If the consumer frenzy of Black Friday gives you the ick, supporting a cause you care about on Giving Tuesday is an easy way to reset the balance!
This year Giving Tuesday is on 29 November and we need to raise £4,000 by the end of the day.
We’re thrilled to announce that renowned musician, bandleader, composer and broadcaster Jools Holland has become our newest patron.
As our first Future Sound Live in Manchester kicks off this Autumn term, we caught up with saxophonist, composer and bandleader Emma Johnson, who leads the music education project.
The latest strand to our Future Sound programme saw the students spending two days in a professional music studio, recording the tracks they’d written together, ready for release.
We need to raise £20,000 through our Champions for Children fundraising campaign. How does it work? Every pound you give from 12 noon on Tuesday 14 June until 12 noon on Tuesday 21 June will be doubled! Your donation will have twice the impact, at no extra cost.
Last term we returned to Hackney for Future Sound Live, our exciting school-based music education programme, with Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year Jas Kayser and her band.
We need to raise £2,000 by the end of Giving Tuesday! Kicking off the festive season, it’s a global day of giving where everyone, everywhere can do something to support good causes they care about.
What do you get when you add a pioneer in audio equity + a charity that’s all about underrepresented young people realising their creative potential? An exciting partnership, that’s inspiring and empowering the next generation of artists to build careers in the music industry.
Rising star Jas Kayser is one of the nominees for this year’s Jazz FM Breakthrough Act. The drummer, band leader and composer is also leading our latest Future Sound Live programme, collaborating with 11-18 year olds in Hackney. We grabbed five minutes with Jas for a chat about her own inspirations, influences and forthcoming album.
Oscar’s recorded three new videos on how to use the production software BandLab to make your own track. They’re part of our latest Future Sound Digital series of 5-minute tutorials by talented professional musicians to inspire 11-18 year olds to get into making music.