Track of the Month – ‘A Picture of Me’
We recently needed to order some new copies of our songbook ‘A Picture of Me’. The fresh books arrived in the office last week, and gave us the excuse to revisit a very [...]
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation supports Sounding Out
We’re delighted that the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has decided to support our Sounding Out ex-prisoner programme for a second time. The Foundation was one of the first [...]
Stephen Hough to play special recital
We’re very excited to announce that our patron, internationally acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough CBE, will be performing a special recital on our behalf at The Temple [...]
Sara’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra blog
This month Sara and Nick returned to Chicago for a second project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Cook County Juvenile Detention Centre. The trip also included a [...]
Making Tracks cohort 5 performance in March
The fifth cohort of our ‘Making Tracks’ programme begins soon; we’d love to see you at the performance on Thursday 27th [...]
Second project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Last year we were invited across the pond to share our expertise with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Artistic Director Sara Lee and Project Leader extraordinaire Nick [...]
Bush Hall: A night to remember
Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Bush Hall gig. It was a really special night for us. We sold out! We’re incredibly proud of Platform 7. They did a magnificent [...]
Platform 7 to play London’s Bush Hall
On 20th February 2014, Platform 7 – the first band to emerge from our ex-prisoner programme ‘Sounding Out’ – play their most exciting gig to date, at London’s [...]
Evaluation of the Sounding Out programme published
When Sounding Out was still in the planning stages, we brought on board researcher Jim Cartwright to evaluate the first cohort as they formed the band Platform 7, took to [...]
Music in Prisons featured in Arts Alliance research on desistance
The Arts Alliance has launched a new piece of research, which includes one of our projects. ‘Re-imagining futures: Exploring arts interventions and the process of [...]
