Young musicians from all 54 Southampton primary schools will blast onto the Central Hall stage on 2 July and create brand new music in The Big Mayflower Jam - a fantastic massed performance!
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The Big Mayflower Jam will bring young people across Southampton together through music. They will create a brand-new musical celebration of the city and develop their own musical voice, generating a lasting legacy within their schools and communities. Special "musical postcards" (short musical pieces) created by other young musicians in Southampton will be sent to our jammers to discover on the day of the performance. The postcards then go on a journey to become something bigger: the musical “jump ramp” for the Mayflower Jam itself – a massed playing event alongside musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra! The BSO will lead our hundreds of young musicians as they play, listen, improvise, compose, and perform together, inspire each other’s musicianship, and build new connections and friends across the city. This new piece of music will tell the stories of their composers’ own journeys, exploring the ideas of belonging to a community, and building a new future together.
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The Big Mayflower Jam will help us to reach our goal of ensuring all young people continue to have equal access to high quality music. It will work across the whole of Southampton inspiring young people to make music an enriching and enjoyable part of their lives. The Jam provides a unique opportunity to use the power of music to bring together the diverse communities of Southampton whilst being part of and adding to the international cultural celebrations of Mayflower 400. The Jam will give hundreds of young musicians a hugely inspirational musical experience, showcase their music, and demonstrate its importance: to them as young people and to the city. Making music as a group is at the core of the project – activity proven to boost social bonding by helping participants identify collective identities and experiences, and as a result feel accepted. The Jam will affirm the value of their creative ambitions, improving social and emotional stability, focus and determination.
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A huge thank you to all of you who pledged to support the Big Mayflower Jam! Unfortunately, we have not been able to secure enough support to make this project a success. We are extremely disappointed more people in our network were not able to get behind the project, but are supremely grateful to all of you for making your pledge. Thank you so much from all at Southampton Music Hub
Whoop, 20 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Hooray! We're almost a third of the way to reaching our total! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who have supported us in our campaign to help bring an amazing musical experience to Southampton's young musicians. Please keep sharing the project link as widely as possible - we need to reach £6,798 to unlock the Arts Council's match funding pledge!
Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £17,443
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Target (inc. fees) £17,443
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Founded in 2012, Southampton Music Hub is a partnership of local, regional and national organisations, working together to build an inspiring and inclusive programme of music making that reflects the cultural diversity of our city. Together we are dedicated to delivering life-changing music experiences that enrich the life, health and well-being of our children and our community.
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