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The Glasshouse Interviews: Ye Vagabonds - More Info
Ahead of Ye Vagabonds’ Sage Two performance in 2020 we caught up with Brían Mac Gloinn of the band on music, literature, art and favourite holiday destinations.
Blog: From the perspective of an Early Years tutor - More Info
For the past 12 years I have been working as an Early Years Music Leader at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music where we run Mini Musician classes for 0-4 years and Baby Musician classes for 0-12 months.
Abigail's blog: Prevention and cure - More Info
With both my parents and my children succumbing to the flu which has been rampaging around and living in a solidly red constituency during a labour election campaign which has been big on health, my awareness of the NHS has been high over the past few wee
The Glasshouse Interviews: Peter Groom (star of Marlene Dietrich: Live in Gateshead) - More Info
After touring internationally with award-winning one (wo)man show, Dietrich: Natural Duty, actor and drag artist Peter Groom is returning to the North East with a brand new cabaret.
Blog: Music Live Under Five: Where our youngest musicians play and learn - More Info
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music's weekly family music-making classes support children’s love of music and learning from an early age.
Abigail's blog: Creative Nation - More Info
What’s it like having such a creative job? Is a question which I get asked quite frequently. Totally brilliant is usually my answer. I love my job and I feel very lucky. However, I also sometimes explain that I run a charitable business with a £15 million turnover, a team of 500 people, a major…
Abigail's Blog: Humbug! - More Info
The nature of language in public and private life has bubbled to the surface of topicality in the past weeks. You might think at this stage that it just needs doing, no matter how or that it needs doing in the right way and not until the right way can be found, or indeed that…
Abigail's Blog: Green is my favourite colour - More Info
So said one of my colleagues last week. We were discussing the forthcoming performance season. We use a simple traffic light system for how tickets are selling for each event – green for exceeded target, amber for on track but still to make sales, red for behind target. Saturday’s open concert of Royal Northern Sinfonia’s…
The Glasshouse Interviews: Rodrigo y Gabriela - More Info
We caught up with Rodrigo y Gabriela ahead of their Sage One appearance in 2019 to find out more about this hugely in-demand live act, recognised by their fans and critics alike as being one of the top live touring acts in the world. What was the first record you bought? Rodrigo – I can’t…
Blog: The Glasshouse's Turn Up the Quiet: Young Women’s Music-Making - More Info
When thirteen-year-old Elena McHugh joined one of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music’s Turn Up the Quiet workshops she saw it as a hobby, and having completed the first few, Elena now wants to explore the career options within the music industry. Turn Up the Quiet – is a series of free workshops, which have…
Music sparks Graeme's career - More Info
Graeme has been part of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music family for 10 years. He has additional needs and has suffered with depression.
Five minutes with choir leader Kerry Green - More Info
We caught up with our new singing tutor, Kerry Green, to find out more about The Glasshouse International Centre for Music’s new Contemporary Choir, a group for beginner and intermediate singers. Kerry tells us about her career as a singer, the benefits of group singing and what to expect in the group. Tell us a…
Removing Barriers for Young Musicians - More Info
Peter Qiang is 16 and has a hearing impairment. He moved to England from China a few years ago and was already a proficient piano player.
“Young Sinfonia Changed My Life" - More Info
A composer who began her career with The Glasshouse International Centre for Music’s Young Sinfonia is encouraging other young musicians to join Make Music: Young People, reflecting on how it helped to give her the step onto the ladder she needed. The Glasshouse’s programme for young musicians is for aspiring young musicians aged 4-19 who…