123sing! is back!
Classic FM and Making Music are again joining together to present 123sing!, the biggest celebration of singing in the UK, on 30 September - 2 October 2011. Sing together to help others & be part of the biggest singing event of the year, and simultaneously raise money for music education and therapy projects.
Host a singing event, at home or in your local community, on or near to 30 September - 2 October 2011 and help raise money for the Classic FM Foundation, plus - new for 2011 - join together with other performers from across Wales at the national 123sing! Cymru event at the Wales Millennium Centre, organised by Making Music Wales and Ty Cerdd, further information on which can be found here and below.
In supporting 123sing! you will be helping to fund music education and therapy projects for the most disadvantaged children and adults in the UK. To find out where the money goes, read Phoebe's story. It doesn't matter how much you raise or how you raise it. Every penny counts!
Last year participants registered 170 events on the 123sing! map. From come and sing events to pop-up community choirs, open rehearsals, barbershop on bicycles and singing on top of the Spinnaker Tower, there was something for everyone. If you didn't take part last year, this is your chance!
All you need to do is ...
Host a singing event, at home or in your local community, on or near to 30 September - 2 October 2011 and help raise money for the Classic FM Foundation, plus - new for 2011 - join together with other performers from across Wales at the national 123sing! Cymru event at the Wales Millennium Centre, organised by Making Music Wales and Ty Cerdd, further information on which can be found here and below.
In supporting 123sing! you will be helping to fund music education and therapy projects for the most disadvantaged children and adults in the UK. To find out where the money goes, read Phoebe's story. It doesn't matter how much you raise or how you raise it. Every penny counts!
Last year participants registered 170 events on the 123sing! map. From come and sing events to pop-up community choirs, open rehearsals, barbershop on bicycles and singing on top of the Spinnaker Tower, there was something for everyone. If you didn't take part last year, this is your chance!
All you need to do is ...
SAVE THE DATE!
WHEN: Friday 30 September - Sunday 2 October 2011
WHAT: 123sing! A national singing weekend to celebrate singing, inspire thousands of people to sing and raise money for music education projects for the most disadvantaged people in the UK.
HOW: Hold a singing event in your community or at home to celebrate singing and raise money for music education and therapy for disadvantaged children and adults, and join together in the national 123sing! Cymru event at the Wales Millennium Centre.
How you could get involved:
To find out more contact Making Music or Making Music Wales direct, and check out the event at the Classic FM website
WHEN: Friday 30 September - Sunday 2 October 2011
WHAT: 123sing! A national singing weekend to celebrate singing, inspire thousands of people to sing and raise money for music education projects for the most disadvantaged people in the UK.
HOW: Hold a singing event in your community or at home to celebrate singing and raise money for music education and therapy for disadvantaged children and adults, and join together in the national 123sing! Cymru event at the Wales Millennium Centre.
How you could get involved:
- Work with your local school to put on a 123sing! activity
- Brand a pre-arranged concert as a 123sing! event, register your event on the map and take a collection in the interval
- Organise a 123sing! singing workshop to get more people interested in singing in your community
- Hold a concert at a local hospital, care home or shopping centre
- Visit the 123sing! website to find out what is happening in your area, and join in
- Ask your teacher if you can do a 123sing! assembly or event at school and collect £1 from everyone that takes part
- Have a sing-a-long at home, in a local pub or community hall
- Have a singing party or sing-a-long with friends and family at home
To find out more contact Making Music or Making Music Wales direct, and check out the event at the Classic FM website
Also - new for 2011! - national 123sing! Cymru at the Wales Millennium Centre
This October, Making Music Wales and Ty Cerdd, in association with Classic FM, are inviting brass musicians and singers from across Wales to come together at the iconic Wales Millennium Centre, in a national celebration of the proud Welsh traditions of music making and song.
Full details of the event have now been finalised and can be found here
Be sure to visit our news page regularly for frequent updates on the event's progress, and also follow us for free on twitter or sign up to our regular ebulletin for further, regular information
Save the dates - a cymryd rhan: get involved!
Full details of the event have now been finalised and can be found here
Be sure to visit our news page regularly for frequent updates on the event's progress, and also follow us for free on twitter or sign up to our regular ebulletin for further, regular information
Save the dates - a cymryd rhan: get involved!
