Tiverton and Honiton have been working on a 2 year project to turn all their schools into 'singing schools'.

A national evaluation of the Sing Up project has described the service as providing 'outstanding quality'.

Tiverton SING UP UPDATE

Claire Anstee & Julian Barnicoat have been visiting Tiverton Learning Community primary schools this term to support them in their efforts to become fully-fledged Singing Schools. There has been an enthusiastic response from the schools and Castle Primary School and Bickleigh-on-Exe primary Schools are now going for their Sing Up Gold awards.

Singing Aloud, the Tiverton Learning Community Choir, has continued to run successfully and has been inundated with concert offers.  Our congratulations goes to their choir leader Katy Baker who recently gave birth to a baby boy.

Honiton SING UP CELEBRATION

Thursday 5^th March saw the very successful finale concert of the Honiton Song Cycle in Exeter University’s Great Hall. Groups from almost all the Honiton Learning Community schools performed songs written by the children with assistance from Wren Music musicians and then joined together in a thrilling series of final songs. This also saw the first performance by the newly-formed Honiton Supersingers made up of children from most of the local schools. This is led by Wren’s Matt Norman with assistance from two Dartington students, Alice Human and Jaspreet Kaur, and is always open to new members.

The songs were accompanied by a band formed  from Wren and DMS musicians and showed varied views of what the Honiton area means to the children. Particularly impressive was the song from Mill Water Special School with enthusiastic support from their music teacher, Sue King.  A large and appreciative audience of parents, grandparents and friends ensured that this was an event to remember.

Honiton primary schools are now also working with Claire Anstee & Julian Barnicoat to support them in their efforts to become fully-fledged Singing Schools

Sing Up Massed Performance at the Mix

There will be a massed performance of all the Honiton and Tiverton primary schools together with their two new community youth choirs at the Devon Schools Mix.   They will all perform five songs which have been composed especially for them by local composer Peter Kyrke-Smith at 1.45pm in the Arena on Wednesday 24^th June.