Aldeburgh Young Musicians Overview
Closing date for new applications: 15 February 2010
If you are aged 8-18 years and can demonstrate exceptional talent and potential, Aldeburgh Young Musicians offers the perfect springboard for you to take your music to a new level.
Join us and create your own programme of intensive weekends and residential holiday courses, access expert professional advice and mentoring, meet like-minded young artists and much more. Courses usually lead to performances as part of Aldeburgh Music’s year-round programme of events, and are led by professional artists and specialists in classical, jazz and world music plus composition, chamber music and the use of technology.
Through the Music & Dance Scheme, Aldeburgh Young Musicians can also gain access to National Grants and other financial sources, bringing the best within everyone’s reach.
Part of a national network of centres for advanced music training, Aldeburgh Young Musicians is primarily aimed at those living in the Eastern region (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk), although a number of places will be made available for national and international students.
It doesn’t matter what type of music you like or what instrument you play: if you have passion and if music is your life then Aldeburgh Young Musicians is for you.
For more information please contact Colin Virr, Head of Aldeburgh Young Musicians, on 01728 687115, email cvirr@aldeburgh.co.uk, or via Skype on aym_snape.
Aldeburgh Young Musicians
In October 2008 Aldeburgh Young Musicians worked with Alex Wilson and a line-up of leading artists from the world of Latin American music.
Young composers Tom Rose and Alex Cook created pieces that were performed by the young musicians during an end-of-course Open Session, along with Benigo Echemendia's 'Camina y Prende el Fogon'.