THE LATEST FROM PLATFORM 3

It’s been a busy time for everyone involved with Platform 3, our outreach programme that is run in conjunction with Buxton Opera House. A number of new initiatives have been created, to provide music and cultural provisions within schools and the local community. Here’s a sample of what’s been going on:

• Choir members from Harpur Hill and Buxton Junior schools are busy rehearsing for their chorus roles in Scenes From A Musical. Watch them in action, along with understudies from The Land of Might-Have-Been on Thurs 20 July from 3 - 4pm at the Palace Hotel, Buxton. Tickets cost £15.

• The Top Notes after school singing club is going from strength to strength, providing musical opportunities to students from Whaley Bridge, Taxal and Fernilee Schools.

• Young musicians from Peak District Music Centre Wind Band and Orchestra have been offered mentoring by members of the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

• A new youth choir has been launched in Glossop for 9 to 14 year olds.

• 40 children aged 5 to 7 from St Anne’s Catholic School in Buxton have taken their ‘Discover Arts Award’ and have been learning about Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals.

• Adrian Kelly and members of BIF’s Young Artists Programme gave a performance and presentation to students at St Benedict’s school in Derby.