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RNIB music events calendar

Summary: Music making opportunities for children and adults with sight problems.

• Events in your area
• Children’s events
• Events for adults
• Get a taste of our events - read participant stories

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Events in your area

Discover what’s on in your area - visit our events board for a full list of musical and non-musical events!

Soundscape, our multi-arts facility in Surrey, also runs music events and courses.

Children’s events

World Songs for a World Stage - 6 June, Wigmore Hall, London

We look forward to welcoming very small people and their families back to the Wigmore Hall for another day of music-making, and the chance to perform in one of London's premier concert venues.

• Download World Songs for a World Stage flyer - MS Word

Handel House Day for 8 to 14 year olds - July 27 from 11.00 until 4.00

A day of music-making for 8 to 14-year-old children exploring the sounds and music of Handel's London, lead by Duncan McCleod, Handel House's Composer in Residence.

Handel House Summer School for A level and undergraduate composers - 20-24 July

We are delighted to once again be able to offer this unique experience for young aspiring composers to work with the Handel House's composer in residence and hear their compositions performed in Handel's own music room.

We are extremely grateful to the Wigmore Hall and the Handel House Museum for their ongoing support.

For further information on any of these events, please email mas@rnib.org.uk or telephone 020 7391 2273.

Events for adults

Music gets us going: learning through music for children with complex needs

• Music gets us going: learning through music for children with complex needs

A day of music-making and creating focussing on developing skills as workshop leaders.

• Venue: Handel House Museum, London
• Date and time: 7 September from 11.00 until 5.00

Self-employed in the music business

• Venue: RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London
• Date and Time: TBC, late 2009

A day for musicians, teachers and blind and partially sighted people who are self-employed in the music business exploring Access to Work, professional development, marketing and promotion.

How can I keep singing in my choral group?

Date: to be announced
Time: to be announced
Venue: to be announced - Leeds/Manchester area

A day singing choral repertoire and examining ways of accessing musical scores when your eyesight is diminishing. We hope to demonstrate some new technology, and look at simpler solutions as well. There will be plenty of music making too!

Get a taste of our events - read participant stories

• Have you taken part in one of our events and want to read about your day? Not sure whether our events might be for you? Participant and event leaders tell their stories.

Further information

For further information, please contact The Music Advisory Service. Email mas@rnib.org.uk or telephone 020 7388 1266.

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Last updated: 20/05/2009 14:52