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Apprentice Workshop Leader Programme
AAM is one of the first organisations in the country to train adults with learning difficulties and disabilities to assist on creative workshops up and down the UK.
The Apprentice Training Programme was started
by members of the Hands & Voices committee, who wanted to share their
skills with others.
This unique programme teaches the choir members the skills necessary to lead either a singing and signing (Hands & Voices) or accessible music technology (SoundWeaver) workshop with various groups, including:
Workshops are tailored to suit the group we are working with. They can focus on
any ages and abilities and can also be adapted to suit individual needs
or they can be curriculum led. Anything from short one off taster sessions,
daylong workshops or regular weekly sessions sessions can be delivered.
Over the years we have encourged many new choirs to start up using the Hands & Voices approach to singing and signing, including a junior Hands & Voices our local York Children's Society, PACT Project that was a huge sucess.
This unique programme teaches the choir members the skills necessary to lead either a singing and signing (Hands & Voices) or accessible music technology (SoundWeaver) workshop with various groups, including:
- Pre school
- Primary, Secondary and SEN Schools (where we are especially keen to work with inclusive groups of children i.e. mainstream and SEN students learning together)
- Day centre’s, Resource Centre's and with other disabled groups
- Teachers, Music Leaders and other Education Professionals.
Our workshops have proved incredibly popular
since AAM started offering them in 2002, and they are now one of the
most active parts of our work, with more and more apprentices being
trained all the time.
Workshops are tailored to suit the group we are working with. They can focus on
any ages and abilities and can also be adapted to suit individual needs
or they can be curriculum led. Anything from short one off taster sessions,
daylong workshops or regular weekly sessions sessions can be delivered.
Over the years we have encourged many new choirs to start up using the Hands & Voices approach to singing and signing, including a junior Hands & Voices our local York Children's Society, PACT Project that was a huge sucess.
“We have held Accessible Arts & Media in high
regard for many years, as they set the 'gold standard' for quality
work with disabled people.... raising the threshold of what can,
and should be achieved.”
For the workshop participants, an apprentice-led
workshop is a great way of learning to sing and sign and use accessible
music technology, whilst at the same time seeing positive disabled role
models in action. And (of course) they’re great fun too!
If you would like to book a workshop
from any of the above groups, or would like more information, please contact
us.
