Family Programme This year Brighton Festival takes place from 5-27 May 2018 with Turner Prize-nominated visual artist and Brighton resident David Shrigley as Guest Director. Highlights from the family programme include the world premiere of I wish I was a Mountain - a re-imagined version of Herman Hesse’s classic fairytale Faldum for ages seven plus - from writer, performer and former Glastonbury Poetry Slam Champion Toby Thompson; and The Boy, The Piano and The Beach, an enc

We are pleased to announce dates for the Brighton & Hove Music & Arts Music Summer School 2018. For the first time we will be working in partnership with Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, where the majority of courses will be hosted between 11 and 20 July. Being able to access this fantastic professional arts venue is an exciting development for our Summer School and in 2018 we will create a mini music festival - with 17 courses and performances by young musicians ta

On 11 December children from 43 different primary schools in Brighton & Hove formed a massed choir, singing at the Brighton Centre alongside young musicians from Brighton & Hove Music & Arts. The choir sang an eclectic mix of songs including original composition ‘No Room at the Inn’ created by students from Cedar Centre and Downs View School with composer James Redwood; traditional carols ‘Mary’s Boy Child’ and ‘Gabriel’s Message’; and ended the performance with a rousing per

Joint Practice Development Day for Music and Cultural Education - Monday 29 Jan 2018 The Joint Practice Development Day is an event for music, art and drama teachers working in Brighton & Hove. The event brings together teachers and leaders working in the creative arts, both in schools and in local arts and cultural organisations across the city; working together to raise the standard of teaching in the creative arts. The day focused on sharing good practice with many of th

Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts, University of Sussex, Falmer Thursday 28 June 10am-2pm (two sessions) Free but must be booked in advance via Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts Young people with learning disabilities, autism and additional needs have been exploring the film heritage of Brighton & Hove and have produced their own films inspired by the pioneers of Cinema who were working in Hove in the early 1900’s. Silver Screen Launch will be an interactive event, so

Brighton & Hove Music & Arts continue to work with Awards for Young Musicians (AYM) on the Furthering Talent programme thanks to a grant from Youth Music. Since September 2017 the programme has been piloting a new approach in the area working with two selected schools, Carlton Hill and West Blatchington Primaries, focusing on the retention of students and the influence of the wider school musical culture on student progress. So far, the project has been overwhelmingly success

Find out from Beat Goes On Director, Ollie Tumner on moving back to Brighton and what CPD opportunities Beat Goes On has to offer… I recently moved back to my hometown of Brighton after six years of the excitement (and stress) of London. My time there was productive - I qualified as a secondary music teacher and started up my percussion workshop company Beat Goes On. But the lure of the beach and people who smile and actually talk to you (!) was always going to bring me bac

As a registered charity, Brighton & Hove Music & Arts (as part of Brighton Dome & Festival Ltd) is able to benefit from Gift Aid on membership subscriptions for music centre activities. Gift Aid provides vital additional funds for charities and cost the payer no extra to allow Brighton & Hove Music & Arts to claim it. Gift Aid allows us to claim 25p for every £1 of the membership subscription from HM Revenue and Customs. All of the tax relief from Gift Aid will go directly b

Sun13 May, 5pm All Saint’s Hove Brighton Youth Orchestra (BYO) is honoured to have been invited to perform in the Brighton Festival once again. This concert is a truly unmissable eclectic mix, including two quirky works. Malcolm Arnold’s ‘Grand Grand Overture,’ which features parts for 4 Hoovers played by four celebrity guests, and ‘Earth Cry’ by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe which features the didgeridoo (soloist Paul Cook) in a way you may have never heard before - b

Spring is always a busy season for us at Music & Arts and this year is no exception. This year we will see Brighton & Hove Music & Arts ensembles performing a wide variety of repertoire in a different setting throughout the Festival. We were very excited to once again perform with the Children’s Parade with members of our Brass Ensemble to begin the Festival on Sat 5 May. This year’s musical theme was ‘Euro Pop’ so timeless classics accompanied the parade as children from sch