Upcoming events
Concerteenies Musical Stories: Online Release!
The pilot performances of our five new Musical Stories will be available to view for free from 22nd May 2021.
Live-stream: Family concert STAN & MABEL
Music-loving dog and cat, Stan and Mabel, are off to find their neighbour who’s gone to judge the Greatest Orchestra in the World competition – leading them on a musical adventure featuring a host of animal instrumentalists and a very unusual debut performance.
Live-stream: Concerteenies with Music in the Round
Polly Ives presents a playful, sensory introduction to the unique sound world of Bartók’s much-loved violin duos for 0–5-year-olds (and their music-loving adults). Discover a treasure trove of harmony and rhythmic invention, across these song and dance miniatures performed by Ensemble 360’s violinists Benjamin Nabarro and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan.
Puppetry, Rhyme and Musical Props
Polly presents a network songshare centred on the theme of ‘Puppetry, Rhyme and Musical Props’ for NYMAZ.
Aimed at music practitioners who are keen to use puppetry and props in music-making, Polly will explore how to incorporate this into your daily practice, develop simple rhymes into more in-depth learning practice and fun games with your young participants.
Tickets are FREE for Full NYMAZ Early Years Music Network members, and £4.00 (+ Eventbrite fee) for all others.
Sign up on Eventbrite by clicking here.
Listening Club by Sheffield Music School
A online club where we share and listen to music.
Music for childhood: Polly Ives from "Concerteenies" will lead us in reflecting back on on our earliest musical memories. Based on Concerteenies aims, Polly will be discussing what music is great for 0-5 year olds (and we are not talking nursery rhymes!).
All proceeds will contribute to the future of Sheffield Music School and its students.
This class is aimed toward adults but would be suitable for 16+.
Buy tickets here.
Online Concert: The Three Little Pigs - London Mozart Players
‘The little pig began to pray, but Wolfie blew his house away!’. Roald Dahl is at his subversive best in this gruesomely funny re-telling of favourite children’s tale The Three Little Pigs. Hilarious happenings follow the little piggies as they build their houses, with some outrageously comic twists to the familiar story. Paul Patterson’s sprightly score brings the whole thing to life, with plenty of musical allusions to keep the grown-ups entertained too! Polly Ives is our brilliant narrator who’ll deliver the necessary huffing and puffing. A perfect way to kick off your kids’ Hallowe’en weekend.
Online Concert: Little Red Riding Hood - London Mozart Players
‘Wolves aren’t always as clever as they think they are…’. In a half-term musical treat for children of all ages, LMP’s Classical Club presents Paul Patterson’s lively orchestral version of Roald Dahl’s wickedly witty ‘Little Red Riding Hood. Taken from Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes this is ideal for 5–11-year-olds but is also a sharply funny and inspiring treat for adults. Polly Ives narrates this hilarious twist on the fairy-tale classic, performing with LMP in the stunning Great Conservatory at Syon Park. It’s half an hour of pure magic that never fails to entertain, and a wonderful way to introduce budding musicians to the instruments of the orchestra.