📢 🎶✨ Spread the word and help us find our next team member, working alongside awesome young musicians and partners! Bristol-based role with flex-hours and the option to work from home half the time. Salary is £27500 + pension contributions. Apply by 19 August. 👉 Check it out https://lnkd.in/eWyQMpzu 🌟 #DisabilityConfidentEmployer #BristolJobs
About us
We're a charity that works alongside young disabled musicians to challenge preconceptions and bring about greater diversity in music. Through the National Open Youth Orchestra, the world's first disabled-led national youth ensemble, we're pioneering a new creative orchestra where talented young disabled and non-disabled young musicians rehearse and perform together. With Open Orchestras, we're behind the largest community of inclusive ensembles in the UK running in special schools. We've also developed Clarion, an award-winning accessible instrument that can be played expressively with any part of the body, including the eyes... Together we can make positive change happen!
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http://www.openupmusic.org
External link for Open Up Music
- Industry
- Music
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Bristol
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
Locations
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Primary
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Streamline, 436-441 Paintworks
Bristol, BS4 3AS, GB
Employees at Open Up Music
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Paul Masri-Stone
Sound and interaction specialist | Technical architect and lead for creative, accessible projects | Cross-platform app developer
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Barry Farrimond-Chuong MBE
CEO at Open Up Music
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Steve Lacey
Software Engineer - Laravel, Django, Vue.js - Python, PHP & Ruby - consulting, web apps, APIs
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Evie Sherry-Starmer
Passionate about inclusive arts practice
Updates
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Thanks for the spotlight Royal Philharmonic Society 🎶 . UK organisations will soon be able to purchase the Clarion through our Clarion Education programme - for Music Hubs, arts organisations and therapists wanting their practice to become more inclusive. It will be eligible for the Department for Education's Capital Grant. Sign up here so we can keep you posted https://theclarion.uk/
Have you heard about the Clarion? An innovative, electronic, accessible instrument that can be played expressively with any part of the body, this instrument is being championed by a range of musicians, including Alessandro Vazzana and 2017 RPS Impact Award-winning organisation Open Up Music. In the latest issue of Philharmonic, our exclusive RPS Members’ magazine, we heard from Alessandro and Open Up Music’s CEO, Barry Farrimond-Chuong MBE to learn more about this instrument and the impact it is having on accessible music-making. RPS Corporate Partner ABRSM has been working closely with Open Up Music to include the Clarion as the first electronic musical instrument to be assessed by ABRSM through its Open Music Assessment, championing the instrument to become much more widely known across the UK. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eNVqRvDH If this story inspires you, why not consider becoming an RPS Member today? Your subscription gives you access to the magazine and regular newsletters which will introduce you to more innovative projects like this, as well as bringing you closer to the musicians your membership supports. https://lnkd.in/ebRv6KpA
RPS-Magazine-Summer-2024-Clarion-article.pdf
royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk
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There was tea, biscuits and music! Our guest was so interesting that someone nearly forgot their next meeting... We're proud of shaking things up from Bristol with so many wonderful neighbours and friends at Bristol Beacon, National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain, Paraorchestra and more!
This week I visited Open Up Music ( https://lnkd.in/ezdzYsFF ) a remarkable charity which enables disabled young people play musical instruments. So often they are excluded from ensemble music making, in schools and music groups. Open Up Music empowers them to become musicians and furthermore they have invented The Clarion an innovative accessible musical instrument that can be played with any part of the body, including eye movement. It is loaded onto a computer or ipad and uses coloured patterns each colour representing a musical note which can be programmed in by the user. The tone and volume can also be controlled making it truly expressive. I had the pleasure of being able to try the Clarion - as a musician I could see what a wonderful invention this is for those who cannot access traditional instruments. The charity is led and run by outstanding people who are dedicating their lives to enabling young people participate in music. Thank you so much Barry Farrimond-Chuong MBE Jonathan Westrup and Alison Maxhuni for hosting me it was a real joy to spend time with you.
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📢 Programme Officer wanted! (Maternity cover). Please come help us run our brilliant programmes including Open Orchestras and the National Open Youth Orchestra. We're a Disability Confident employer, and keen to attract candidates from structurally disadvantaged and underrepresented groups - Apply openupmusic.org/apply-now or share
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📢 Programme Officer wanted! (Maternity cover). Please come help us run our brilliant programmes including Open Orchestras and the National Open Youth Orchestra. We're a Disability Confident employer, and keen to attract candidates from structurally disadvantaged and underrepresented groups - Apply openupmusic.org/apply-now or share
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The cat's out of the bag! We will be releasing the Clarion more widely in 2024. It will also be the first digital instrument assessed by ABRSM. Anyone wanting to know exactly when and how, please sign up at theclarion.uk. Follow the links to read more about the instrument, National Open Youth Orchestra Clarion player Alessandro Vazzana and ABRSM assessments. https://lnkd.in/eBAFeCFu. With Michael Betteridge James Risdon Barry Farrimond-Chuong MBE Anne Edward
The Clarion: The accessible musical instrument trying to find its soul
bbc.co.uk
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We're looking for a Marketing and Content Officer to join our team. If you’re a marketing communications all-rounder - and particularly strong in film production - this role is for you. Help promote our programmes and deliver our audience development plans. Make and distribute engaging content alongside young musicians. Lead on coordinating promotions for concerts and events. We're really keen to attract disabled candidates and applicants from structurally disadvantaged backgrounds and underrepresented groups. This role is Bristol-based, with the option to work remotely half the time. Check it out and apply ➡ https://lnkd.in/eWyQMpzu