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 …
We’re delighted to announce that we have a new Executive Director for Gloucestershire Academy of Music in the form of Richie Ashton-Phillips, who attended holiday courses and later tutored on jazz courses at GAM. Richie takes on the role at a crucial time for GAM, as we hope to have completed the purchase of our premises, city council-owned Barbican House, …
We’re now taking bookings for our summer holiday courses; a Grade 5 Theory course, Junior Orchestra course and Senior Chamber Music course, which all have an Early Bird price if booked by 12 May. The Grade 5 Theory course will run from 22-26 July, the Junior Orchestra course from 29-31 July and the Senior Chamber Music course from 1-3 August. …
We are looking for brass players of all instruments, from beginners upwards, to join us in this new adventure. Rehearsals will be held at 5pm on Thursdays at Barbican House, home of Gloucestershire Academy of Music and The Flowers Band. Led by Paul McLaughlin from Brass Bands England and players from Flowers Band, this is a fantastic opportunity for all …
Former GAM student and viola player Eden Saunders, who is studying at the Royal Northern College of Music, is one of the six finalists of the Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year 2024. The six young musicians will compete for the title on Sunday March 3 at 3pm at the Big Classical, Cheltenham College. The finalists, who range in age …
Booking is now open for our two Easter courses: the Junior Orchestra Course, which will run on 2, 3, 4 April 2024, and the Adult Chamber Weekend on 5, 6 and 7 April. Both courses will take place at GAM’s base; Barbican House in Gloucester. The JUNIOR ORCHESTRA COURSE is designed for strings, brass, wind and percussion players aged 5-18, playing at …
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 …
