I Speak Music is a programme using music to promote learning, empathy and cultural tolerance between people newly arrived in the UK and local communities. I Speak Music is run by Surrey Arts and combines three core strands:
- A youth songwriting project exclusively for unaccompanied minors
- An inclusive community orchestra for adults of refugee and non-refugee backgrounds
- Training and networking opportunities
The programme has had a huge impact in Surrey, so we’d like to share ideas and learning with friends and partners in London. Sound Connections is hosting the London launch event series to bring together people working with, or interested in working with, refugees, asylum seekers and people displaced from their countries of birth.
The sessions and timings are as follows:
Session 1: Friday 22 January | 2.00-4.00pm (GMT)
Displacement and empathy
Session 2: Friday 29 January | 2.00-4.00pm (GMT)
Multi-agency working for collective impact
Session 3: Friday 5 February | 2.00-4.00pm (GMT)
Practice-sharing for music facilitators
>> For anyone who would like to stay, we will keep the Zoom room open for informal discussion and music from 4pm.
>> Events 1 and 3 are suitable for attendees working anywhere in the world (though all sessions will be delivered in English). Event 2 is specific to attendees working in and around London.
For more information and to book your FREE place (spaces are limited so be quick!), please visit:
sound-connections.org.uk/events