Music Maze

Illustration: Gunnlaug Moen Hembery

Find your way into music through the MUSIC MAZE

Music Maze is an exciting series of fun, creative, participatory workshops for children age 8 – 11 inclusive organised and run by BCMG. There will be eight workshops from September 09 to July 10. The workshops take place at CBSO Centre and are led by BCMG Learning Manager Nancy Evans, composer Liz Johnson and BCMG musicians. Each workshop is linked to performances by BCMG.

Children who attend the workshops are entitled to a free ticket for themselves and a concessionary ticket for a parent/guardian to come to the linked BCMG concert at the CBSO Centre. At the concert Music Maze participants have front row seats, specially designed programmes and a special area for children in the interval with free refreshments. BCMG concerts usually start at 7.30pm and last around 2 hours. We understand that the concerts sometimes finish too late for children and therefore, if you need to leave after the interval, we won't mind!

Children do not need to play a musical instrument to take part. Places for workshops are limited and must be booked in advance. Please see the diary for workshop dates this season.

If you would like to be informed of future Music Maze workshops, and are not on our mailing list, please ring 0121 616 2616 or email: info@bcmg.org.uk

Young people's comments:

'You get to try out different instruments'

'If I had to give it marks out of 10 it would be 10/10'

'I like everything at Music Maze workshop'

'You get the chance to meet new people, play different instruments other than your own, all the time and learn more about music'

'It gives me a wonderful opportunity and experience. I like meeting the professional musicians.'

'All the staff are really kind and Music Maze is really fun.'

Parents comments:

'I like the fact Music Maze brings together children of differing musical ability, ethnicity and societal aspects and enables them enrich each other through guidance to add diversity to music'

'I like the enthusiasm of the organisers, the variety of musical instruments, letting the children be creative, mixing with children of varied musical ability including others with very little experience/not playing a musical instrument'

‘I liked the way the adults talked to the children and got them to think and do things themselves’

'Having not been interested in music at primary school he's been very keen to go to Music Maze'

'It's a great way for us to go to concerts as a family'

'They give children who may otherwise not have an opportunity to do so, a chance to experiment with music; to explore their individual interest and to interact with others.'

'Learning new styles, pride and self-esteem from sharing with audience, working collaboratively with people outside school as well as experiencing contemporary music in a child-focussed environment.'

'Thanks for your efforts, you do a great job!! (And are always smiling and polite!)'

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