M4P 2020 Spring Newsletter

Spring is sprung the Snowdrops is riz, I wonder where my M4P is? We hope you have received your 2020 M4P Brochure in the post . If not, please let us know your up to date contact details admin@m4p.org.uk We are of course online at www.m4p.org.uk

Bookings are coming in fast as everyone is obviously keen to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount which ends on 27th April. So make sure you get your application and deposit to us before then. As we usually say, Book early to avoid disappointment as some class numbers are capped.

2020 TUTOR NEWS

We are delighted to welcome back Lauren Kinsella (Contemporary Voice) and Rob Gildon (Opera/Music Theatre Performance) this year. Also joining us is Drummer and Horn player Ben McCabe in the Jazz team and Oboist Jenni Britton in the Wind department.

Unfortunately the tutor Graeme Leak has just told us he will not be coming due to being offered a performance opportunity throughout the Edinburgh Festival leading to an International tour. Rhythm Orchestra 1 and 2 are very much Graeme's personal projects and as such we will therefore not be running these courses.

Alas after nine consecutive years with M4P Pete Lee won’t be able to join us this year as he will be touring the USA with Tom Walker. Pete says he’ll be gutted not to be there! So we welcome a new accompanist for Lauren this year, Matt Robinson who comes highly recommended https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJEZl_bqe1g and works regularly with Lauren.

Donations

Thank you to everyone who made a donation to M4P at Summer School, especially if you found some interesting music or instrument from Jennie Vaughan’s estate that you will play and remember her by. Don’t forget if you are a tax payer you can gift aid your donations and increase their value by 25%. You may wish to make regular donations by Standing Order. Our details are on the website

SHOPPING MADE EASY & FUNDS RAISED FOR M4P

More and more of us do much of our shopping on-line, and it can be a simple way of raising additional funds for Music for People at absolutely no cost to yourselves. Sites such as Amazon, Play.com, NEXT, Fashion World, Staples, John Lewis, HMV, Rated People, various Holiday sites and many more subscribe to the scheme which can raise anything from 1% to 15% of the amount you spend for M4P. We have already raised over £300 through this scheme, and it is so easy …

All you have to do is visit Easyfundraising https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk and when you register, select Music for People (Summer School of Music) as the organisation you wish to support. Save the link in your Favourites list, then you can just click on the easyfundraising site and go through them each time you wish to shop online.

Searching the Internet:
Even if you’re not buying anything online you can still help raise money for M4P every time you use the internet. Just use the easysearch search engine, part of easyfundraising. Easyfundraising is a member of the Institute of Fundraising.