CPD: Further Questions to Explore
In synesthesia you can’t differentiate the experience of colour and other sensory input. In dyslexia, phonological awareness is a key struggle: not being able to... Read More
Welcome to our Voices & Choices project page. Have a look at the music and film created by the young people during the project and read about the research and skill-sharing that has taken place.
This has been a Youth Music Funded project supporting children with complex needs and Children Looked After to create their own music and sounds, through improvisation and composition sessions. We aimed to work in a way and in environments where the children’s creative needs came first and they felt valued.
For more information about how we are now working in lockdown mode, please get in touch.
Also see our posts on Youth Music’s Network website.
Part of our Voices and Choices Project. Video created with the Cumbrian Children in Care Council.
Part of our Voices and Choices Project. Video created with the Cumbrian Children in Care Council.
Part of our Voices and Choices Project. Video created with the Cumbrian Children in Care Council.
MUSIC from CICC
Original songs, raps and soundtracks from our young musicians
The Bat Story
WINDOW
Fly On Piano
Dog on the Piano
Music Production
New original tracks from South Cumbria
CPD: The translation of vibrations: It’s more than just music
Every single sound is made up of a number of different notes (vibrations). These vibrations and sounds aren’t human made – we just intercept these... Read More
CPD: Uncaging the Birds: How we can use environment to unlock creativity within music workshops
TAKEN FROM A DISCUSSION LED BY CEZARY FLAK AND THE WHOLE VOICES AND CHOICES TEAM As humans we are constantly responding to our physical and... Read More
CPD: The focus on process – where improvisation can bring freedom
TAKEN FROM A DISCUSSION LED BY JILLY JARMAN AND TOM LEAH Freedom to be creative often comes from the power of knowing you can make... Read More
CPD: Using music as a communication and crisis tool in PMLD
TAKEN FROM A DISCUSSION LED BY GEOFF BARTHOLOMEW AND ANNIE RUSCILLO Children with PMLD (profound and multiple learning difficulties) can really struggle to communicate their... Read More
CPD: Synesthesia, Sensory Processing and Music
TAKEN FROM A DISCUSSION LED BY JANET Janet is a perfumer with a love of creative arts, including music. She has synesthesia and experiences smell... Read More
CPD: Dyslexia, Music and the Brain
TAKEN FROM A DISCUSSION LED BY SARAH BISSON A dyslexic brain, when reading, looks different to a non-dyslexic brain in the sense that different parts... Read More
Grasmere Class at the Space
“Voices and Choices has been working with a small group of 5 participants from Grasmere Class at North Lakes School, all of whom have complex learning... Read More
As part of BlueJam Arts Voices and Choices project we have been working with Grasmere Class at North Lakes School, all of whom have complex learning difficulties. We have been working with a poet who is layering our words over our music, with everything we are doing themed around trees. Here is artist Kate Brundrett drawing our Tuna Tree for us during a special outing to her Morland Studio.
Tuna Tree
The Tuna Tree from BlueJam Arts on Vimeo.
Make A Pledge
Soundtrack made by Heathlands Group for Multicultural Bazaar Presentation, Carlisle
Penrith Improvisations
Piano duet - R & J
