well-recognised in the music world.

For the last nine years, young people across Kent have been coming together to take part in our epic Orchestra ONE projects. The music created during these courses never fails to impress and inspire us here at Kent Music.

We’ve been thinking about all of the incredible compositions that have been created from these projects and our superb Sound Engineer, Tom Wood, came up with an idea – why not make an Orchestra ONE Greatest Hits album?! Tom has taken all of the best bits from the last two years’ worth of projects and re-edited these to create a playlist celebrating all of the ‘best bits’ from Projects 19-24.

During the October half term, Orchestra ONE participants came together for our 24th project, with the theme of Magic having been chosen by young people who had taken part in previous projects. It was great to see so many familiar faces, but also to welcome a number of new young people to the project.

During the summer holidays, our Orchestra ONE players came together for four days at Maidstone Grammar School to create a fantastic original composition, based on the theme of Gaming and Technology. Our regular members were delighted to see the return of Musical Director, Joe Browne, and under his guidance they created a musical representation of a computer game, complete with different musical worlds and levels, all moving towards the defeat of the final evil boss to become the ultimate Orchestra ONE hero!