EVOLVE MUSIC

Evolve Music is a grassroots community music charity. Using sound exploration and improvisation, we co-create music with communities and support the development of music leaders and the wider community music sector. Explorers & Adventurers - Evolve Music’s early years music sessions are designed and run by specialist Community Music Leaders and highly-skilled musicians to provide families with an immersive and interactive musical experience. They are tailored to support families’ individual needs, helping parents to build an intimate connection with their child/ children. Learning through play, singing, puppets, storytelling, music and movement, our carefully constructed activities are designed to support all aspects of a child’s natural development. Dad’s Rock - This summer Evolve Music will launch Dads’ Rock, a unique pilot programme for dads and their children that is targeted at supporting new dads who are struggling with their mental health. Developed in partnership with Bluebell, a Bath-based charity that supports parents with peri-natal depression, and their Dads In Mind service, the programme will provide opportunities for new dads to come together to socialise and develop vital support networks.

Sound Lab - Sound Lab is a fun and interactive after-school music-making programme for young people aged 14+ that are on the autistic spectrum or who have additional learning needs such as ADHD. Through regular online provision, sessions provide a space where participants can explore, collaborate and express themselves musically through improvisation, songwriting, music technology, instrumental performance and games. The programme aims to support participants’ social development through building confidence and selfesteem whilst also supporting the development of friendships and support networks, which will be vital for those leaving education and transitioning into the community. In addition to our regular online provision, we will also be running our Sound Lab Summer School during the summer holidays, a weekly programme of face-to-face music-making that will take place in Radstock. For more information on any of these programmes, please visit our website or get in touch: 07943973473 | mark@evolvemusic.org.uk www.evolvemusic.org.uk