Today we arrived into The Song School to the news that we’ve been shortlisted for an Essex Small Business Award, in the Business Owner category! Our founder and Director Louisa is humbled and overjoyed about the nomination and had this to say:
Read MoreWe’re absolutely thrilled to present our latest music video ‘Unity’; written, recorded and featuring participants of The 2023 Hands Together Project, in partnership with Project Southchurch.
Read MoreIt’s Black History Month. This years theme is Saluting Our Sisters! Celebrating female black excellence. We asked our Spoken Word and Wellbeing coach, Trigger Bliss to delve into the history books and recognise unsung Black women from music. This resulted in a very personal exploration of her own experience and the need to recognise those who have been missed from the musical history books.
Read MoreWe’re excited to be giving more thanks today as our brand new digital white board went up on the wall, ahead of our weekend classes.
A huge THANK-YOU to Mike at Every Child Online for sourcing the screen for us which will be used in songwriting sessions and will also enable us to display music and lyrics, reducing printing costs and our environmental impact: which is amazing.
Read MoreWe’re absolutely thrilled to say that we have been nominated for an Essex Small Business Award!
Well this is a bit wonderful! Thank you to everyone who has nominated us! We don't often get to stop and think about the impact of what we're doing here at The Song School so it's really amazing to be recognised for the good work we do. THANK-YOU!
If you would like to nominate us and let the organisers know about your experience with The Song School, please click the link below
https://www.thesmallbusinessawards.co.uk/nominateessex
Nominations close 1st November.
Read MoreAhead of the new term, we began kitting out our new space - The Lyric Lounge, with a blackboard wall and a new home for our Uke’s; and we were absolutely thrilled when Aspirations Southend a local charity that exists to encourage the ambitions and achievements of young people; said they would provide us with a brand new digital piano for the space.
Read MoreDrop the Mic! Is a brand monthly open mic for Young Musicians, Singers, Rappers, Bands and those interested in technical skills such as sound and lighting. Brought to you by The Song School. It’s an opportunity for young people to hone their performance, new writing and new musical performance skills in front of a supportive community of like-minds.
Read MoreOver the summer holidays the creative team put together by The Song School, worked with a number of young people from the area to explore the concept of Hands Together, what it means to them and subsequently they created a new, original song due for release later this year.
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