Coda Music Centre

On Sunday May 20th at 7pm, Poole Audi showrooms will be transformed into a concert hall for a fundraising recital by Jack Maguire and Barbara Henvest (piano) in aid of the Coda Fiddle Orchestra.

The Fiddle Orchestra is Bournemouth's "Sistema" project for young violinists, providing tuition, rehearsals and performance opportunities for children and young people across the town.

This special evening offers a sumptious buffet with New Zealand wines, an opportunity to win wonderful prizes in the silent auction, a chance to explore the newest high performance Audi models in the showroom, and most importantly, an outstanding performance of popular violin classics by Jack Maguire in the mode of Andre Rieu.

Jack is one of Britain's most respected violinists, former leader of the Royal Ballet Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Director of the Coda Fiddle Orchestra.

Tickets at £17.50 are still available for this unique event and reservations can be made through Maurice Patterson MBE, by email by clicking here

Please join us. We need your support.
 

Welcome back to the summer term at Coda and a packed schedule of lessons, projects and workshops.

If you are interested in music and would like to know more about our work please call us, we run classes and workshops for people of all ages and abilities and there is sure to be something right for you.

Our pre-school and early learners classes incorporate the best teaching techniques available, including the Kodåly Method and the Colourstrings approach to ensure the best start in a child's musical life. Our classes are both fun and exciting for young ones while offering structure and providing an intrinsic understanding of music and our methods make us unique in the region. To find out more about these classes including days and times please get in touch.

For older children, teenagers and adults we offer both one-to-one instrumental tuition and some small group teaching and we are just beginning classes in Music Theory to support students through their graded exams too (we are also an exam centre for Trinity Guildhall!). All our tutors are highly experienced teachers, exceptional musicians and fully CRB checked. If you are interested in lessons in piano, guitar, strings, drums, woodwind or singing please get in touch. We also specialise in working with people with learning differences, for whom music is often a natural path to development so, whatever your ability or goals we will have something for you at Coda. Try us, a taster is just £5!

Check back too for details of our Cultural Olympiad Project, this years Summer Party and BBQ, the annual Rock & Pop Academy and our new Rusty Rockers course over the summer.

Thanks to the generous support of two local businesses and a gang of volunteers there have been some major changes to our home this week!

The two old portacabins that started to leak and fall apart last year have finally been demolished and removed with the help of staff from Hoburne Holiday Parks in Bashley and skips donated by New Milton Sand and Ballast.

Their support, worth well over £1000, has transformed our home for everyone who comes to Coda and we are extremely grateful for their help.

In the coming months we will be creating a vegetable garden and places to play and wait in the new space, and with recording studios opening here in the spring, things continue to change at Coda!

To find out more about our development plans or to volunteer at Coda please get in touch.
 

With support from Hampshire County Council, Coda has developed a new opportunity for children to access and experience Music Therapy.

Music Therapy is a clinical service and is about making a difference to participants’ emotional, physical, and mental health & well being through the medium of music. It is about using music to reach the hardest to reach and to change people’s lives and the way they adapt to, feel, relate and operate in the world in which they live.

Throughout 2012 Coda is providing a low cost service to children living or at school in Hampshire and the New Forest. Each child may access 4 consecutive sessions at a cost of £5 per session and parents and carers will receive advice and guidance on next steps from our professional Music Therapists.

Music Therapy can benefit children with a very wide range of disabilities including : Autistic spectrum disorders including severe autism; Neurological damage due to illness/accident; Degenerative conditions; Sensory and physical impairment; Learning disabilities; Mental health and emotional and behavioral challenges; Chronic and terminal conditions.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity please call us on 01425 276161. We would love to help.