The full programme for Brighton Festival 2017 - the largest annual curated multi-arts festival in England - has been unveiled with the acclaimed recording artist, poet, playwright and novelist Kate Tempest as Guest Director. Many of Tempest’s interests, passions, and inspirations are explored in an eclectic line-up spanning theatre, dance, visual art, film, debate and spoken word and we are delighted to be involved with three events programmed to take part over the first two

The theme of this year’s contest is ‘Everyday Epic’, in celebration of Brighton Festival 2017’s Guest Director Kate Tempest. The competition is divided into four age groups, ages 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 and 17-19, and four prizes will be given in each of these categories, with one winner being announced by our Guest Judge on the night of the event. The competition can be entered in two ways: By email: Poem (must include a title), full name, age and date of birth to peacock@brighto

FREE child tickets to BPO concert at Brighton Dome The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra is delighted to offer FREE child tickets to their concert on Sun 5 March (at 2.45pm) with best available seats just £15 for accompanying adults. The concert opens with Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody, an exciting piece of music full of vivid folk-tunes and gypsy rhythms. They will then be joined by the British virtuoso violinist Chloë Hanslip to perform Korngold’s Violin Concerto. (Korngold was

On 30 November 2016, 50 Year 9 musicians from Dorothy Stringer and Cardinal Newman Secondary Schools came together at St George’s Church, Kemptown to showcase their own compositions. Created as part of a 5-week project with SoundCity Partner Brighton Early Music Festival, the students worked with composer and workshop leader James Redwood exploring the themes and sound-world of Galileo, which they saw at BREMF. Galileo was a new music-drama exploring the life and work of Gal

SINGING AGAINST THE CLOCK WITH PETE CHURCHILL Sunday 30 April 2017, 10.00h – 16.00h Laban Building, Creekside, London SE8 3DZ Lunch and coffee/tea included Needing some inspiration for your vocal group work and new group singing ideas to incorporate into your practice? This one-day course, led by internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist and music educator Pete Churchill, is the singing boost you need! This training day will concentrate on the techniques of teaching songs by

encore and Brighton College present:
 An evening with Pianist Philip Fowke with award winning Brighton Youth Orchestra String Ensemble Sunday 19 March at 7pm Sarah Abraham Recital Hall, Brighton College, Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 0AL Philip Fowke is known for his many BBC Promenade Concert appearances, numerous recordings and broad range of repertoire performed worldwide. Conductors with whom he has worked include Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rudolf Barshai, Tadaaki Otaka, Sir Simon Ra

Is your school interested in delivery Artsmark? Our Future City and Artswork present a networking meeting for schools in Brighton & Hove. Learn about the new Artsmark Hear from schools that have already achieved their Artsmark Activities to assist you working towards Artsmark To book a place: http://www.ourfuturecity.org.uk/blog-events/artsmark-networking-event

Our Future City worked in partnership with SoundCity and Connected Schools to provide the 6th annual Joint Practice Development Day. The day presented a range of practical workshops, opportunities to network and the space to share ideas and practice with colleagues from Brighton & Hove, across arts and cultural subjects. A wide range of colleagues from across the City and beyond attended the event, including Arts teachers from local authority schools (across Music, Drama and

Play what you see is the inspiration behind Figurenotes, a simple system designed to demystify the first steps in learning to read music. Each musical note has a corresponding coloured symbol and with the help of stickers on the instruments, learners play what they see. The Carousel Band has been trialling Figurenotes to support artists with learning disabilities to create and notate original music, as well as learning to play instruments. They have found Figurenotes to be i

Following auditions in early February the line-up for this year’s festival has been confirmed! Taking to the stage at The Old Market on 21 and 22 March will be 22 talented bands and solo acts. They are drawn from 12 schools and colleges from across the city and are eager to impress with their mix of original songs and well worked covers. Sounds from the City will once again showcase the best up and coming talent and tickets are on sale now