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More information on The Glasshouse Interviews: Ye Vagabonds
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.
More information on Blog: From the perspective of an Early Years tutor
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.
More information on Abigail's blog: Prevention and cure
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
More information on The Glasshouse Interviews: Peter Groom (star of Marlene Dietrich: Live in Gateshead)
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.
More information on Blog: Music Live Under Five: Where our youngest musicians play and learn
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music's weekly family music-making classes support children’s love of music and learning from an early age.
More information on Abigail's blog: Creative Nation
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…
More information on Abigail's Blog: Humbug!
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…
More information on Abigail's Blog: Green is my favourite colour
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…
More information on The Glasshouse Interviews: Rodrigo y Gabriela
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…
More information on Blog: The Glasshouse's Turn Up the Quiet: Young Women’s Music-Making
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…
More information on Music sparks Graeme's career
Graeme has been part of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music family for 10 years. He has additional needs and has suffered with depression.
More information on Five minutes with choir leader Kerry Green
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…
More information on Removing Barriers for Young Musicians
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.
More information on “Young Sinfonia Changed My Life"
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…