Consultation in 2018 showed significant high numbers children in deprived areas of Derby cannot access physical or arts activities due to costs involved. The cost of travel, a child’s lunch, and full paying lessons makes these activities out of reach for so many families as such widening the skills and opportunity gap between children. Our aim, therefore, is to provide very low-cost activities for children and young people at their doorstep making participation more fun and easily accessible.
Other reasons for providing music tuition locally is due to the fact that physical and mental benefits of playing music have long been recognized. The piano has been an unparalleled outlet for those seeking escape, creative expression, and simply fun and joy. Recent years have only seen more evidence of the benefits of piano come to light, linking music making to a healthy body, a healthy mind, and a healthy life. (Steinway and Sons)
Research suggests children and young people who take part in piano lessons have better general and spatial cognitive development. In younger children piano lessons helps to develop fine motor skills that are necessary for the development of other skills related to moving and handling. Meanwhile, mastering an instrument increases and boost confidence, individual awareness and self-esteem.
These lessons have been subsidised by local and national partners including, Foundation Derbyshire, Derby City Council, Derby Association of Community Partners (DACP), Central England Coop, and One Stop Shop.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we have bought more Yamaha Keyboards to make sure each child has their own individual equipment while in lessons and maintain social distancing.
Drumming has been used throughout history for many great reasons, some cultural and other for celebrations. In Africa and other parts of the world, drumming is still being used as a means for communication between communities and sometimes for healing purposes. Likewise, in the Western World drumming is used to make music, played in festivals, and as well as churches using drumming for communal worship.
Robert Lawrence Friedman, author of The Healing Power of the Drum, describes seeking solace from drumming as a child when he was bullied by a local gang in his Queens, N.Y., and neighbourhood. “[Drumming] would get out my anger, frustration and sadness,” he recalls. When he later became a psychotherapist, Friedman wondered whether drumming would help other people the way it helped him.
He started teaching drumming at a health spa, and found that after the workshop was over, no one wanted to leave the circle. Participants felt simultaneously energised and relaxed. Numerous studies have shown that all types of drumming can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and enhance your immunity.
Drumming can also be fun, engaging and has been known to stimulate creativity in children and young people.
Drum lessons are also subsidised by local and national partners including, Foundation Derbyshire, Derby City Council, Derby Association of Community Partners (DACP), Central England Coop, and One Stop Shop.
To be Covid-19 secure we have recently purchased additional WHD drum pads and stand bundle to allow children to have a practice pad each during the lesson. Therefore, participants could easily socially distance and use individual equipment.
