Booking is now open for our annual two-day February half term orchestral projects; The Big Blast and The Big String. The projects are designed for young musicians aged 5 to 18, from pre Grade 1 to post-Grade 8. The eighth annual Big String will take place on 12 and 13 February and the Big Blast, for wind, percussion and brass …
Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year 2023 Isaac Williams wowed the audience at his prize concerto concert when he launched the 2024 competition to find next year’s Gloucestershire winner on Sunday night. The 19-year-old former Sir Thomas Rich’s School student gave a faultless performance of Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Concerto in E Minor with Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of …
Richard Cook, Leader of Gloucester City Council and Cabinet Member for Environment took part in playing and singing groups at our Barbican House base in Gloucester on Saturday. Following confirmation at a Council Cabinet meeting two weeks ago that GAM can buy the freehold to Barbican House, we invited the council leader along to learn more about the musical education …
Rebekah Allan, one of GAM’s violin tutors, talked to Nicky Price on her BBC Radio Gloucestershire show last week about playing on the soundtrack to BBC One restaurant drama series Boiling Point. Rebekah took along her violin to demonstrate how she and the other members of the string quartet involved used techniques such as glissando (sliding from one pitch to …
We were delighted to welcome the Dean of Gloucester, the Very Reverend Andrew Zihni, to Barbican House on Saturday 21 October. The Dean, a keen singer whose experience with choirs comes in handy for the sung parts of services at Gloucester Cathedral, met children and staff and joined in with a Singing and Rhythm class. Dean Andrew enjoyed helping …
We have a great team at GAM and are looking for someone to be part of our Senior Management Team. You should be an efficient and entrepreneurial senior professional with strategic acumen, a track record of successful fundraising, financial control confidence, and understanding of brand and marketing. This is an exciting time to join us as negotiations are underway to …
A new bursary for brass players has been created in memory of Simon Kingsley. As an accomplished Trombonist, music nourished and delighted Simon throughout his life. He would be thrilled to know that together with his friends and family, we are helping others at the start of their musical journeys. If you wish to donate to this Bursary, please click …
In celebration of our 40th Anniversary, and to create a permanent home for Gloucestershire Academy of Music (GAM), we formally launched our campaign to raise £500,000 in February 2022. The appeal was to raise the funds to purchase Barbican House and an additional amount to enable us to develop as an organisation and to cover the costs of fundraising. Organisational …
GAM Founder Caroline Lumsden has raised £500 from a coronation weekend concert at her local church in Frampton-on-Severn. The concert involved GAM students, Caroline’s grandchildren, as well as some of our Ukrainian students, with their host Cliodna McNulty, who plays in GAM’s adult orchestra Sinfonia. The money raised will go towards GAM’s Bursary fund.
We are delighted to share our pictures of our recent Big Blast in Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester. Find them in our Big Blast 2023 Picture Gallery
