On Monday 29th – Wednesday 31st March we streamed our Spring Schools’ Proms which consisted of virtual ensembles and small group performances showcasing the work of over 1500 talented young musicians that are members of our Central and Area Ensemble system. The three evening concerts consisted of 30 new virtual performances created during lockdown.
We were also joined on screen by the Bollywood Brass Band.
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Virtual Area Ensemble Project 1- Tango and Cha Cha
Virtual Area Ensemble Project 2-Stand By Me
SFE Virtual Choir
Bollywood Brass Band
SFE Staff Item
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
CONCERT 3
Stand By Me
Wednesday 31st March : 6pm – 7pm
Performances From:
Percussion Ensemble
Brass Band
String Sinfonia
Guitar Ensemble
Singers
Training Wind Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Virtual Area Ensemble Project 1- Tango and Cha Cha
Virtual Area Ensemble Project 2-Stand By Me
SFE Virtual Choir
Bollywood Brass Band
SFE Staff Item
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
CONCERT 3
Stand By Me
Wednesday 31st March : 6pm – 7pm
Performances From:
Percussion Ensemble
Brass Band
String Sinfonia
Guitar Ensemble
Singers
Training Wind Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Virtual Area Ensemble Project 1- Tango and Cha Cha
Virtual Area Ensemble Project 2-Stand By Me
SFE Virtual Choir
Bollywood Brass Band
SFE Staff Item
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
REWATCH CONCERT THREE
Can You Support Services For Education?
Due to the current situation, we are, for obvious reasons, unable to continue business as usual at Services For Education, but we hope that the hard work our music teachers have put in recently to provide online music opportunities for both our ensemble members and school pupils shines through.
This year, we’ve been running 20 virtual central ensembles and 6 virtual area ensemble projects!
If you can spare the price of what would have been a festive concert ticket, it would make a huge difference to us and the children we support.
We love what we do, especially our musical ensembles for children, but we need your support to keep these going.
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The Bollywood Brass Band is a London-based group of 10 musicians who play brass, saxophone and drums – featuring the dhol, the loud drum from the Punjab played in bhangra music. The band was formed in 1992 after collaborating with the Shyam Brass Band from India at the International Street Music Festival in London, and has been playing for festivals and weddings ever since, combining Bollywood music and dhol beats with Western music influences – from jazz to classical.
The band has released 6 CDs and played all over the world, including for weddings in India. Their collaboration with South Indian violin virtuoso Jyotsna Srikanth led to the recording of ‘Carnatic Connection’ which was nominated for a Songlines magazine award and named number 12 in the magazine’s top world music CDs of the last five years (2018-20).
Some of the band’s favourite performances include the BBC Blue Peter Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, performing at WOMAD Festival UK and, of course, playing for Indian weddings everywhere from London to Bombay! BBB is delighted to be working with Services for Education for the Spring Schools’ Proms and look forward to working with staff and young people in the future.
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Sandra Passmore – Former Adviser, Services For Education
Sandra has extensive experience in safeguarding, health and wellbeing and evidence based practice. She has worked nationally with key government departments (Departments of Health and Education) to help shape strategy and policy whilst still retaining the focus on working for the best outcomes for children and young people.
She has a PhD on the psychology of health related choices which has informed the development of award winning, evidence based programmes such as Health for Life in primary schools and Health for Life in nursery schools which have been proven to have a sustainable impact on improving the health and wellbeing of children and families.
Sandra led the development and delivery of the DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) training for SFE. She was pivotal in expanding the remit of the safeguarding work to also include issues such as domestic abuse and sexual violence and harassment within the education context.
Sandra’s passion for improving the lives of children has led her to develop work within Public Health and managed RCT (Randomised Control Trials) on the effectiveness of interventions such as the daily mile. Additionally, Sandra has written books for teachers and pupils as well as peer reviewed academic journal papers.
