More Music Spring 2017 Events Brochure

Gigs | Events Sessions | Workshops

SPRING 2017 "Master of the fine art of beatboxing�

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Shlomo : Fri 3 Feb 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

Hello!

Welcome to a packed spring season at More Music.

We are looking forward to welcoming friends old and new to join us for a wonderful season of gigs, events and workshops.

In the Hothouse Gallery, we are showcasing more local talent with exhibitions programmed by Morecambe Artist Colony.

We are also delighted to be part of Independent Venue Week staging our own live music all-dayer and to be part of Give a Gig, a new national initiative raising funds for Youth Music.

And, there are all kinds of opportunities to make music in our workshops and regular sessions.

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Holocaust Memorial Day | Ceilidh All The Right Notes Shlomo Three Cane Whale | Jim Moray Led Bib Start Again Jackie Kay Travellers Tales | That Spring Thing Music Making for Young People Sessions for Young People Stages Live & Loud Morecambe Artist Colony Exhibitions Sessions Early Years Residency - Magic Islands of Music Hugh Nankivell Workshop Shlomo’s Crashcourse Led Bib Masterclass Lancaster & District Schools’ Singing Festival Lancaster Music Hub Concert Coming soon...

Catch the Wind Kite Festival / Chris Potter Hire the Hothouse How to Find Us & How to Book Diary of Events

Holocaust Memorial Day

FREE This year’s annual memorial event will begin at Lancaster Castle and then move inside The Storey for reflections and performances on the national Holocaust Memorial Day theme of ‘how can life go on?’

Thursday 26 January | 6.30pm at Lancaster Castle moremusic.org.uk/HMD2017

Hothouse Ceilidh with The Weirdstring Band

Tickets £10/£6

Festival favourites The Weirdstring Band bring their unique brand of Cumbrian inspired fun and frolics to the Hothouse Ceilidh, playing a mix of traditional and modern tunes to dance to. Sense of humour essential!

Pie and Peas for only £4!

Saturday 4 February | Doors 7pm moremusic.org.uk/ceilidh Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Gigs & Events at The Hothouse

Shlomo

Tickets £12/£10 in advance £14/£12 on the door

Plus support LYVE

There will be limited seating at this gig.

moremusic.org.uk/shlomo

Friday 3 February | Doors 7.30pm Acclaimed beatboxer Shlomo, and his incredibly energetic show, is like nothing you have seen before jaw dropping, inspirational and totally absorbing.

He has won global acclaim and worked with some of the biggest names in music including Bjork, Damon Albarn, Martha Wainwright, Basement Jaxx and The Specials. In the process he has continually pushed the boundaries of beatboxing, bringing the artform to new and unexpected audiences.

Shlomo's Looping Crashcourse Shlomo will run a looping workshop on Saturday 4 February.

Find out more on page 20.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Three Cane Whale

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door

Plus support The Balkanics

A multi-instrumental acoustic trio based in Bristol, UK, featuring members of Spiro, Get The Blessing and Scottish Dance Theatre. As intricate as a team of watchmakers, as crystal clear as a mountain stream, the music encompasses both a cinematic sweep and an intimate delicacy, in which “the aroma of muddy leaves and old nettles is almost tangible” (The Observer).

Adrian Utley of Portishead produced their latest album ‘Palimpsest’, released this year.

Saturday 11 February | Doors 7.30pm moremusic.org.uk/three-cane-whale

Jim Moray

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door

Plus support Baxter Rhodes 13 years ago Jim Moray released an album that changed the way people perceived, played and presented English folk music. ‘Sweet England’ arrived at a time when, with just a few notable exceptions, traditional music was performed much as it had been in the 1970s to an audience of insiders and aficionados. Since then, he has continued to push the boundaries of folk and his latest album, ‘Upcetera’ is no exception.

Tonight will be a solo show.

"One of the foremost standard-bearers of twenty-first-century folk music” Folk Radio UK

Saturday 11 March | Doors 7.30pm moremusic.org.uk/jim-moray 6

Gigs & Events at The Hothouse

Led Bib

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door

moremusic.org.uk/led-bib

Thursday 16 February | Doors 7.30pm Led Bib featuring Let Spin saxophonist Chris Williams, are one of the original torch bearers for the revitalised young British jazz scene. Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2009, they are both a maverick jazz band and an unlikely rock quintet. Taking their name from a protective garment used on patients during dental treatment, Led Bib pride themselves on side-stepping convention, with incendiary results.

“Rarely have two saxes, keyboards, bass and drums sounded so dangerous yet so compelling.” The Guardian “One of the UK’s most adventurous groups” Jazzwise

Led Bib Masterclass Be one of 15 young musicians invited to create a band in a day alongside maverick jazz group Led Bib. See page 20 for details.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Start Again

Tickets £10/£6

A song cycle celebrating Human Rights Lyrics – Adrian Mitchell Music – Pete Moser

moremusic.org.uk/start-again

Friday 3 & Saturday 4 March | Doors 7.30pm Start Again will feature soloists Tyndale Thomas, Sasha Mitchell and Emma Williams.

They will sing with an all-star band, a community choir and a children’s choir.

Adrian Mitchell was a poet who wrote with humour, compassion and righteous anger at the state of the world. This piece tells stories about people and places including Back in the Playground Blues, The Boy who Danced with a Tank and the Woman of Hiroshima.

You will also hear songs that bring us together in solidarity, People Walking and the Old President, and point to a positive future.

First performed in 1998 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, More Music is proud to revive this powerful piece.

This will be a great evening of songs to affirm your belief in humanity.

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Gigs & Events at The Hothouse

Jackie Kay

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door

Plus support Natural Causes

moremusic.org.uk/jackie-kay

Saturday 18 March | Doors 7.30pm Jackie Kay is an award winning poet and writer from Scotland. She has published many collections of poetry, novels and stories for children, as well as writing extensively for stage and television and became the Scots Makar, the National Poet for Scotland, in 2016.

She is also Chancellor of the University of Salford and Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University. Her most recent poetry collection, ‘Fiere’, was shortlisted for the Costa Prize.

Natural Causes launch their new recording ‘Spoons’ tonight playing settings of Jackie Kay’s poems sung by Hugh Nankivell and featuring Chris Dowding on flugelhorn and trumpet, Pat Allison on clarinet and guitars and Ben McCabe on french horn and drums.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Travellers Tales

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door An evening of tunes, songs and stories from the Gypsy, Romany and Traveller communities of Lancashire and beyond.

Traditional tunes and songs from Cumbrian Bill Lloyd and the inspiring Simon Doyle Family Band.

New songs giving an insight into the Morecambe traveller community written by Leroy Lupton, Ben Farmer and Pete Moser following visits and sessions to sites and homes in the summer of 2016.

Stories from young women who were part of the Peer Education Project run by Dukes Theatre. See short films made about their lives and be part of a Q & A session.

Saturday 25 March | Doors 7.30pm moremusic.org.uk/travellers-tales

YOU ARE INVITED TO

CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING

with MORE MUSIC at The Hothouse, Devonshire Rd, Morecambe

That Spring Thing!

COME ALONG TO A NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTY OF PLANTING, MUSIC, FOOD, CRAFTS AND STORYTELLING

Sunday 23rd April 1 - 4pm FREE 10

Gigs & Events at The Hothouse

There is no better way to channel your creative energies and express yourself than through making music.

If you and your friends think you’ve got the makings of a great rock band or MC, or if you just want to try something new, then come down to one of our sessions for young people.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Tuesdays 6.30 - 9pm

8yrs +

£1

Beginners 6.30 - 7.30pm Advanced 6.30/7.30pm - 9pm

6 - 8pm

14-21

Learn and perform upbeat samba, full of beats and rhythms. If you want to try out Brazilian percussion or if you play brass, come along and make some noise.

If you want to be a singer, songwriter, drummer, guitarist or a saxophonist, or learn about music production and the music industry – Stages is the place to meet new people, find a spark of inspiration or even start a band.

Thursdays 7 - 9.30pm

11-18 yrs

£3

Are you are interested in playing jazz music? If so, Youth Orbit is now part of Stages too, where you can explore improvisation, composition, jazz language and performance.

If you want to develop your playing of any instrument, this is the group for you.

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If you've got something to say and you want to say it in style, then Friday Night Project is for you. Budding DJ, rappers, beatboxers and MCs will learn how to use words and sounds with power and precision, to get their message across in unique ways. You can also use the studio to record and produce your own tracks.

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The choir sings many different songs... sometimes funky, sometimes feel good and always with the aim of having fun, making friends and performing.

No experience or ability to read music necessary.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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More Music’s Young Leaders Team present a night of live music featuring some of the best up and coming young bands and artists from the around the North West.

Friday 24 March

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Exhibitions

MORECAMBE ARTIST COLONY

iMAP 14 January - 23 February Jonathan Bean | Kate Maddison Lizzie Coombes | Pete Moser Shane Johnstone | Sue Flowers See the results of six creative projects in the West End that considered issues of climate change and infrastructure.

Photos, films, costumes and street signs will take over the gallery.

FREE Exhibition opening event: Friday 13 January 7.00pm

The Faces Behind Our Food 1 March - 31 March Jonathan Bean : Photographer Ginny Koppenhol : Animator Using photography and animation to delve into the complex issues that shape the food that we eat and explore the personal stories of 12 food and drink producers in Lancashire.

FREE Exhibition opening event: Friday 1 March 6.30pm

moremusic.org.uk/exhibitions Exhibitions are shown upstairs at The Hothouse which is open on weekdays from 10am - 5pm.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Sessions Why not try one of our regular classes or workshops and see where it takes you?

Our friendly and experienced music leaders will help you to develop new skills, even if you've never played before.

You’ll quickly learn essential techniques and build your confidence. All classes take place at The Hothouse unless otherwise stated.

AT A GLANCE MONDAY Lancashire Youth Vocal Ensemble 6 - 8pm Lune Valley Voices 6.45 - 8.45pm Guitar Get Together 7 - 9pm Folk Group 7 - 9pm

TUESDAY Clapping Song 10 - 11am Bay Youth Voices 6.30 - 7.30pm Baybeat Streetband 6.30 - 7.30pm (Beginners) 6.30/7.30 - 9pm (Advanced)

WEDNESDAY On the Beat 10am - 12noon On the Beat 1.15 - 3pm Young Leaders/Arts Award 5 - 7pm Long Walk Chinese Orchestra 6.30-7.30pm (Beginners) 7.30-9.30pm (Ensemble)

THURSDAY Stages 7 - 9.30pm

FRIDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Lancashire Youth Vocal Ensemble Mondays 6 - 8pm | FREE 14 - 21yrs LYVE is an exciting opportunity for vocalists to sing and make creative fusions of music from many different styles.

Clapping Song Tuesday 10 - 11am | £4 per family incl refreshments Under 5yrs Music, movement and song for under 5s and their parents/carers. Session leader Anni Tracy creates a fun music-making environment for all ages, from babes in arms to grown-ups.

Lune Valley Voices The Centre @Halton Monday 6.45 - 8.45pm | £4 All ages Discover the joy of singing in this friendly group. No experience is needed, all songs are taught by ear. Led

by Sian Phillips, respected street performer and music teacher.

Guitar Get Together Monday 7 - 9pm | £4 19+ An informal guitar class with Frenchie for those wanting to expand their skills.

Folk Group Monday 7 - 9pm | £4 19+ Learn new tunes, techniques and play with others. Have fun, try the dances or singing songs. It’s a great opportunity to play along with jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas - ideal for ukulele learners or accordion players too.

Bay Youth Voices Tuesday 6.30 - 7.30pm | £1 6 - 12yrs Whether you want to sing like Taylor Swift, in a group like Little Mix or a glee club like Pitch Perfect - this super singing opportunity is the place to start.

Baybeat Streetband Tuesday 6.30 - 9.00pm £3 / £1 8yrs+ 6.30 - 7.30pm Beginners 6.30/7.30 - 9pm Advanced Learn and perform upbeat samba rhythms. If you want to try out Brazilian percussion or if you play brass, come along and make some noise.

Friday Night Project 6.30 - 8.30pm

SATURDAY Orbit Jazz Workshop 11.30am - 1.30pm

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Sessions

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

On the Beat 10am - 12noon & 1.15 - 3pm £4 16yrs+ An interactive and fun music session for adults with learning disabilities, led by Bill Roberts who has many years experience leading SEND music making sessions.

Stages 7 - 9.30pm | £3 11 - 18yrs Ever wanted to join a band, learn to play an instrument or write your own songs?

Need a space to rehearse or some studio time? Then Stages is the place to let your creativity run wild.

Young Leaders & Arts Award 5 - 7pm | FREE 11 - 19yrs Get involved in the organisation and running of gigs, projects and sessions at More Music whilst developing your confidence and skills as a young leader and working towards an Arts Award qualification.

At Stages you can also explore jazz composition, language and performance.

The session is suitable for players of any instrument and is led by Matt Robinson and Dave Shooter, talented jazz musicians who also organise Lancaster Jazz Festival.

Friday Night Project 6.30 - 8.30pm 50p with free toast!

11 - 18yrs Are you a DJ, rapper, beatboxer, MC or vocalist? Are you interested in art, music production, singing or songwriting? Then explore your skills and talents at FNP with our team of musicians and producers.

Long Walk Chinese Orchestra 6.30 - 7.30pm (Beginners) 7.30 - 9.30pm (Ensemble) £3/£1 All ages Learn how to play authentic Chinese instruments like the Ruan(moon guitar), Erhu (violin) or Dizi(flute). All the instruments are provided.

Music leader Rick Middleton has played Chinese music for 9 years and learned firsthand from Chinese musicians in the UK and Hong Kong.

SATURDAY Orbit Jazz Workshop Saturday 11.30am - 1.30pm £4 16yrs+ Lancaster Community Music Centre, LRGS, East Road.

Join Dave Shooter for this brilliant and inspiring jazz workshop playing standards and contemporary tunes and working towards performances.

Session dates: January - 07 / 14 / 21 / 28 February - 04 / 25 March - 04 / 18 / 25

TERM DATES Mon 9 January Friday 24 March Half term Mon 13 – Fri 17 Feb

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Thursday 23 – Sunday 26 February Magic Islands of Music Early Years Residency

Saturday 25 February & Sunday 26 February moremusic.org.uk/magic-islands

Magic Islands of Music Blending singing, music, light, texture, colour and shadow to create a magical experience for very young children and their families. The activities will be immersive and interactive allowing children to explore according to their own needs. These amazing sessions for young children have been created by More Music in partnership with Charlotte Arculus, Early Years Artist, comic performer, musician and artistic director of Magic Adventure.

Magic Islands of Music�for Babies For babies who are not yet walking 35 minutes Come and play in a multi sensory environment. Gentle songs and sounds and materials to stimulate and relax you and your baby.

Saturday 9.30am | Sunday 11am FREE!

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Magic Islands of Music�for Toddlers For children 0-3 years 45 minutes Come and explore music, sound and lights, encourage voice play, movement and playfulness.

Saturday 11am & 2pm Sunday 9.30am & 2pm FREE!

Workshops

Magic Islands of Music : Training Workshops Communicating through Music Workshop For Early Years Practitioners

Finding the Game : Creative CPD For Artists

Thursday 23 February | 4.30pm - 6pm FREE! Led by Charlotte Arculus - Early Years Artist, comic performer, musician and artistic director of Magic Adventure.

Thursday 23 February | 9.30am – 12pm FREE! Finding the Game - a workshop for artists of all art forms, who are interested in developing their work with young children (0-3).

A practical and fun filled workshop for Early Years Practitioners and Family Support Workers. Linking to all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and with a focus on supporting children with communication delay. The workshop will introduce using playfulness and musicality as essential tools for engaging young children.

Please note no participant will be made to sing by themselves.

Participants will embark on a creative, adventurous and informative expedition into the world of small people who are much, much more creative than us and can teach us a thing or two!

Shared Inventions Workshop with Hugh Nankivell Early Years Music Workshop Music Education taught through play for Early Years Practitioners, musicians, nursery and primary teachers. Hugh Nankivell shares techniques for working creatively with children age 5 and under. Exploring methods which make room for children’s creative contributions, following children’s lead and listening to their voices in creative music making.

Hugh is a multi-skilled community musician and practitioner who has composed hundreds of pieces of music in many different contexts, including with young children.

Sunday 19 March | 11am - 3pm Tickets £25 / £12.50 moremusic.org.uk/shared-inventions Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Shlomo's 1-Day Looping Crashcourse

Tickets £25/£12.50 £10 gig tickets for attendees

Have you ever wanted to learn how to loop?

More Music is very excited to be bringing award-winning beatboxer and World Loopstation Champion Shlomo to share his skills and experience at the Hothouse, Morecambe.

This one-day course is suitable for anyone aged 16 to 116 who is interested in looping and is open to experimenting with digital kit.

Saturday 4 February | 10am - 4pm moremusic.org.uk/shlomo-masterclass

Composition and Improvisation Masterclass with Led Bib

Tickets £10/£8 in advance £12/£10 on the door

An opportunity for young musicians with experience of jazz improvisation to take things a step further and collaborate with this internationally renowned group. It is a chance to input ideas into a grand piece that combines players and personalities from the group under the guidance of Led Bib. The new creation will be performed that evening before the Led Bib headline set. There will be a small cost of £5 for the workshop (entrance to the concert is free for Masterclass participants).

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Workshops

The Lancaster & District Schools' Singing Festival

Monday 20 - Thursday 23 March At the Ashton Hall, Lancaster More Music and Lancashire Music Service will be supporting a lively evening of song at this annual event featuring many local primary school choirs.

If you would like to know more, call 01524 831997 or email singing@moremusic.org.uk

Lancaster Music Hub Area Concert at The Platform Sunday 26 February | 2pm - 4pm (doors 1.30pm) | £5 (under 16’s free) This concert will be a fantastic opportunity to celebrate talented young musicians from the Lancaster and Morecambe area. This will be an entertaining and inspiring showcase.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

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Coming Soon...

Catch the Wind Kite Festival

Sat 24 & Sun 25 June | 12-5pm

More Music’s annual kite festival Catch the Wind returns.

Join us and enjoy beautiful and impressive kites of all shapes and sizes flown by professional kite flyers - or bring your kite and fly it on the beach.

Chris Potter moremusic.org.uk/chris-potter

Sat 15 April | Doors 7.30pm Presented by Lancaster Jazz Festival and Band on the Wall.

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Hire the Hothouse The Hothouse on Devonshire Road in Morecambe is the perfect place for conferences and meetings, live events or parties and functions. Whether you’re organising a birthday party, anniversary or charity event, we can help as much or as little as you like and have a range of options to choose from. For enquiries call 01524 831997 or email info@moremusic.org.uk

Coming Soon / Hire The Hothouse

How to Find Us

SAT NAV: LA3 1QT The Midland Hotel

Promenade Marine Road West

To Heysham Village & Port

To Carnforth & A6/M6 North

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Cycle Track Westminster Road

Morecambe Station

Balmoral Road

We are here!

B5274 (Westgate) to Lancaster & M6 Jcn. 34

A589 to Lancaster & M6 Jcn. 34

To plan your journey use www.traveline.info and use our postcode LA3 1QT as your end destination.

There is ample on street parking around the venue.

Getting back to Lancaster using public transport: The last train from Morecambe to Lancaster is at 22.24 on Saturday, and 22.51 Monday - Friday.

Buses run throughout the evening - with the last one to Lancaster being the 2a at 23.25 from the bus stop on Westminster Road (five minutes walk from More Music).

Book Tickets ONLINE Via individual gig pages on moremusic.org.uk or Lancaster.gov.uk/information/visitor-information-centres

BY PHONE

Half Price Tickets for all gigs

Call More Music on 01524 831997 or Morecambe Visitor Information Centre on 01524 582808

Morecambe West End residents ticket offer.

IN PERSON

20 half price tickets are available per gig for people from the LA3 and LA4 postcode areas.

At More Music or Morecambe Visitor Information Centre.

An Induction Loop system is available at More Music.

Booking : 01524 831997 | info@moremusic.org.uk | moremusic.org.uk

Proof of address required.

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Diary: Spring 2017 JANUARY Fri 13 6.30pm Sat 14 - Tue 28 Feb Thu 26 6.30pm Sat 28 2pm – 11pm

MAC exhibition iMAP opening MAC exhibition iMAP Holocaust Memorial Day at Lancaster Castle All the Right Notes

FEBRUARY Fri 3 Sat 4 Sat 4 Sat 11 Thu 16 Thu 16 Thu 23 - Sun 26 Sun 26

Shlomo Shlomo's 1-Day Looping Crashcourse Hothouse Ceilidh with The Weirdstring Band Three Cane Whale Led Bib Masterclass Led Bib Early Years Residency: Magic Islands of Music Lancaster Music Hub Area Concert at The Platform

MARCH Wed 1 - Fri 31 Fri 3 & Sat 4 Sat 11 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 - Thu 23

7.30pm 10am – 4pm 7pm 7.30pm 3.30pm 7.30pm 2pm

Fri 24 Sat 25

7.00pm 7.30pm

MAC exhibition The Faces Behind Our Food Start Again Jim Moray Jackie Kay Hugh Nankivell Workshop The Lancaster & District Schools' Singing Festival at the Ashton Hall, Lancaster Stages Live & Loud Travellers Tales

APRIL Sun 23

1pm – 4pm

That Spring Thing

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 11am – 3pm

TERM DATES :

Monday 9 January – Friday 24 March 2017 Half Term : Monday 13 – Friday 17 February

More Music is a community music and education charity based at The Hothouse in Morecambe, with over 20 years experience delivering workshops, training, performances and festivals across the district, region and beyond! More Music seeks to build confidence and spirit in individuals and communities through the arts, especially music.

More Music The Hothouse 13 - 17 Devonshire Road Morecambe LA3 1QT

01524 831997 info@moremusic.org.uk

Charity no: 1097929 Company no: 4189582

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