We are pleased to be bringing our free Story Explorers sessions to Washington and Houghton Libraries! Starting next week, our group will explore popular picture books with musician Ashleigh Lowes and join in with singing and music-making activity 🪇 bit.ly/CHStory24

It was fantastic to visit Barmston Village Primary School to see the impact of the govt's new Music Opportunities Pilot, with Young Sounds UK @SunMusicHub Together for Children UK Music Every child should get the chance to develop their love of music 🎶 catherinemckinnellmp.co.uk/governments-ne…

We love Elijah so much!! This super-star has written our 2024 kinship panto with More Than Grandparen. We cannot wait to get going this Thursday with our first rehearsal with Elijah and Ashleigh Lowes 💕💕

It’s #KinshipCareWeek 🎉 again, marking 1 year since 'Kinship Kids'! A beautiful project done in partnership w/ More Than Grandparen, Ashleigh Lowes, @PaigeTemperley & Josie Brookes , where kinship families and children told their stories of kinship care in the form of music & illustrations 💞

We’re super proud of this project and can’t wait to continue to work on our annual Kinship Panto with More Than Grandparen, happening this Christmas! 📺 Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=17PxTT…

We’re in London for our #ConnectConference! This is an opportunity for our Music Hub partners - and colleagues from Arts Council England, Youth Music & Department for Education – to share ideas and discuss the future of our Connect programme,supercharged by the DfE's Music Opportunities Pilot 😊

Youth Music Department for Education Arts Council England Arts Council England, South West Arts Council England, South East Arts Council England, London Arts Council England, North Sheffield Music Hub Norfolk & Suffolk Music Hub Resonate LMSlincsmusic That’s a wrap on the #ConnectConference! Thank you to all our amazing partners and funders for some fascinating conversations and an incredible day. Thank you also to our fabulous hosts at Rich Mix 🙏 🔗 youngsounds.org.uk/connect

Our partners Young Sounds UK are looking to contract a freelance Mentor to work as part of their Connect programme within Sunderland. Please see our website for the full job description and application form. The deadline for applications is Monday 21st October 2024.

⚽️🎉 Ashleigh Lowes & @PaigeTemperley took Sweet Caroline & the Football Boots to the u3a drama group in South Shields! Participants had the best time collaborating and contributing with recordings for the story 💞 Tickets are selling fast, grab yours here:eventbrite.com/cc/bitesize-17…

Today, Jill Scott MBE (accidentally) came along to a rehearsal of our children’s show, #SweetCaroline 💕 It was so brilliant to meet a Lionesses and massive inspiration for the show, which tells the story of a girl who LOVES playing football! The Cultural Spring #Bitesize

We’re performing all around South Tyneside: ⚽️29th Oct, 11am @ Brinkburn CIO ⚽️30th Oct, 11am @ Valley View Primary School ⚽️31st Oct, 11am @ Perth Green Community Association CIO ⚽️1st Nov, 11am & 2pm @ Hebburn Sports Club FC 👧: age 5-10 years 🎫: £3 per child

🎉 Today, we transformed our players’ lounge into a mini theatre! 🎭 We had the pleasure of hosting the The Cultural Spring Bitesize Events, supported by Official South Tyneside Council.

Thanks so much to Hebburn Town Juniors FC for hosting Sweet Caroline today, as part of The Cultural Spring’s #Bitesize programme. 💕 Really grateful to be welcomed into such a special community space, and huge thanks to Angela Lamonte & Cllr Dean Fri supporting us.

Massive respect to the creative team, Ashleigh Lowes @PaigeTemperley & Abigail Lawson for making this happen. And to all the community spaces we’ve been to, where the commitment and dedication of the leaders shine through. These places are so so vital.

Kinship Panto rehearsals are go!! With More Than Grandparen, we've been holding weekly music and drama sessions with kinship families, led by Ashleigh Lowes & Abigail Lawson. We're having so much fun, putting @_elijahyoung ‘s co-written script into action. Details of tickets very soon! 🎄🎅🏽

Tonight we had the massive pleasure of performing as part of The Cultural Spring’s 10th birthday party at The Fire Station. Cultural Spring has been pivotal to WMC. Our first ever grant was from them via their Your Art programme, for Pop Choir Project. 🎶

From there, The Cultural Spring have been at our side, most recently supporting us through #Bitesize to develop our first musical- Sweet Caroline & the Football Boots-& inspiring us, through their work & approach. Thanks to the team and congrats on everything you’ve achieved 💕💕

🎵 Passionate about music education?🎵 We’re looking for a visionary Chair to join the North East Music Hub Board, shaping the future of music for nearly 300,000 young people across the region. Find out more and apply here 👉 musicmark.org.uk/jobs/chair-of-…

Then on to the performance of the 3rd More Than Grandparen Panto 2024 💕💕 The families absolutely smashed the performance of their co-written panto, Snow White and the Poison Sausage Roll. We are so proud of these children, who told their story of kinship care and had so much fun.

Our first Little Pops of 2025 is taking place this Thursday, with full dates for the Spring term also confirmed! To join Ashleigh Lowes for a morning of singing, dancing, instrument playing and a whole lot of fun, secure your space through Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/little-pops-…