We are so excited about the creation of Wiltshire Music Alumni website. This will give people the chance to see what all graduates are up to in their lives post youth orchestra days and get in contact with them. Watch this space!!!
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
New Website for Wiltshire Music Alumni Underway
We are so excited about the creation of Wiltshire Music Alumni website. This will give people the chance to see what all graduates are up to in their lives post youth orchestra days and get in contact with them. Watch this space!!!
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
An orchestral player is like being in a football team, (I said a bit).
You work as a team, you are goal orientated and highly skilled. It is an adrenaline
pumping, physical experience with the determination to get that goal,
and when you do make that goal it is sheer exhilaration. You are on a
high, on top of the world and totally present. - Let me know your thoughts.....
The Collective Experience
To play in an orchestra, especially in your youth, means undertaking
music as a collective experience but with individual expertise.It
entails the pursuit of excellence and goal orientated perseverance to
make dreams and the creative spirit become a reality. Most of all it is a
FAMILY - united by the universal language of music that transcends all boundaries.
Value and Strength
A Youth Orchestra graduate leaves with a sense of
endurance and confidence that gives them the capability to face the
challenges in their lives as and when they meet them. Great mentors can
be found as lead conductors and coaches. A deep sense of value and
appreciation is derived from the youth orchestra experience. Graduates learn that excellence is in their own hands.
It
is the above that inspires us here at Wiltshire Music Network to
further the youth orchestra experience and make relevant in the lives of
its graduates and anyone who has had music touch their lives.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
We were most delighted to have in our presence Mr Phillip Scott. His dedication to Wilthsire & Swindon Youth Orchestra both during his years as head of Wiltshire Music Services and musical adviser to WSYO has been tremendous, a real mentor to many WSYO Alumni.
There were fervent talks about Wiltshire Sinfonia, the WMA Alumni orchestra, and musical plans for the 2013 Reunion, 21-23 June. A huge array of talent present that evening, a real eye opener as to what Alumni are getting up to now!!!
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Where are you now?
Hello and welcome to the official blog for Wiltshire Music Alumni.
Join our friendly network of Alumni - tell us what you are up to. We would love to hear your experiences with Wiltshire & Swindon Youth Orchestra, Wiltshire Youth Jazz Orchestra and any other youth orchestra that performed at eh Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon.
Open to all
students who have benefited from musical activities at Wiltshire Music Centre,
and graduates of the talented youth orchestras that rehearse and perform at the
Centre to large and appreciative audiences.
We want to bring people together to share in their musical
heritage, to reconnect with their roots, and enjoy again the friendship and
musical camaraderie gained from their youth orchestra experiences.
We
will be launching this new scheme formally next year with an inaugural reunion
party and orchestral bash on the weekend of 21st – 23rd
June 2013 to celebrate. In the meantime, we
are calling on all Alumni to get in touch and share their memories of their
days as a Wiltshire Young Musician.
Everyone
who joins our Alumni scheme will receive regular Alumni newsletters,
invitations to Alumni events and reunions, and the chance to play in the Wiltshire Sinfonia orchestra.
If
you would like to join, please make contact by email: alumni@wiltshiremusic.org.uk,
register via the Wiltshire Music Centre website www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk or call
on 01225 860110. Please do help us to
spread the word by forwarding these details to others who might be interested. Get in touch. Network with us on 
@wiltsMA
@wiltsMA
We
look forward to hearing from you and meeting you over the coming weeks, months
and years.
Christina
Ashby
WMA Alumni Administrator
Wiltshire Music Alumni
Wiltshire Music Centre
Ashley Road * Bradford on Avon
* BA15 1DZ
Office * 01225 860110
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