M4MCreate

We are very excited to receive our first project grant from Arts Council England.

Below are some videos showing what we’ve been up to on the project so far and some of the new pieces of music our young musicians have been composing with our professional artists. You can also download our new album here.

We are using the restrictions placed upon our normal activities as inspiration to find new and creative ways of making music together, developing our skills and serving the community with access to artistic expression and high quality musical experiences.

Here’s a sign language interpretation of our song inspired by Punjabi music:

Here’s a piece inspired by Punjabi qawwali:

Here’s an epic piece about life during lockdown

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WI3Yk50FW70%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Here’s some weird ice music:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VPWQWZKgwRs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Here’s a hopeful song performed in British Sign Language:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PHEI7ONlA7g%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Here’s a song about our closer connection with the natural environment during lockdown:

Here’s a song written by one of our young musicians about her own experience of the pandemic:

Here is a piece we’ve composed by making melody shapes, based on the Qawwali, Ganj e Shakar

Here’s a mysterious new piece based on a poem written by a young Todmorden poet.

Here’s a song we created about what we can see from our windows during lockdown: