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Elevate at Christmas

Following our YouTube premiere on 14th December, our Elevate at Christmas video is now available. Enjoy!

Thank you to everybody involved! Please keep an eye on this page for future Elevate projects.


INTRODUCTION TO ELEVATE

Elevate Virtual Ensemble is an engaging and inspirational project that has quickly grown into Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s largest online ensemble!

SoundStorm Music Education Agency in partnership with CHJ Music set up Elevate during lockdown to give school age orchestral instrumentalists an opportunity to be part of an ensemble at a time when it was impossible in person. This enabled members to continue to connect with other players and learn and perform fun and uplifting pieces and even attend a YouTube Premiere of their final collaborative performance video!

With over 130 applications received following the launch of the first project (based around Beethoven’s Ode to Joy), it was clear there was a strong appetite for this type of offer. Given the success and fantastic feedback from the first project, Elevate 2 (based around Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer) was launched resulting in an influx of over 180 applications! We are pleased to say that Elevate 3 was just as popular (based around Pharrell Williams’ Happy). Our fourth Christmas themed project has been great fun and we are very proud of the video that was shown in the YouTube premiere for this on 14th December 2024 (see link above). 


PREVIOUS PROJECTS: ELEVATE 1, 2 & 3

Elevate 1, 2 and 3 were led by Claire Jones of CHJ Music. Scores for the various instruments were provided enabling Elevate members to practice their parts, produce video performances of their instrumental parts and then return them to Claire who created one final video showcasing the collaboration of all the virtual performers as a keepsake of this fun and valuable experience.

We are proud to present the Elevate final performance videos below:


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