Bath Philharmonia is one of two professional orchestras in south west England. SoundStorm has worked successfully with the orchestra’s education department (the Creative Learning Team) over many years, on a wide variety of projects and the partnership continues to blossom.
One of our most fruitful areas of partnership has been music activities offered to young carers, bringing together these young people with musicians and artists in creative residencies, to produce new music and art. These activities, as well as some brilliant music produced, give the young carers respite from their caring responsibilities, as well as the opportunity to make new friends and work alongside some amazing professional musicians.
Bath Philharmonia’s success and expertise in this field led to SoundStorm working with them on a grant application to Youth Music, with an ambition to develop more sustainable projects in this area. The bid was successful and began in late 2019. It extends across a 3 year period, finishing in 2022. Bath Philharmonia is the project lead with SoundStorm the lead music education hub partner.