Pick and Mix session review

Pick & Mix Taster Day at Northallerton College March 07

Pick & Mix, an innovative new programme for aspiring young musicians, was launched on a high note at Northallerton College on Saturday 10th March. The scheme is being run as a collaboration between Cube Media (North Yorkshire’s foremost Community Media Centre), Tune – In (the North Yorkshire Youth Music Action Zone) & Connecting Youth Culture / 6K Vision (a music project aimed at developing the professional skills of young musicians living in North Yorkshire), to help young people develop the skills they need to become more employable within the music industry.

The taster day was led by music leaders from across the region, including a member of Cube Media’s SoundWeavers – a pioneering scheme which trains learning disabled musicians to be workshop leaders. The day provided ‘hands on’ experience for Northallerton’s young musicians, to gain an insight into a wide range of community music and music education activities, that exist in the music industry today.

Throughout the day an assortment of activities was made available to all participants including: warm ups and games, creating music with accessible music technology, using multi-media software, World Drumming and Singing and Signing. These activities were received enthusiastically and stimulated everyone’s imagination as to how they could be used in various settings within music industry.

All in all the taster day was deemed very successful and participants felt by the end of the day they had a better understanding of how the development of skills in the area of Community music and music education can open up an array of opportunities in the music industry. One of the participants had this to say:

‘I found the talk at the end about the reality about the music industry really interesting as it made me realise that there is a lot more that I can do with my music than just performing.’

Following from this taster day, many of the participants look forward to working closely with a mentor to continue their professional development.

If you missed this session, there will be more Pick and Mix days in venues across North Yorkshire.

Upcoming session:
The Glusburn Institure, Glusburn – Saturday 23rd June

If you are interested in booking onto a session or finding out more ring 01904 626965 or email workshop@cubemedia.biz