22nd February 2017 |
In October 2017 11 students from Chetham’s School of Music plus teachers and TCR co-Directors Nick and Sarah Oliver will be making a trip to Kampala. TCR last visited there in 2007, running an inspirational and creative programme at the time of the CHOGM and this visit will renew some contacts made then and build many new ones. We’re looking forward to collaborating with Kampala Music School, now a much expanded enterprise since our previous visit, and to outreach work with a range of schools, hospitals and other community and cultural organisations.
Our students, who include string, woodwind, brass and keyboard players as well as singers are all busy raising funds for the trip and we’ll keep updates coming as plans are finalised.
28th August 2016 |
Matthew Higham and Jenny Clarke, two talented, enterprising young musicians from the Purcell School collaborated with The Commonwealth Resounds in a special voluntary project, where they have raised funds to travel to Goa, India, to teach instrumental music to children linked to a charity called Child’s Play.
They were generously supported by the Royal Society of St George, the Toby Davies Fund, the North Norfolk Community Fund and a number of kind friends and family members.
Matthew and Jenny are now in Goa, working hard with the children preparing for a special ‘Monsoon Concert’ on August 20th.
1st August 2016 |
Matthew and Jenny’s project in India has been very kindly supported by the Royal Society of St George. We are all very grateful for their kind and generous support which will help them to go to India and work with a number of children in Goa as part of a Commonwealth Resounds outreach project.
7th May 2016 |
The Commonwealth Resounds is delighted to be organising a unique study tour for 7 aspiring young Nigerian musicians who are developing their orchestral skills to help them lead and run ensembles in their own country. This project will be run in partnership with MUSON, one of Nigeria’s most enterprising music conservatoires.
The Nigerian musicians will be taken to hear some of the UK’s top professional orchestras in rehearsal, and will meet professional musicians who will give them support and guidance. They will also have a chance to play side-by-side in some regional orchestras in Croydon, Hertfordshire and Manchester. They will visit the Purcell School and Chethams School of Music. The highlight of their tour will be to participate in high-profile events linked to Commonwealth Week 2017.
Everyone is looking forward to meeting the Nigerian musicians, and would like to give special thanks to our wonderful Patron Tunde Jegede, Artistic Director of Muson who is carefully preparing the musicians for this tour.
More details will appear in the study tour section of our website, just click here to find out more!
10th April 2016 |
The Commonwealth Resounds would like to congratulate our Patron Kuljit Bhamra MBE on a well deserved Olivier Award Nomination for the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Having worked on the score of the blockbuster film Kuljit co-orchestrated Bend it Like Beckham, the musical with Howard Goodall and it played in London’s west end for almost a year and is now set to tour around the country. Critics gave the show glowing reviews including a 5* Daily Telegraph review who declared it a “bold, beautifully British triumph” and the Evening Standard called it a “joyous hymn to girl power”. The independent called Kuljit a Bhangra maestro and described his work as “Exquisite”.
Alison Cox OBE, Founder and Co-Director of The Commonwealth Resounds said:
I am delighted that the Olivier Awards chose to nominate Kuljit after he has spent so many years supporting the Asian music scene around the world at the highest levels. We are so grateful to have Kuljit’s support as patron of The Commonwealth Resounds and look forward to our continued partnership in the future.
Bend it Like Beckham has already won several major awards including ‘Best Musical’ at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards.
