Music / Lyric Writing Workshops

SOUND IDEAS

AN EXCITING NEW 10 WEEK MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD PROJECT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND AROUND MANCHESTER

RUN BY ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, EACH 2-HOUR WORKSHOP WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE AND PERFORM ORIGINAL MUSIC, LEARN TO PLAY A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS AND USE THE LATEST MUSIC PRODUCTION SOFTWARE AND SOUND EQUIPMENT. THE PROJECT CONCLUDES WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE AT A CITY CENTRE VENUE TO SHOWCASE YOUR NEWFOUND SKILLS AND TALENTS.

ON COMPLETING THE PROJECT YOU WILL RECEIVE A RECOGNISED QUALIFICATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

STARTING MID FEBRUARY IN LONGSIGHT, MOSS SIDE AND OLD TRAFFORD

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE

FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL SHIRLEY@AAASOUNDIDEAS.COM OR PHONE 0161 8323777

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Young Identity Groups

YOUNG IDENTITY

CREATE WRITE PERFORM

Are you a poet, MC, singer or writer aged 13-25?

Would you like the opportunity to develop your craft and perform your work locally, nationally and internationally? If so Young Identity is for you!

We meet at the following venues:

Contact, Oxford Road – every Tuesday, 7 – 9 PM

Crumpsall Library, Crumpsall – every second Wednesday, 6 – 7.45 PM

St John’s Centre, Old Trafford – every second Saturday, 10AM – 12Noon

Longsight Library, Longsight – every second Tuesday 6 – 7.45 PM

For the dates the workshops are running on and for more information call Reece on 07932 389092 or email reece@cultureword.org.uk

Contact, Oxford road, Manchester M15 6JA Google map

Crumpsall Library, Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 5UF Google map

St John’s Centre, St John’s Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 7GX Google map

Longsight Library, 519 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M12 4NE Google map

Secret Garden

The Secret Garden was a film project delivered in partnership with MediaBox, Manchester Libraries, Contact Theatre and Manchester Youth Service. The project involved 30 young people and engaged them in every aspect of film making(script writing, casting, storyboarding, acting, directing, sound and editing).

The three short films produced were based on anonymous secrets which were posted into secret boxes located at the partner venues. Participants then selected some of the secrets and worked with scriptwriters on the project to produce a script, which was then professionally made with the assistance of and mentoring from professional film makers.

As a part of the project, there were several screening events which allowed the community to watch the films and to ask the participants about their experience on the project.


The Saul Willaims Experience

The Saul Williams Experience

In 2010, Manchester welcomed Saul Williams when he made a one-off visit to the city as part of the Literature Festival and Black History Month.

One of the most outstanding Slam poets of his generation, Saul Williams has many lyrical accolades under his belt such as winner of the 1996 Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s Grand Slam Championship, featured in the documentary film SlamNation and star of the 1998 feature film Slam. He has performed with The Fugees and Erykah Badu, as well as Sonia Sanchez and famous beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

Young Identity arranged a series of events around the festival, with Saul appearing in a Q&A session at Contact Theatre and performing at Band On The Wall.

With music provided by the Speakeasy Band, and members of Young Identity performing alongside their hero, the event was an exciting and fully enjoyable session!

Don’t Tell Anyone But…

“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns; there are things we do not know we don’t know.” – United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

We live in a world of secrets and walk among experts of social espionage. With Don’t Tell Anyone But, Young Identity undressed deception and let the truth walk naked in the garden of reality. A night of cabaret, Young Identity style, with musical musings, poetical pyrotechnics and a healthy serving of real secrets.

The poetry in this show was based loosely on anonymous secrets collected from young people in several Manchester venues. The show was an exploration of the issues young people face in Manchester. This was also the first performance that many YI members were a part of.

Photography by Hema Karecha