Music Services
North West Music Partnership
The North West Music Partnership is a strategic alliance which brings together the local authority music services of Bolton, Manchester City, Salford, Stockport and Wigan, together with GMMAZ and the Hallé. At the heart of the Partnership is the concept that music organisations, both performing and educational, can achieve greater outcomes for children and young people through collaborating together to share resources and expertise.
Throughout 2008-2009 the Partnership received funding from the then Department for Children, Schools and Families to offer a programme of activities, including ensemble support, access to live performances, professional development opportunities and a focus on children undergoing the transition from primary to secondary school. This programme of work was built on the success of an initial national pilot partnership, the Music Manifesto North West Pathfinder 2006-2008.
Since the end of external funding support, the Partnership has continued to grow and develop, and to deliver some activites in collaboration. The Partnership welcomes the recent Henley Review of Music Education and looks forward to the new National Plan for Music Education currently being developed by the Department for Education.
For more information please contact Naomi Benn, Head of Ensembles, on 0161 907 9048 or naomi.benn@halle.co.uk
Future Talent
Future Talent was set up in 2004 by Katherine Kent, with the aim of helping talented young musicians from areas of deprivation and difficulty realise and develop their talent. Sir Mark Elder is President of the charity and Steve Pickett is a trustee.
Future Talent Champions is a Future Talent project run in conjunction with the Hallé and local Music Services in Greater Manchester. The first project launched in 2008 in the music services of Bolton and Oldham. In 2009, the project expanded into Rochdale and the eventual aim is to include all 10 boroughs within Greater Manchester. Future Talent and the Hallé are grateful for support from The Holbeck Charitable Trust.
The project is divided into two strands; the first strand invites young musicians to apply for a bursary provided by the charity. In each Music Service the bursary is given to three exceptionally talented young musicians who, for whatever reason do not have the means to develop their musical talent further. A new addition to the project is a Certificate of Merit and monetary prize for an individual who displays exceptional talent at an early level of their musical journey.
The second strand engages the Hallé with the Music Services and local schools in a development programme that gives many more local children the chance to grow through music and become inspired to develop whatever musical talents they possess.
Auditions to find the next group of Future Talent Champions were held during the autumn term in Rochdale, Bolton and Oldham. Gold, silver and bronze winners from each borough were chosen to receive monetary awards, of £3,000, £2,000 and £1,000 respectively, to spend on continuing their music education. A brand new ‘Certificate of Promise’ was also given to one student in each borough who just missed out on winning a prize. All nine winners will be presented with their awards by the Duchess and Future Talent’s President, Hallé Music Director Sir Mark Elder, at a special prize ceremony during a Hallé concert on Sunday 20 May 2012.
The winners from each borough are as follows:
ROCHDALE
Gold: Tylah Tomkins Simpson – Voice
Silver: Jack Foster – Classical/Folk Guitar
Bronze: Helen Clark – Tenor Horn
Certificate of Promise: Victoria Hoyle – Voice
BOLTON
Gold: Samuel Davies - Cornet
Silver: Elizabeth Hardman - Voice
Bronze: Jacob Smith - Euphonium
Certificate of Promise: Molly Becker – Violin
OLDHAM
Gold: Samantha Wright - Clarinet
Silver: Romana Hallstead – Flugal Horn
Bronze: Benedict Conway - Trumpet
Certificate of Promise: Sam Statham – Piano
