Yorkshire Late Starters Strings

Cober Hill 2012

johnmorrison — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:52:29 +0000

This year’s residential course will again be held at Cober Hill on 1st-4th June 2012.

More information about Cober Hill here.

Download the brochure and booking form:

as .pdf
as Word doc

Winner of New Music Competition 2011

johnmorrison — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:46:12 +0000

Alison Wrenn

This year’s winner is Alison Wrenn

Shortlisted Candidates in Composer Competition

johnmorrison — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:57:27 +0000

The shortlisted composers in the 2011-12 competition are:

Alison Wrenn – Battle of the Winwaed

Peter Marsh – Rain on the Headland

Phil Taylor – Fractal Landscape

Fiona Linnane – Dar Vueltas

All members of YLSS are invited to participate in the WORKSHOP ON 13th November at the Yorkshire College of Music and Drama, St Mark’s House,
1 St Mark’s Ave, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9BN (opposite the Univesity and near Notre Dame 6th form college). 0113 243 1605

Free Lunchtime Concerts in Leeds

johnmorrison — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:14:28 +0000

For those of you that have free time at mid-day, there are three free lunchtime concerts in Leeds each week during term time:

Mondays: Organ Recitals in the Town Hall

Wednesdays: Chamber Music concerts in the Leeds College of Music

Friday: Recitals in the Clothworkers Hall, University of Leeds

‘Free’ of course means it doesn’t cost anything to get in; but a donation is generally expected in order to get out!

Speedshifter Update

johnmorrison — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:27:49 +0000

Speedshifter is a free practice tool from ABRSM that allows you to vary the speed of audio from CD or MP3 without altering the pitch.
Speedshifter is designed to be used whenever a student might benefit from playing along with the accompaniment at a reduced tempo. It can be used in a lesson (if there is a computer/laptop available), or it can be used by the student in their own practice sessions.

An update has just been released.