Literacy

Our Music and Literacy course is a particularly popular workshop which uses music as a tool to raise literacy levels. It is delivered through music composition sessions in which participants are encouraged to write their own lyrics and create their own piece of music.

The Course represents 30 hours of teaching which can be spread over six to eight days depending upon your needs. It is delivered by two to three workshop leaders experienced in working within both the mainstream education sector and the Criminal Justice System and sensitive to the issues involved in working with challenging client groups.

Through the course participants become involved in all aspects of music production and get a chance to:

Familiarise themselves with song writing through studying the work of famous recording artists
Discover different musical styles
Play various musical instruments
Gain an introduction to music composition
Find out more about recording equipment
Write their own lyrics
Create their own piece of music
Perform and record their own piece of music

Each participant will receive a recording of their work on completion of the course. As our Music and Literacy workshop is accredited through the Open College Network, they can also obtain a certificate in Writing for Meaning on successful completion of the course.

Throughout the workshop, we will provide advice, information and contact details to interested participants on further training and work opportunities in the arts.

What do you need?

All we require from you in order to deliver the Music and Literacy course is:

A space of appropriate size big enough to accommodate 12/15 people and our music equipment
A flip chart
Support staff to participate on a short term basis
Refreshments for participants and workshop leaders

We will provide:

Overall management of the project
Experienced and trained staff members
Education packs for all participants
An extensive music kit including: an acoustic drum kit, congas, djembes, bass guitars, electric and acoustics guitars, keyboards and laptops for recording purposes
CDs of the tracks created during the workshop
OCN certification
Evaluation

All our staff are CRB cleared.

For more information, please contact us at:

t: 020 7655 0909

e: info@prisonarts.co.uk

or enter your request into our Enquiries Form