Marooned on Music Place Island…
It’s November 2019. A Music Place staff bonding holiday has met with disaster, leaving thirteen staff members stranded on a remote island, with nothing but their wits and the clothes on their back to battle the elements. As the Music Place boat begins to sink in...
Music Place Lonely Hearts: Could you be the woodwind beneath our wings?
Small but mighty flute group seeks committed new members! Meet Jo and Liz. Together with group leader, Michael, they make up The Music Place Flute Group. Small but fierce, Friday Flute group has met once a week at 7pm for a number of years. But now, this dynamic...
Festive fun with The Music Place Choir!
It's beginning to look a lot like ch...oir are getting extremely busy again. Yes it's coming up to that time of year again, and it's always lovely and busy for our wonderful choir! So we thought we'd give you a quick rundown of all the exciting things they'll be...
Halloween Takes over The Music Place!
What is a ghost's favourite instrument? - A spook-ulele Why do zombies hate funk music? - They got no soul Why did the ghost misbehave in his music lesson?- He was too ghoul for school! We hope you've all had a restful half term and are ready to begin the last half...
Practice- Top Ten Tips from Teachers!
Well, it’s week five already (how did that happen!?) and, amongst us professionals, it’s well known that this point in the term is prime time for the contagion of practice-phobia. Yikes. Yes, by week five, the fresh smell of start-of-term motivation is beginning to...
Total Eclipse of the Harfest
Here they go again! Following their stunning performance last September, our wonderful Music Place Choir are set to take to the Harfest stage once again for their third consecutive year. This time, they're taking a trip down memory lane, performing some feel-good...
A Big Congratulations!
This week, we wanted to dedicate our blog to celebrating Manni Geng who has just been awarded a place with the Junior RNCM! Junior RNCM is a community of musically gifted students, aged 8-18, who meet every Saturday to develop their skills at the Royal Northern...
A humdrum day in the life of the world’s coolest choir
The infamous Music Place Choir has got up to some pretty amazing things in recent years; from festivals and flash mobs to featuring on albums, they're always up to something enviable. And this week they've done it again! On Thursday evening, our choir was given the...
A Big Thank You!
Last week, the UK celebrated Volunteer Week 2019 and it got us thinking about the wonderful volunteers and carers at Vibrant Voices, and how much more we need to shout about how amazing they are! So here we go… OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE SO FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL! Vibrant...
New Faces in The Music Place!
We've reached the end of this half term and it's certainly been one full of highlights, but welcoming our three newest staff members definitely tops the list! So this week we thought we'd dedicate the blog to getting to know our newbies a little better....