Printed: 03 Nov 2022
Teenage Engineering – Pocket Operator
Teenage Engineering’s modern handheld music units are about to remodel youngsters’s early music making experiences because of the Scottish Authorities’s backing of the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) by means of Artistic Scotland.
Shetland based mostly musician and educator, David Boyter is organising a brand new collection of enjoyable, free weekly music making periods for 11- to 16-year-olds to discover and get artistic studying to make use of Teenage Engineering’s ground-breaking ‘Pocket Operator’ music tech.
The calculator dimension moveable micro synthesisers and rhythm machines all produce totally different sounds. They can be utilized on their very own with the built-in speaker or headphones or can all be connected collectively to create a large group sound.
David mentioned: “Our periods are all about discovering enjoyable methods of utilizing expertise to develop musical abilities and understanding, and to get impressed by means of collaboration and shared creations.
“You don’t must have earlier expertise of enjoying devices, only a love of music – and to be prepared to push some buttons! We’ll be studying methods to program and play music, create beats, sounds, rhythm and melodies, replicating parts of the individuals favorite songs and items.
“Collectively, we’ll discover about how musical items are constructed by connecting the units, syncing them to one another and having enjoyable performing with them.”
For extra details about the undertaking, and to register curiosity in collaborating, go to SoundTech.
The weekly periods are amongst tons of of alternatives supported throughout the nation by means of the most recent spherical of YMI funding which has seen £7.2m awarded to Native Authorities for school-based music making, and over £570,000 awarded to initiatives and infrastructure happening out with faculty time.
Tradition Minister Neil Grey mentioned: “The Scottish Authorities is delighted to fund the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) which gives alternatives for younger individuals throughout the nation to participate in music-making and benefit from the well-being advantages as outlined within the newest analysis.
“As YMI celebrates its 20th anniversary this 12 months, I’m happy to see so many initiatives receiving funding in order that our youngsters and younger individuals can proceed to have the chance to have interaction with music in a wide range of other ways.”
Information of the most recent initiatives to obtain funding was confirmed as the subsequent spherical of funding has been secured and purposes for Entry to Music Making and Strengthening Youth Music funds open, right now Thursday 3 November, with a deadline of 2pm, Thursday 8 December.
At present’s announcement additionally coincides with the publication of recent analysis findings into the 2021-2022 YMI initiative which highlights the way it continues to deal with inequality by forging and sustaining partnerships with third sector organisations to assist youngsters and younger individuals most in want. The report additionally presents overwhelming proof of the optimistic influence on younger individuals’s well being and wellbeing by providing alternatives that the assist the discount of stress, the possibility to attach with others. Stats contained within the report present that:
- Over 362,000 youngsters and younger individuals took half in additional than 80 initiatives (a rise of 80,000 from 2019-20)
- 1,100 jobs and over 5,600professional growth alternatives have been created
Morag Macdonald, Artistic Scotland’s Youth Music Supervisor commented: “In its 20th Anniversary 12 months, YMI is continuous to create essential alternatives to develop each particular person and collaborative musical abilities in younger individuals, sparking creativity, friendships and elevated self-confidence. Not solely are these alternatives life altering for the younger individuals concerned, however additionally they present essential employment for arts professionals and freelancers throughout the nation.”
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Background
1. The Scottish Authorities’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI), which is run by Artistic Scotland, creates entry to prime quality music making alternatives, allows younger individuals to attain their potential in or by means of music and helps the event of the sector for the advantage of younger individuals.
2. You possibly can entry Youth Music Initiative fund steering and utility varieties in Funding.
YMI has two distinct strands:
- Faculty-based music-making: actions deliberate and delivered by Native Authorities. Native Authorities apply to the YMI System Fund for this exercise
- The casual sector: actions deliberate and delivered outwith faculty time. There are two casual sector funding routes: Entry to Music-Making and Strengthening Youth Music. Organisations and people can apply to those funding routes.
3. Artistic Scotland is the general public physique that helps the humanities, display and inventive industries throughout all components of Scotland distributing funding offered by the Scottish Authorities and The Nationwide Lottery. Additional data at creativescotland.com. Comply with us on Twitter, Fb and Instagram. Study extra in regards to the worth of artwork and creativity in Scotland and take part at www.ourcreativevoice.scot #YMIScotland #YMusicMatters
Media Contacts
Sophie Bambrough, Media Relations & PR Officer, Artistic Scotland
E: Sophie.Bambrough@creativescotland.com
M: 07747 606 146
