Gael Music explores local traditional music and culture with school children across Berkshire. Delivering high quality instrumental tuition on a range of folk instruments, learning tunes based on our own research into local folk music and delivering participatory workshops, schools concerts and family friendly public performances at local venues. Our artistic director Luke Daniels also creates new music from local and national folk music archives for theatre productions and toured performances throughout the UK.

Gael Music is granted the London 2012 Inspire Mark
Berkshire based Gael Music is a traditional music organisation working in schools and in the community. It has been granted the Inspire mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme to deliver ‘Culture Together’, an outstanding project that will celebrate local traditional songs and music with over 900 music sessions and nearly 450 hours of free music tuition. These include free drop in music sessions involving young musicians from participating West Berkshire schools and Gael Music’s folk academies based in Beenham, Hermitage, Hungerford, Bracknell and Tilehurst. Go along to one of these performances, see box below, and try a free starter session on a range of folk related instruments including celtic harps, wood flutes, pennywhistles, mandolin, folk fiddle, squeeze boxes and skin drums.

Public Performances as part of Culture Together Project
* Sat 12 May, 26 May & 9 June Newbury Corn Exchange
* Sun 13 May Burghfield May Fayre, Burghfield Common 14.45 to 15.10
* Sun 3 June Picnic in the Park, Victoria Park, Newbury
* Sun 17 June Berks Giants Festival, Aldworth Village
* Sat 30 June Culture Fest, Newbury Race Course
* Sat 7 July Mortimer Fun Day
* Wed 11 July Olympic Torch Relay, Newbury Town Centre

Culture Together Weekend May 12th & 13th
The opening concert of the Newbury Spring Festival on May 12th has three parts. Your family is welcome to take part in each of the day's events depending on availability.

10.30 Meet outside the Parkway Shopping Centre for our Street Music Procession from the Clock Tower with performance stops outside the Parkway Shopping Centre and Marks and Spencer - this will lead us down over the bridge and left into the market place.

11.15 Instrumental try out sessions in the market place on a range of folk related instruments including melodeon, harp, bodhran, banjo and bagpipes. We have an area roped off for this outside the Town Hall. This is the best time for children to also eat a packed lunch before...

12.00 Run through for the concert in the main auditorium of the Corn Exchange Theatre which is opposite the Town Hall. The concert starts at 1pm and will include local children, string players from the Southern Sinfonia, folk duo Dipper & Daniels, and a storytelling with film animation and live music. Tickets are £3 for adults with children free. Buy on the day or book via their box office on 01635 522 733.

2.00pm finish
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May 13th: The following day The Culture Together Ensemble is performing at the Burghfield May Fayre. We will be there from 12.00 noon running free workshops in our large tipi amongst all the other stalls. Our 20 min performance is in the main arena at 2.45pm so please be at the tipi by 2.15pm at the latest.
For more information visit www.burghfieldresident.org.uk