Amplifier

COUNTY WIDE MUSIC PROJECT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

AMPLIFIER - MUSIC FOR LIFE

  • Are you in to rock and pop?
  • Do you play – or want to learn to play?
  • Are you aged 11 to 25?
  • Then why don’t you come to Amplifier - Music for Life?

Amplifier - Music for Life runs practical rock and pop music workshops across the whole of Suffolk, giving young people the opportunity to gain invaluable experience in all aspects of rock and pop music.

Regular sessions are held during term time and many groups also organise holiday sessions - please see below for more details.


Workshops


BURY ST EDMUNDS

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Wednesday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: The Rehearsal Rooms, St Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3PH
  • Cost: £5 (£1 concessions)
  • Spring term 2010: 13 January to 24 March inclusive
  • Half term break:17 February
  • For more details please email Amp and Deck or call 07960 558678


DEBENHAM

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Tuesday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: Community Centre, Debenham High School
  • Cost: £5 (£1 concessions)
  • For more details, including dates for the Spring term, please visit the Amplitude website


EYE

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Monday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: Eye Community Education Centre, Church Road, Eye IP23 7BU
  • Cost: £5 (£1 concessions)
  • For more details, including dates for the Spring term, please call 07813 489450 or visit the Amplitude website

HALESWORTH

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS AVAILABILITY ON SOME OF THE REGULAR SESSIONS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER - FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE DO CONTACT WAVENEY AMPLIFIER.

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Monday
  • Time: 5.00pm to 7.00pm
  • Day: Monday
  • Time: 7.15pm to 9.15pm
  • Autumn term 2009: 14 September to 30 November
  • Half term break: 12 and 19 October
  • Day: Thursday
  • Time: 4.45pm to 6.45pm
  • Autumn term 2009: 17 September to 3 December
  • Half term break: 15 and 22 October
  • Venue: The Cut Arts Centre, 8 New Cut, Halesworth IP19 8BY
  • For more details, please contact 07974 126793, or email Waveney Amplifier
  • You can also learn more Waveney Amplifier by visiting their website

IPSWICH

Regular sessions: -
  • Day: Wednesday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: CSV Media, 120 Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1RS
  • Autumn term 2009: 9 September to 18 November
  • Half term break: 28 October
  • For more details please email the Project Administrator or call 01473 295930



MILDENHALL

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Monday evenings
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: St John's Community Centre, St John's Close, Mildenhall, IP28 7NX
  • Cost: £1 per session
  • Autumn term 2009: 21 September to 30 November
  • Half term break: 26 October
  • For more details, please call 07960 558678 or email the Arts and Heritage Officer at Forest Heath District Council

 

NEWMARKET

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm
  • Venue: The Leisure Centre, Exning Road, Newmarket CB8 0EA
  • Cost: £1 per session
  • Autumn term 2009: 18 September to 27 November
  • Half term break: 30 October
  • For more details, please call 07960 558678 or email the Arts and Heritage Officer at Forest Heath District Council

 

STOWMARKET

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Wednesday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Day: Thursday
  • Time: 6.00pm to 8.00pm
  • Venue: Stowmarket Community Education Centre, Childer Road, Stowmarket IP14 1PP
  • Cost: £5 (£1 concessions)
  • For more details, including dates for the Spring term, please visit the Amplitude website

 

SUDBURY

Regular sessions: -
  • Day: Tuesday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: The Eden's Project, 45 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 1NU
  • Spring term 2010: 12 January to 23 March inclusive
  • Half term break: 16 February
  • For more details please email the Project Administrator or call 01473 261142

 

SUFFOLK COASTAL DISTRICT

Amplifier activities and events in the Suffolk Coastal area are managed by Soundwaves - do visit their site for more details or email Soundwaves here.

The Soundwaves Summer Tour kicked off on 26 July at Xtremefest, Felixstowe, featuring bands from last year's Ultimate Bands contest.

Soundwaves is also on the lookout for new up and coming talent in the Coastal area to take part in the 2009/10 Ultimate Bands Contest. If you are aged 11-26, are in a band / are an artist, can perform at least 3 original songs, and live in the Suffolk Coastal area, visit Soundwaves to find out how to enter! Prizes include a day in a professional recording studio, music industry workshops, and your music on the next Soundwaves Album.

 

THURSTON

Regular sessions: -

  • Day: Thursday
  • Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  • Venue: Thurston Community Centre
  • Cost: £5 (£1 concessions)
  • For more details, including dates for the Spring term, please visit the Amplitude website

 


About the workshops

The workshops are run by professional musicians, all carefully selected for their relevant and specialist experience. Many are gigging musicians, while others have broader music industry backgrounds – so whether you’re in to playing, dj-ing, song writing or gig management, Amplifier can help you develop your skills.

They are open to anyone aged between 11 and 25, and take place in a variety of venues, from commercial studio premises to youth clubs and arts centres.  They run in the evenings at a price that is affordable to all; there is also a concessionary rate. Some venues also organise holiday activities.

We provide a broad range of equipment, from percussion and guitars to decks and keyboards. Participants may also bring their own instruments, but please be aware that use of your electrical equipment will be subject to a visual check by the tutors, and participants will not be allowed to use any piece of equipment that fails that check. 

Amplifier and your organisation

Amplifier can also provide tailor-made workshops, from one-off events to programmes of sessions running over several weeks. Our tutors, all of whom are fully CRB checked, are experienced at working with arts access agencies, Pupil Referral Units and within the prison service, and also receive regular training and updates relating to working with vulnerable groups.

If you would like to know more about how Amplifier could provide for your rock and pop needs, please contact the project administrator for details:

The Amplifier Project
c/o The Arts Development Manager
Culture, Sport and Communities
Suffolk County Council
Adult and Community Services
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich IP1 2BX
Email: sharon.closs@suffolk.gov.uk