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news_title[0] = "EMI Music Sound Foundation appoints Fishburn Hedgest to support 10th anniversary";
news_display_date[0] = "28.09.2006";
news_id[0] = "1626194";
news_teaser[0] = "";
news_text[0] = "The Foundation has appointed Fishburn Hedges to handle PR for its 10th anniversary next year. Fishburn Hedges will manage a two-phase campaign, running from summer 2006 until mid 2007.
Fishburn Hedges was established in 1991 and, following fifteen years of uninterrupted growth, now ranks amongst the top ten PR consultancies in the UK. The firm has achieved a top 20 placing in the Financial Time 'Best Companies to work for' for each of the last four years and was recently awarded, for the third time in six years, the CIPR's outstanding consultancy of the year award 2006.
Janie Orr, Chief Executive of the EMI Music Sound Foundation, commented:
\"Having already improved music access for hundreds of schools, we now want to make the benefits of music education even better understood. Fishburn Hedges has substantial expertise in building awareness around educational and social issues. We are delighted to be working with them and believe that this PR programme will create a significant impact in our anniversary year.\"
Fiona Thorne, Managing Director of Fishburn Hedges, will lead the account. She added:
\"Next year is a key one for the EMI Music Sound Foundation and we look forward to supporting its celebrations. The anniversary creates a fantastic platform for communicating the Foundation's achievements to date, and ensuring that it continues to enjoy the support needed to maintain this great work into its second decade.\"
For more information visit
www.fishburn-hedges.com";
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news_title[1] = "EMI MSF's Students Involved in this summer's Scoop Festival.";
news_display_date[1] = "17.08.2006";
news_id[1] = "1619638";
news_teaser[1] = "";
news_text[1] = "Josh Arcoleo a Jazz Soloist and Lesley Knowles of \"Vent Cinq\" were both involved in performances at this year's Scoop - the festival held in the open air amphitheatre on the South Bank next to City Hall by Tower Bridge.
Josh Arcoleo, a young protégé who has previously performed with Jamie Callum after winning a Lloyds TSB note for note competition in 2005 was included in this year's line-up. The Foundation provided funding to Josh for the purchase of his Yamaha Custom 82Z tenor saxophone. Josh also performed at the Prom in the Park held in Hyde Park, London last September.
Lesley Knowels of Vent Cinq, a wind quintet, also performed. Lesley began her musical career at the age of six, studying the piano before taking up oboe at the age of 11. In 2000 she was principal oboe for the West of England Schools Symphony Orchestra at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2001 Lesley gained a place at Birmingham Conservatoire. She is a keen player who performs regularly with Sinfonia of Birmingham, Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra and Queens Park Sinfonia. The foundation funded Lesley for her cor anglais in 2004 and also gave bursary funding to assist her studies at Birmingham Conservatoire.
Vent Cinq presented a lunchtime recital of classical music, while Josh did a medley of classic Jazz grooves. Both Josh's and Vent Cinq's performances provoked excellent crowd participation.
The Scoop is an annual event held each summer with free lunchtime and evening concerts. This year's festival was another hit success with top live music acts including the legendary Maceo Parker, resident band the All Stars with guest appearances from Roachford and Motown's Angelo Starr.
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news_title[2] = "EMI MSF TEACHER AND STUDENT ROADSHOWS 2006!";
news_display_date[2] = "31.07.2006";
news_id[2] = "1616150";
news_teaser[2] = "";
news_text[2] = "Twelve lucky teachers and ten students from Performing Arts Colleges participated in this year's EMI MSF Roadshows, which took place at the end of June. These roadshows have been in operation for since 1999, and are designed to inform teachers and students about the music industry and expand their knowledge and development.
The teacher roadshow was split over three days and included visits to Abbey Road Studios
www.abbeyroad.co.uk, Sibelius, the music composition software company
www.sibelius.com, The Royal College of Music
www.rcm.ac.uk, The Brit School
www.brit.croydon.sch.uk, EMI Publishing, EMI Archives
www.emigroup.com including talks with industry executives. On the second night the teachers visited the newly launched Roundhouse witnessing a spectacular performance of Fuerzabruta
www.fuerzabruta.net which has received rave reviews.
The purpose of the teacher roadshows are designed to encourage music knowledge and development with teaching skills.
Ten students from specialist art colleges also enjoyed a two day familiarisation trip, including a tour of Abbey Road Studios, tour of HMV
www.hmvgroup.com, Oxford Street, a visit to the Roundhouse for workshops, a ride on the London Eye
www.ba-londoneye.com, Sibelius ending with presentations and discussion with EMI executives.
These roadshows are funded entirely by the Foundation but are organised in collaboration with the Specialist Schools Trust.
www.ssatrust.org.uk";
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news_title[3] = "EMI MSF Welcomes its Second Music College ";
news_display_date[3] = "26.07.2006";
news_id[3] = "1615825";
news_teaser[3] = "";
news_text[3] = "The EMI Music Sound Foundation is delighted to announce Roseland Music College, Truro as the most recent addition to its growing group of Specialist Arts Colleges, and its second Music College. Roseland is a small secondary school for students between the ages of 11-16, located in the tiny village of Tregony. Roseland's students come from an area of about 200 square miles. Despite its rural location the school has an enviable success rate and in 2003 was ranked as one of the fifty most effective schools in England, described as \"Outstanding\" by Ofsted.
Specialist schools are a driving force for raising standards. They consistently outperform other comprehensives. This year 59.4% of pupils in Specialist schools achieved 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE level compared with 48% of pupils in non-Specialist schools. There are nearly 2.6 million students are now being taught in specialist schools.
Roseland will begin their new status as a Specialist Music College in September 2006.
For more information please visit:
www.theroseland.co.uk
www.specialistschools.org.uk
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news_title[4] = "Egerton's Samba Band to Perform in Paris";
news_display_date[4] = "21.06.2006";
news_id[4] = "1585378";
news_teaser[4] = "";
news_text[4] = "EMI MSF sponsored school Egerton Park Arts College are due to perform three concerts in Paris this July, following their highly successful tour in Belgium last year. The award winning Samba Time are made up of students from Egerton Park Arts College and Guiseley School.
When it comes to rehearsals, the group leader Ian Bangay said \"We really should think of rehearsing on the moors. Egerton is in Manchester and Guiseley in Leeds. It seems a logical place to do it as we would only disturb a few sheep and it is half way between schools.\" Last year the group added a dance element to the show. Students at Egerton Park studied Salsa under a specialist teacher, then put together dances to fit the bands music.
Samba Time have performed at Nice International Carnival, the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. Ian Bangay is particularly proud of the collaboration between schools and the links generated between staff and students. \"Many students keep in touch with friends they have made from the other school, despite the difficulties distance creates. I know that many students who have gone onto college and university still email and text each other regularly.\"
For more information please visit
www.egertonpark.u-net.com
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news_title[5] = "Plumstead Manor School receives \"Best Results in England\"";
news_display_date[5] = "20.06.2006";
news_id[5] = "1582986";
news_teaser[5] = "";
news_text[5] = "EMI MSF are delighted to announce the outstanding teaching delivered by Plumstead Manor School's Drama and Theatre Studies course which earned their Drama Department the highest accolade given by 'The Goods Schools Guide.'
Plumstead Manor Drama department gained the award for the 'best results at A level in 2005 by any school in England'. Students studying this course have gone on to study Drama in Higher Education.
The Foundation sponsored Plumstead Manor in 2000 when they gained their Performing Arts status. Exam results for the school have improved every year since then. Drama is one of the four Performing Arts subjects offered at Plumstead Manor School and students are highly successful in all four of them.
Students at Plumstead Manor School have previously been recognised by examining bodies for exceptional results in French, German and Religious Studies.
Jo Harding, Head teacher said \"Many talented students interested in studying Performing Arts subjects are applying to Plumstead Manor School. They want to combine a good academic education with opportunities to take Performing Arts subjects to the highest level and they can achieve just that here at Plumstead Manor School.
It is wonderful to see local youngsters develop the confidence and skills to perform to such a high standard.
Over 75% of Post 16 Advanced level Performing Arts students gained places to study Performing Arts in Higher Education. I am very confident that in the years to come I will see Plumstead Manor School students recognised amongst the top performers in the country\"
The Foundation would like to congratulate Plumstead Manor on their continued success.
For more information please visit
www.plumsteadmanor.com
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news_title[6] = "Drum Blondes Perform at Live Music Now!";
news_display_date[6] = "17.05.2006";
news_id[6] = "1577303";
news_teaser[6] = "";
news_text[6] = "Emily Morris is a talented percussionist to whom the EMI Music Sound Foundation gave funding towards the purchase of a timpani in 2000. Emily graduated from the Royal College of Music last July and is now teaching at Sutton High School for Girls and the Dragon School in Oxford.
Emily & Claire's act 'Drum Blondes' is an exciting percussion duo, whose performances show how music can be fun, interactive and accessible to everyone. They play an arrangement of various percussion instruments during their performances covering a vast accompaniment of musical works.
Drum Blondes are currently performing for Live Music Now, a social and education initiative, set up to help provide young musicians with paid performance opportunities enhance their professional development at the start of their careers.
These performances consist of concerts and workshops in various special needs schools, hospitals and prisons .
In addition to this Emily leads the percussion strand at the Royal College of Music Higher Education Summer School along with performances at the Welsh Proms, St Martin in the fields, National Portrait Gallery, and Deal Festival.
For additional information please see the following links:
www.livemusicnow.org
www.rcm.ac.uk
www.welshproms.co.uk
www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
www.dealfestival.co.uk
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news_title[7] = "Smithills Win 2006 National Youth Brass Band Championships of Great Britain";
news_display_date[7] = "16.05.2006";
news_id[7] = "1577296";
news_teaser[7] = "";
news_text[7] = "Smithills Specialist School, which has been given funding by EMI Music Sound Foundation, witnessed Smithills School Senior Brass Band under Musical Director Chris Wormald successfully retain their National Youth Brass Band Champions of Great Britain title. The annual Championships held at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester last month, saw Smithills emerging victorious once again, further extending an amazing unbeaten run to 14 consecutive major contests, stretching back over three years.
Smithills School Senior Brass Band was formed in 1992 and already crowned World Champions now moves on to defend its equally prestigious title and record of success in the National Festival of Music For Youth at Birmingham Symphony Hall in July, a competition the band has won for the past five years in a row and seven times in the last eight years.
The band's winning 2006 programme for the National Youth Brass Band Championships in Manchester consisted of the march 'The Great Little Army', a brand new arrangement of 'Crimond', the set test piece 'Partita' and the epic finale to the 'Pines of Rome', again arranged especially for the band by conductor Chris Wormald.
For the second year running, Principal Cornet player Rachel Fenton was named 'Best Instrumentalist' and won £100. Rachel leaves the band next term having led the band in its last six contests, all of which it won.
EMI MSF would like to congratulate Smithills on their continued success.
www.smithills.bolton.sch.uk
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news_title[8] = "Yateley School Production 'My Fair Lady'";
news_display_date[8] = "02.05.2006";
news_id[8] = "1575024";
news_teaser[8] = "";
news_text[8] = "Yateley School lived up to its reputation as a specialist Performing Arts College with a stunning production of 'My Fair Lady' last term.
The annual main school production ran for 5 nights. Over 120 pupils were involved either acting, singing, musicians or behind the scenes.
Head of Drama, Miss Harrison said 'I am so proud of all the pupils who were involved. They have all worked so hard, not only on the stage but behind the scenes as well. I am also grateful to the parents and staff who have assisted in making the production so successful.' This was Miss Harrison's first production as director.
The school band, led by Mrs Pejovic-Barnett, Head of Music, had rehearsed almost daily for two months in order to produce faultless performances each night.
The lighting and stage crew were responsible for impressive lighting effects and slick scene changes.
Yateley pupils Christopher Joy played the role of Henry Higgins, while Ellen Hunter and Charlotte Austin shared the role of Eliza Doolittle. All three 16 year olds have performed in a variety of school productions during their five years at the school. They will be taking their GCSEs this summer.
Headteacher, Will Sarell said 'The sparkling production and beautiful musical score brought rapturous applause on all five nights of the show which was a sell-out. The pupils shone in their respective roles and were supported by a talented cast and band'.
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news_title[9] = "Huw Morgan - Makes the Final of BBC Young Musician of the Year Award";
news_display_date[9] = "01.05.2006";
news_id[9] = "1575016";
news_teaser[9] = "";
news_text[9] = "EMI Music Sound Foundation is delighted to announce that Huw Morgan who was helped with instrument funding in 2001, 2004 & 2006, has reached the Woodwind Finals which take place on 20th May at The Sage, Gateshead.
Huw Morgan (aged 18) recently won the Brass Final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition at The Sage, Gateshead. He will now compete in the Concerto Final in May playing with the Northern Sinfonia under Yan Pascal Tortelier, which will be broadcast on BBC 2. Huw also won the Solo Competition in the International Trumpet Guild Conference held in Thailand last July.
Huw began his musical education on the trumpet, piano and violin from an early age. Aged eleven he gave his first full recital and a year later gained High Honours in the Guildhall Performance Diploma, having already performed concerti by Haydn, Hummel, Neruda, Böhme, Arutjunjan and Horowitz.
Away from performing, Huw is presently studying for 'A'Levels in English Literature and French. He also enjoys various sports as well as reading and computing, and has gained a place to read music at Lincoln College, Oxford next year.
This is one of the most prestigious awards for Young Musicians under 18, was established in 1978 and is now viewed by a mass TV audience.
EMI Music Sound Foundation would like to wish Huw the very best of luck.
For more information visit
www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician
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