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Festival celebrates children and young people
Over 3,000 children and young people from across the region will take part in Sage Gateshead’s Young People’s Summer Festival. Together with partners across the North East, Sage Gateshead works with thousands of children and young people each year. The three-week-long festival takes place from 23 June to 14 July and is a celebration of…
SAGE GATESHEAD ANNOUNCES NEW CHAIR FROM JUNE 2020
Sage Gateshead’s Board has announced that Sir Martin Narey DL will take over from Lord Falconer of Thoroton as Chair of the organisation from summer 2020. Lord Falconer, Chair since 2012, will hand over to Sir Martin, who is currently Vice Chair, at an exciting time for Sage Gateshead just after the organisation turns 15…
RNS SEARCH FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS
Royal Northern Sinfonia has launched its Young Composers’ Competition, which will form part of the orchestra’s Beethoven celebrations next season. With 2020 marking 250 years since Beethoven’s birth, Royal Northern Sinfonia will commission five young composers to write a piece for chamber orchestra in response to his body of work. The new pieces will be…
New Year's Eve at Sage Gateshead revealed!
Sage Gateshead will be ringing in the new decade with the sounds of the 70s on New Year’s Eve, it has been announced today. It might not be summer yet but the North East music venue is already looking to its 2019 end of year celebrations, which have become a highlight for music-lovers in the…
Folk on the Tyne Festival: full line-up announced
The full line-up for this summer’s Folk on the Tyne Festival at Sage Gateshead has been announced. The Festival takes place on Saturday July 27 and will be a packed day of folk gigs and workshops as well as free performances and family activity on the concourse. Tickets go on general sale on Friday April…
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…
Regional Musicians top the bill at 2019 Brass in Concert Festival
Young musicians from Bedlington and Ashington will kick off this year’s world-famous Brass in Concert Festival at Sage Gateshead. The festival takes place over a weekend (this year it is November 16 to 17) and features the Youth in Brass in Concert Championship, the main Brass in Concert Championship, a World of Brass Gala evening…
Apprentices On Top Of The World
Creative apprentices in the North East are experiencing all aspects of working at cultural venues, including walking on the roof of one of the country’s most iconic buildings – Sage Gateshead. The brave feat took place to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (Monday 4 – Friday 8 March). The Creative Apprenticeship programme is delivered by Sage…
Singer-songwriter and activist named as headline act for Folk on the Tyne Festival 2019
Sage Gateshead has announced legendary singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg as the headline act at this year’s Folk on the Tyne Festival on Saturday 27 July. The annual festival, which brings some of the best folk acts from around the world to the south bank of the Tyne, has previously welcomed The Young ‘Uns,…
Trailblazer named as headline act for SummerTyne Americana Festival 2019
Americana trailblazer k.d. lang is announced today as the first headliner at this year’s SummerTyne Americana Festival at Sage Gateshead in July. The 14th annual festival promises a line-up including an eclectic mix of legendary Americana heavyweights, cross-over artists and breakthrough talent from both sides of the Atlantic. This first announcement of country royalty sets…
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. He was shy and couldn’t speak much English and was keen to continue his musical development. Then he found out about Sage Gateshead’s Young Musicians Programme… The programme’s staff…
“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…
Angels of the North Sing at Sage Gateshead
Over 400 young children from North East school choirs and Bommel Musical Theatre came together to perform in a breathtaking concert at Sage Gateshead this week, in the tenth Angels of the North concert. Stephane Bommel, Event Producer / Conductor said: “Over the years, this concert has enabled nearly 5,000 children to experience the opportunity…