Project Links
Here is a selection of interesting links.
Community Music Groups/Music Organisations
- CYMAZ
- Cornwall's Youth Music Action Zone.
- Federation of Music Services (FMS)
- The FMS was set up in 1996 to offer information, expertise and advice to Music Services. Around 150 Music Services are already members representing over 500,000 pupils and 10,000 teachers.
- Live Music Now
- Live Music Now specialises in organising performances and workshops in outreach settings, delivered by specially trained, young professional musicians. PMZ is currently delivering a 2 year programme of Live Music Now activities in schools across Plymouth.
- Maker Music and Arts
- Best website for news and information about Maker Music and Arts (Energy Room) at present is via the ENERGY ROOM tab on www.maker.ik.org This site also provides info on the Maker Sunshine Festival as well as some other useful links.
- Music Education Council
- The Music Education Council is the umbrella body for all organisations connected with music education in the United Kingdom. It provides a forum for those organisations to debate issues affecting music education.
- Music Manifesto
- The Music Manifesto is a campaign for improvements in music education with the express aim to create more music for more people. It has a growing membership of more than 500 signatories from across the voluntary and community sectors, music education and the music industry.
- National Association of Music Educators (NAME)
- The National Association of Music Educators exists to support its members by providing a national voice for music education. It offers a forum for professional exchange through local, regional and national events, promoting professional development of members.
- Origin8
- The Search for future talent is on...
- Plymouth Music Collective (PMC)
- PMC is a not-for-profit community music project. It offers recording studios, rehearsal rooms, show promotion, event support and music industry and advice.
- Remix
- Youth Music Action Zone for Bristol.
- Sound Sense
- Sound Sense is the UK development agency for community music. It promotes the significance and value of community music and helps the professional development of people practising and participating in it.
- Soundhouse
- Centre for community music making and music education based in Estover.
- The Plymouth RESPECT Festival
- The Plymouth Respect Festival is an annual celebration of Plymouth’s multiculture, fusing colours, music, vibrancy, performance, arts and information.It is, for the second time, taking place over two days at the end of October, based around the Guildhall and City Centre Plazas. This year marks the 9th anniversary of the festival.
- Wren Music
- Wren Music is Devon’s Folk and Community Arts Development Organisation
top of pageDisability Music and Arts Organisations
- Attitude Is Everything
- Attitude is Everything improves disabled people's access to live music by implementing a Charter of Best Practice in grassroots music venues, clubs, festivals and tours across the UK.
- Drake Music Project
- A national project that enables disabled children and adults to fully access musical opportunities.
- Equata
- The disability, arts development agency for the South West
- Powerpack
- Powerpack is a Devon based group formed to enhance the lives of young wheelchair users by giving them the opportunity to interact with other young people and family members through art projects, sports events and social occasions.
Music Education and CPD / Training opportunities
- Deep Blue Sound
- Professional recording studio facility providing nationally recognised Sound Engineering Courses, Music Technology Courses and Music Production courses.
- Musicleader.net
- A web based resource, MusicLeader aims to increase the impact,value and quality of music leadership.
- Plymouth Youth Music Service (PYMS)
- PYMS provides support and advice to Plymouth schools wishing to commence instrumental or vocal tuition and to schools where tuition is already in place.
Music Retailers
- Disc Manufacturing Services
- Disc Manufacturing Service (DMS) is a leading CD/DVD and Vinyl manufacturing company with a proven track record of surpassing client expectations. DMS come highly recommended by PMZ!
- Newcastle Drum Centre
- Newcastle Drum Centre supply drum kits and percussion of all shapes and sizes and offer a free quotes service for any school or organisation.
- R-E-M
- The UK’s largest independent educational software supplier
- Sound Unlimited
- A brand new exciting Plymouth based musical instrument and amplifier online retailer.
- Vibes Music
- Home of the shiny things, Vibes Music, Plymouth based music instrument retailer has had a busy summer improving their fantastic store adding a dedicated bass and sheet music department.
Musicians, Music Groups and Bands
- Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Birmingham Royal Ballet.
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
- Glyndebourne Touring Opera
- Glyndebourne Touring Opera. World renowned Opera company with educational links.
- Graffiti Classics
- Any show by Graffiti Classics will leave you with a smile on your face -sixteen strings, eight dancing feet and four voices.
- John Sterckx - Percussionist
- A versitile percussionist based in Devon.
- Josie Newton
- Josie Newton is a law unto herself. Meet her face-to-face and she’s as delicate as the pencil drawings she creates in her spare time – blushing pink with a modesty that fails to reveal the full picture. But see this 16 year old singer-songwriter guitarist on stage and suddenly it all makes sense. There’s nothing fragile about this talent. Josie Newton carries her sensitivity with a new found strength like a ticket to a different world as soon as she opens her mouth to perform.
- Klektivo
- A world music quartet hailing from London. The six band members come from England, Peru, Columbia, Wales, Greece and France.
- Luke Lundin
- A local composer, musician and performer Luke has just released his brand new mini-album. You can order copies from his Myspace.
- The Plymouth Gig Guide
- A seven day gig guide advertising the very best the Plymouth Music Scene has to offer over the coming week.
- The Wireless
- Our wonderful Music Leader Simon Hackworthy is a third of this fab trio that does acoustic stuff that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end - in a good way!
Other arts based organisations
- Dance South West
- Dance South West is a consortium of dance agencies working together to encourage more people to make, watch and take part in dance. Dance South West is a National Dance Agency funded by Arts Council England.
- Freesound
- Freesound provides a platform for the creativity of Plymouth. Local musicians, artists, poets and playwrights fill the daytime programme with their creative output whilst the evening airwaves resonate with an eclectic mix of the best and rarest music from every genre, provided by the city's DJs.
- Plymouth University
- The new Roland Levinsky Building and Arts Faculty is opening up exciting new links with Plymouth Music Zone.
- The Media Innovation Awards
- The Media Innovation Awards is a new initiative to celebrate the innovative use of screen based media across Devon and Cornwall
- The Peoples Republic of South Devon
- The People’s Republic of South Devon is a community-based blog, or uber blog, if you prefer. It aims to be both inclusive and accessible to all.
Press and Media
- BBC Devon - Community Life
- Keep in touch with the Devon community life through the BBC's online service.
Record Labels
- Onec
- Now just concentrating on putting out records, Onec have organised/participated in many music/arts events in the past
- UPR Records
- UPR Records(Urban Punk Rock Records) are a label dedicated to supporting the wealth of local musical talent that Plymouth has to offer. Currently supporting Bedroom Project and Consolation Prizefighter with new acts just about to released, its an exciting time for this local indie label.
Regeneration and Enterprise
- Devonport Regeneration Community Partnership
- DRC Partnership has been given over 49 million pounds to regenerate the Devonport area as part of the government's New Deal for Communities Programme. See the amazing work they've been doing.
- Friends of Devonport Park
- The Friends of Devonport Park are a voluntary community organisation representing the area surrounding Devonport Park. They work with others to achieve the restoration of Devonport Park.
- Herald Business Awards
- Plymouth Music Zone won the Social Enterprise of the Year Award. Check out the video of the project and the awards night.
- National Enterprise Week
- The national celebration of enterprise, inspiring young people to turn their ideas into reality. Last year there were 3,184 events organised by 1,410 organisations.
- Plymouth Enterprise Week
- PMZ has been nominated for the second year running for Social Enterprise of the Year in the Herald Business Awards. See the shortlist...
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