Musical Rumpus: Continuing Professional Development Session for Early Years Music Practitioners

31st Oct 2014

Spitalfields Music’s Award-Winning Early Years series Musical Rumpus is renowned for creating engaging and exciting operas for children aged 0-2. Using props, instruments, hand-held percussion and imaginative set design, Musical Rumpus immerses the audience of children and parents in a magical world of sights, sounds and textures, encouraging the toddlers to explore the space and interact with the performers.

Join Zoe Palmer, co-creator and director of Musical Rumpus for an informative and interactive session exploring the theory behind Musical Rumpus’s practice and introducing activities and creative play ideas inspired by past productions.

Zoë Palmer FRSA is a writer, musician and early years music specialist. Her work has been performed across the UK at venues including The Royal Opera House, Ovalhouse, Rich Mix, The Theatre By The Lake and the Storm of Stories and Spark Festivals. She has worked with Spitalfields Music for the past 4 years developing Musical Rumpus, an interactive opera series for babies 0-2 (Charity Award Winner 2014, RPS Award Shortlist 2014). Zoë is currently writer in residence on the Thames View Estate in Barking & Dagenham. She plays synth in indie-pop band Cocoa Futures and is a founding member of Woven Gold, The Helen Bamber Foundation music group that works with refugees and asylum seekers. Zoë has facilitated creative workshops for arts organizations across the UK and abroad.

Date: Friday 31 October
Time: 2pm
Venue: The Greggs Children's Room, Sage Gateshead, NE8 2JR
Cost: £5

For further information, please visit: http://sagegateshead.com/event/musical-rumpus34360/