You Me Us Too – Storytelling, Illustration, and Music in Medway this May

You Me Us Too is our programme of creative workshops that bring people together to make music, and share stories and draw, paint and illustrate them. We’ve even more sessions running across venues in Medway this May. We’ll be running more You Me Us Too sessions across Medway and Swale in Summer 2022 – so …

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You Me Us Too – new workshops for March & April 2022

You Me Us Too is our programme of creative workshops that bring people together to make music, write songs, make art and poetry. The sessions run across venues in Medway and Swale until October 2022. You can find sessions at the following locations:   Thursday 28th April, 11am – 1pm. Storytelling & Illustration with Hannah …

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Q&A with GTown Talents – Part two

One of the Seed Commission projects we’re supporting in 2020 is from Kent-based Music Organisation, GTown Talents’ ‘It’s Peak’. If you missed Part One of our Q & A with Jimmy from GTown Talents you can read it here: https://ideastest.org.uk/q-and-a-with-gtown-talents-1/     In Part Two, GTown Talents tell us about their passion for supporting young …

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Q&A with GTown Talents – Part one

One of the Seed Commission projects we’re supporting in 2020 is from Kent-based Music Organisation, GTown Talents’ ‘It’s Peak’. The project has been featured on KentOnline and shared by Arts Council England (South East) on social media. Dulcie Alexander, Arts Council England Relationship Manager, Engagement & Audiences in the South East said; “Really good to …

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Community choir in coats holding suitcases.

Commemorate the Centenary in Kent

The remembrance of the end of World War 1 is understandably at the forefront of many minds this month. Never Again, a production of new music by Emily Peasgood, has been developed especially to commemorate the centenary as part of the wider Sea Folk Sing project. Inspired by stories and memories from people across Kent, …

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Young person singing in a recording studio

Audio Camps | Creating an EP from scratch!

Over the October Half Term, Ideas Test and Swale’s Big Music Takeover hosted the first holiday Audio Camp. Focussed on song-writing, the young participants – Alice, Ben, Megan and Ramona – worked hard over the 4 days to write, arrange and record their own songs. Project Leader, Paul, takes us through the week. Day 1 – …

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