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Music in Canterbury 2010; a Sense of Place.

Date: Sunday 25th July - Saturday 31st July 2010

Location: Canterbury Christ Church University
Age range: 15-17
Price: £250 per student
Maximum No. of Students: 10-15


Course Description

Gifted and talented young people are invited to apply for this exciting one week course specifically designed to extend their musical creativity.   Centered in historic Canterbury on the UNESCO world heritage site the course will present opportunity for performers and composers to work alongside other talented musicians and with distinguished teachers.

The course will aim to;

  •  develop performing, composing and listening  skills
  • locate these skills within a themed project 'A sense of place'
  • present a public performance of work created during the week.

Students will take part on a daily basis in aural, performance, composition and drumming classes and will visit the world heritage site of St Martin Church, St Augustine's Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral for site specific work.

Students need to be at least Grade VI standard on any instrument to be part of this course, be open to new ideas and be prepared to work very hard !

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