We have just had a terrific summer school working five days a week with the children. These photos by Marc Marnie were all taken at one session.
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Here's something we invented that we are really proud of at Big Noise. At Easter and in summer the children can book their music teachers for a home visit we call "Take a Musician Home for Tea". These little concert parties are hugely popular. The children play, the teachers play, and everybody has a great time. Families join in and sometimes half the street ends up in a front room to hear the performance. These photos show one such concert when our teachers Ysla and Vicky were invited home by sisters Morgan and Bronwyn. All photos are by Marc Marnie
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On July 6 a small group of Big Noise children performed for Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Stirling Castle to reopen the refurbished Renaissance Palace. The children played in the Great Hall, which is the largest surviving medieval banqueting hall in Scotland. Guests included First Minister, Alex Salmond, the Earl and Countess of Mar and Kellie, Anne McGuire MP, Bruce Crawford MSP and the Lord Lieutenant Marjory McLachlan. The children played extremely well and impressed all the VIPs. Many thanks to Historic Scotland and Stirling Castle for giving us these lovely photos.
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We are now running parent and baby classes in Raploch, with musical games and songs to give everyone a real head start in their music careers. The sessions are based on ones we saw in Caracas. All pictures are by Marc Marnie.
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In April 2011 around 50 children from Big Noise played Side by Side with the BBC SSO at their home in Glasgow City Halls. It was an extraordinary occasion as these photos taken during rehearsals and the concert show. All shots are copyright Marc Marnie.
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In March 2011 we took portraits of some of the children in our woodwind, brass and percussion sections. All images are © Marc Marnie.
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We are putting together our own technique booklet to help us teach the younger children the fundamentals of how to hold the instruments. Who better than some of our veteran string players to show them how its done. Photographer Marc Marnie took shots of children with particularly good posture, bow holds and technique.
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Nicola Benedetti is one of the greatest musicians Scotland has ever produced. We are very proud that she has agreed to become the orchestra's official musical "Big Sister". In October 2010 Nicola made her first visit to Raploch to play for the children and give some of them one-to-one masterclasses. Our official photographer Marc Marnie was on hand to capture the fun, and we are also very grateful to lovely freelancer Mike Day who was along to take shots for the press and allowed us to use his beautiful work.
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The best string players are in an ensemble we call Rinconada, after our sister centre in Venezuela. The children played at the Scottish Parliament for a reception in honour of Big Noise.
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