B Sharp | Building a Sound Future

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We are B Sharp: the music and enterprise charity based in Lyme Regis with over 12 years experience delivering workshops, training, performance and gigs across the district and beyond.

We seek to give children and young people the best possible start in life through music, to develop their incredible and diverse creativity in ways that build confidence, skills and experience.

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Weekly music making sessions for children and young people across Dorset and East Devon.

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B Sharp News …

Update regarding COVID-19

Apr 16, 2020

To all our young participants, parents, partners and supporters, we hope you are keeping safe and well in these difficult times.All our face to face delivery has stopped to comply with guidance on social distancing. Our freelance music leaders are continuing to find...

Developing Your Practice as a Music Leader

Apr 11, 2020

Due to the current coronavirus situation this event has been re-scheduled to later in the year - 29th October 2020 Do you lead music sessions with children, adults or community groups? Are you looking for ways to develop your practice? A practical training day with...

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B Sharp are very excited to offer interactive online musical activities! Simply email bsharpathome@bsharp.org.uk to get some more information! 🎤 what do you think our 1st songs should be?? 🎵 #bsharplyme #onlinemusicmaking #zoomchoir #lockdownsingalong #musicforyoungpeople

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Our 4th #MeetTheTrainee - Meet Ben! He’s taken a riff from the intro to ‘honey whiskey’ by Nothing But Thieves, and added his own unique twist! A great example of a different way of approaching composing/music-making! Read about his B# Journey below:

Hi my name is Ben,
I started my B Sharp journey at 10, and have been a part of it ever since!! Writing music is something I’ve been doing for as long as I can remember and is now part of my every day life. Being able to write and create music with B Sharp has been great and I’ve loved it all. I have an incredibly varied music taste from frank Sinatra all the way to Nirvana!! Can’t wait to carry on my B Sharp journey with you all!

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Our trainee Izzy’s been busy learning the ukulele during isolation, here she is showing you how to play 4 easy chords, which will allow you to play hundreds of songs in just a couple of minutes! #isolationlearning #musicmaking

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Welcome to the second of our #MeetTheTrainee project we recently started! Today's young person is Grace. Here's her B Sharp journey - We hope you are inspired to pick up a new instrument like Grace has during this Isolation! "Hi, my name is Grace and I joined BSharp 3 years ago as a participant in Hub Jams, joining the Houseband (LaunchPad) after being there for about 6 months which led me to become a trainee music leader. I help out at Hub Jams currently whilst also being involved in the organising of the Busking Festival.
This is a short clip I recorded to try and show my learning process with the guitar. I am very new to the instrument and have found my experience in BSharp as extremely helpful for learning this new skill. I also play a bit of piano, but singing is definitely the talent I have spent the most time improving and exploring. After performing in the house band for a year and a bit, I feel a lot more comfortable singing on stage and have overcome the anxiety of singing in front of other people.

As a trainee, I love to mentor young people because it is so fulfilling being a part of someone else’s exploration of their own talent. I am able to help them to build their confidence, performing abilities and musical skills. I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to use my knowledge and experience of performing, to make a young person’s experience with music as interesting as mine was.
I know that BSharp has given me the push I needed to find my own way in the musical community and helped me explore my own sound. It has given me confidence in music and my own life. It has helped me enormously and continues to support me. "

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We did it - we’ve gone over to tik tok. Head over, find us and follow us. ✌️✅ Our young music leader Issy has kicked us off with a Phil Collins challenge - grab your pots and pans and see if you can join in! Don’t forget to tag us and share away!🥁 #bsharpmusic #bsharpathome #philcollins #musicathome #quaratinelife

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Listen here to the fantastic songs written by children from the Axe Beacon schools during B Sharp's Nature Songs project - https://soundcloud.com/b-sharp-music/sets/nature-songs. The children explored the local environment with @wildeastdevon and used songwriting to develop lots of new vocabulary and learning about the plants and animals they discovered. "All the children were really engaged with the writing and performing music and grew in confidence through the sessions, they had a great time and really valued the experiences they gained. We have a lot of children with learning and behavioural needs and some of them were hesitant to get involved during the first session but by the end of the sessions the were really enjoying it. This was due to the knowledge and enthusiasm for music that came from B sharp which really inspired and motivated them. They really loved recording the lyrics and performing their parts and showed real pride in their work." Teacher
With thanks to East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership for supporting the project.

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Young people interested in a career in the music industry... a great presentation to learn more .... #dorsetmusicservice #bimm #music #musiccareer

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Look... all our music leaders and nearly all our trainees, all in the same room, AT THE SAME TIME 😱This is so rare it had to be documented with a selfie.
Lots of planning and discussions about the future, lots of exciting musical opportunities, but most importantly, lots of tea☕️ and biscuits 🍪
#thebsharpway #wholeteam #cpd #youthmusic #communitymusic

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B Sharp young music leaders and our senior Bridport jammers working out harmonies for a cover. Getting ready for some busking in a few weeks.... watch this space! #thebsharpway #bridportjams @youthmusic_charity #bridportycc #harmonies #youngpeople

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We're looking for new members for our B Sharp Houseband. Open to all young people aged 15 and over, vocalists, guitarists, drummers, keyboards, bass players, sax and other confident instrumentalists. Practice sessions Tuesdays 5.00-6.15 at the Hub, Lyme Regis. For more info email info@bsharp.org.uk or call 07947 334138

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Have you a young person who enjoys singing and creating music? Bridport Jams starts back tomorrow - Monday 6th January - at Bridport Youth & Community Centre
A great way to build skills and confidence in a fun, supportive environment. Come along for a free taster session
5.30 – 6.15 Juniors 7-11 years
6.30 – 7.30 Secondary 11 – 19 years
more info at www.bsharp.org.uk/weekly-music/bridport-jams/ or email info@bsharp.org.uk

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Enjoy singing? Come and join in our Festive Pop Up Sing-a-long @swimlyme , on Friday 20th December at 5.30pm. All ages and abilities welcome to join in or enjoy listening to the festive music! #lymeregis #christmas #music

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Thanks to all our amazing supporters, we have reached our initial Crowdfunidng target - which will allow us to bring the life-changing power of music making to more young people. Can you help us reach our stretch target - which will allow us to reach even more young people across Dorset? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bsharpmusic #youthmusic #dorset #music

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B Sharp showcase of all our weekly music groups achievements this term. Totally packed the @bridportstable upstairs room. Amazing sounds coming out of these awesome young people 🎵👏👏

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"...There were fox bones and a spangle gall, dry lichen and furry moss,
Beech nuts and the roots of fern
Woods woods woods..." ...some lovely words coming out of our Lost Words Songwriting Project. We are delivering an exciting environmental and creative project with children from Axe Beacon schools with @eastdevon countryside, funded by
the East Devon AONB sustainable development fund.
For more information see:
https://bsharp.org.uk/lost-words-songwriting-project/
Get in contact if you would like a similar project in your school info@bsharp.org.uk

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News Flash! Due to England making it to the rugby World Cup final, our pop up choir in Beer is now from 1pm-3pm this Saturday. Pop along and join in this fun, uplifting singing session. No experience necessary. All ages welcome #popupchoir #singing #jurrasiccoast

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5 May

We've partnered with @musicallybiz to provide support for 18-25 year old DIY artists and entrepreneurs.

Get free access to Music Ally's e-Learning Hub and free marketing and analytic tools from @chartmetric + @GetLinkfire!

Deadline Tues 12 May: http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/music-ally-entrepreneur-programme

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3 Apr

Please read and share this digital edition as much as you can! We are currently unable to publish our printed newspaper due to effects of COVID-19 and need as many hits as possible on our digital edition to ensure we keep the advertising revenue we have left! #savelocaljournalism https://twitter.com/LymeOnlineUK/status/1245988119343702017

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Today's online-only edition of the LymeOnline newspaper is now available to read on our website, bringing you all the latest on how Lyme Regis is dealing with the coronavirus epidemic plus lots more! #lymeonline #lymeregis #dorset #savelocaljournalism http://lyme-online.co.uk/digital-edition/lymeonline-digital-edition-april-3-2020/

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B Sharp are very excited to offer interactive online musical activities! Simply email bsharpathome@bsharp.org.uk to get some more information!
🎤 what do you think our 1st songs should be?? 🎵 #bsharplyme #onlinemusicmaking #zoomchoir #lockdownsingalong #musicforyoungpeople ...

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