Kate is the founder of Saffron Walden Children’s Orchestra holiday courses. She currently teaches at SCYM and Saffron Walden County High School. As an educator Kate has taught for several years locally at both primary and secondary level and is a dedicated to giving every young person the highest quality of teaching possible. Kate is a graduate of Royal Northern College of Music (Howard Snell), and a postgraduate of Guildhall School (Ray Simmons and John Miller) She was also a junior exhibitioner at Junior Guildhall (Andrew Mitchell).Īs a trumpet player Kate played for the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationem, as well as with Royal and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras and Welsh National Opera. Kate was appointed Head of Saffron Centre for Young Musicians at its inception in 2015, and with her team has developed the Centre into a thriving and successful music school.

It is committed to offering excellence in achievement as well as wider opportunities. Those with sufficient potential can be accepted at any stage of their musical development, and there is no minimum standard’ĬYM has been a division of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama since 2009, and plays a part in the Guildhall Young Artists progression routes, from primary education right through to graduate and post-graduate studies in music. Places are offered on the basis of potential, taking into account the candidates age, musical education and experiences to date. The Centre operates every Saturday in term-time from 9.30 am to 12.30 for 30 Saturdays over the academic year, and is suitable for any young musician who is already able to sing or play an instrument. Working within a wide curriculum, every student has an opportunity to develop their individual musicianship across the broadest possible spectrum. In addition to these practical lessons, students may opt for more academic subjects composition, musical history, theory and aural perception will all be on offer.

The Saffron Centre for Young Musicians provides emerging musicians aged 5-18 in the East of England with a unique opportunity to play in an ensemble, participate in workshops and have individual tuition for instruments including woodwind, brass, strings, piano, guitars as well as singing.

Following on from the success of Hestercombe and Norwich CYM, the Saffron Centre for Young Musicians, based at Saffron Walden County High School, which houses the superb Saffron Hall with its internationally acclaimed acoustics, opened in October 2015. In 2013, the decision was taken to roll out the highly successful CYM model to other parts of the country, particularly to rural areas. Established in 1970, The Centre for Young Musicians has provided musical training of the highest quality for thousands of students in Greater London for over 40 years.

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