B Sharp specialises in supporting young people to create their own original music. Our inclusive, creative way of working encourages young people’s musical and creative learning and self-expression.  Opportunities to share their work through performance boost self-esteem and a sense of community.

Previous songwriting projects include the Lost Words Songwriting Project.

Lost Words Songwriting Project

We delivered an exciting environmental and creative project with 120 year 3/4 children from Axe Beacon schools funded by the East Devon AONB sustainable development fund. Inspired by the research behind the beautiful book by Robert Mcfarlane and Jackie Morris, ‘The Lost Words’, the project looked at ‘lost words’ for common plants, insects animals and birds – and the concept that children are losing the vocabulary to talk about their local natural world, and common plants, animals and insects. This loss of ‘nature-literacy’ is of concern because if children don’t become familiar with the everyday natural environment, if they do not know how to talk about nature and name it, they can’t value it, and won’t be able to conserve it and preserve the natural environment in the future. This project idea follows up on the Science Journal research from 2002 that found that children aged eight and over were “substantially better” at identifying Pokémon “species” than “organisms such as oak trees or badgers”: around 80% accuracy for Pokémon, but less than 50% for real species!

The children took part in a nature walk with an environmental educator from East Devon Countryside team before spending 3 half days with our music leaders in song-writing and composition workshops, creating a piece of music about the local natural environment and the creatures and plants seen during the project.

At the end of the workshops, the children performed their songs, to the whole school, and parents/carers, supported by the B Sharp musicians.

We’ve also created a songbook for the project, with an accompanying CD /download of all the songs, so that the schools can use them in the future.

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St Michaels' Business Centre,
Church Street,
Lyme Regis,
Dorset, DT7 3DB

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1 day ago

Last couple of days to apply!
B Sharp is looking for a dynamic CEO to lead the charity.
If you’re a visionary leader with a passion for young people, music and community – we would love to hear from you.
We work with children, young people and emerging musicians across Dorset, Devon and Somerset, using music to build confidence, creativity and connection.
£42,000 pro rata – 22.5 hours per week
Closing date for applications: 12 noon Friday 24th October 2025
Recruitment pack: bsharp.org.uk/ceo-recruitment/
#musiccharity #devon #jobopportunity #Dorset #jobopportunity
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Last couple of days to apply!
B Sharp is looking for a dynamic CEO to lead the charity.
If you’re a visionary leader with a passion for young people, music and community –  we would love to hear from you. 
We work with children, young people and emerging musicians across Dorset, Devon and Somerset, using music to build confidence, creativity and connection.
£42,000 pro rata – 22.5 hours per week 
Closing date for applications: 12 noon Friday 24th October 2025
Recruitment pack: https://bsharp.org.uk/ceo-recruitment/
 #musiccharity #devon #jobopportunity #Dorset #jobopportunity
2 days ago

Thank you so much Thomas Hardye School Music Department for hosting Routes into Music: Young People's Careers Expo yesterday. It was a really useful event, with 150 young people from schools across Dorset hearing from local professionals about diverse careers across the music industries - everything from composing music for video games and apps to live sound!
"I have learnt about things I never would have considered."
"Very interesting to hear about the different jobs in music and the different roles that music can lead to"
Thank you to all our our fantastic expert professional speakers and to Octagon Music Hub and Dorset Music Service for your support!Thank you to Octagon Music Hub, Dorset Music Service and B Sharp for organising a music careers expo which we were pleased to host today. 90 of our students took part, with a range of professionals talking about the jobs that they do. Our students also got to hear from some ex-students and find out what it’s like studying music or music technology at Higher education conservatoires and universities.
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Thank you so much Thomas Hardye School Music Department for hosting Routes into Music: Young Peoples Careers Expo yesterday. It was a really useful event, with 150 young people from schools across Dorset hearing from local professionals about diverse careers across the music industries - everything from composing music for video games and apps to live sound!
 I have learnt about things I never would have considered.
 Very interesting to hear about the different jobs in music and the different roles that music can lead to 
Thank you to all our our fantastic expert professional speakers and to Octagon Music Hub and Dorset Music Service for your support!
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