Welcome to Pied Piper
Established in 1997 by Simon Thackray, the man behind The Shed, and Sarah Derbyshire MBE, Executive Director of the national charity, Live Music Now Pied Piper is now the leading organisation dedicated to youth music participation and performance in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
The organisation was set up to provide much needed opportunities for young people living in the rural district of Ryedale the opportunity to participate in music and performance workshops delivered by internationally acclaimed artists across all genres of music.
Since 1997 over 30,000 children and young people have taken partin Pied Piper's acitivites, giving them the chance to get involved in music and performance through jazz, world, folk, classical, rock, urban, songwriting, composition, sound sculpture and music technology workshops.
As an organisation Pied Piper works in two distinct ways:
To introduce children and young people to new and unusal genres of music, broadening their horizons and introducing them to culturally diverse artists
To nuture the talents of young musicians to enable them to meet their full potential as musicians and members of the musical community of North Yorkshire
Recent activities have included workshops with Annie Whitehead and the Kirkbymoorside Brass Band; half term world music workshops with African and Greek musicians; songwriting workshops with Gwyneth Herbert for 14 - 18 year olds; musical storytime activities for families in partnership with the Ryedale Children's Centre and the creation of a new jazz sextet led by professional saxophonist Jan Kopinski to celebrate our 10th Birthday.
Coming up in July...
Pied PIper at The Ryedale Festival
For the first time The Ryedale Festival's main programme is featuring family performances by Pied PIper artists!
Saturday 17th July - Sheriff Hutton Village Hall - Join The Fell Clarinet Quartet for A Magical Voyage Around the World
Wednesday 28th July - Joan of Arc Hall, Botton - Traditional Scottish folk musicians Michael Haywood and Laura Grime are giving A Family Concert
For more information about either of these events please click on the links above, or visit the Ryedale Festival's website at http://www.ryedalefestival.co.uk
Coming soon...
Saturday 23rd October 2010 - 11.00am at Malton Library - Traditional Scottish folk musicians Michael Haywood and Laura Grime are giving a musical storytime workshop as part of The Malton Literature Festival
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th October 2010 - Jan Kopinski & Steve Illiffe - Improvisation workshops for young musicians
Monday 25th - Friday 29th October 2010 - Satnam Singh -Indian Dance & Drumming workshops for children aged 7 - 11 years
Pied Piper is supported by Arts Council England and Ryedale District Council.
