The Music Workshop Company Blog 

Each month the Music Workshop Company publishes two blogs. One blog, written by the MWC team addresses a key issue in Music Education or gives information about a particular genre or period of music. The other blog is written by a guest writer, highlighting good practice or key events in Music Education. We hope you enjoy reading the blogs. 
 
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To contribute as a guest writer please email Maria@music-workshop.co.uk 

Posts from July 2018

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Call for Participants: Hackney Carnival Collective

Posted on 27th July 2018 at 14:00
Two Hackney-based theatre companies are joining forces for the second year running this summer (2018) to host a free carnival-themed drama project for young adults with learning disabilities or autism. 
 
Hackney Shed and Access All Areas are each hosting workshops across the summer, with participants then having a chance to perform at the borough’s carnival in September. 
 
The Hackney Carnival Collective, which is aimed at Hackney-based 16 to 25-year-olds, proved a huge hit last year. 
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Leonard Bernstein: A Musician for all Ages

Posted on 17th July 2018 at 14:00
Summer 2018 marks the centenary of the amazing musician Leonard Bernstein who was born on 25th August 1918. 
 
Bernstein was a composer, conductor, author, educator and pianist, perhaps best known for what some consider the greatest of all American musicals: West Side Story. 
 
Bernstein’s influence on the American music scene cannot be underestimated. His voice can be heard through his compositions, his recordings, the popularity of composers he championed and his influence on great conductors such as Marin Alsop, Paavo Jarvi, Seiji Oazawa and Michael Tilson Thomas. 
 
Throughout his career Bernstein struggled with balancing the different parts of his work, but he is remembered for his great compositions and conducting work, his championing of other composers, his influence on other conductors and his inspirational education work. 
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