Huntingdonshire Music School Association

Welcome to the Huntingdonshire Music School and Huntingdonshire Music School Association (HUMSA) - one of the Internet’s best kept secrets!

Whilst we may not brag very much, the school is very much a place of musical excellence where adults and children can learn an instrument and play with others in a relaxed and friendly setting.

We have an ‘open door’ policy so why not come in to see us on a Saturday morning and see what a few hundred people get up to in the name of music. We can’t promise that it will make you more attractive to the opposite sex or provide superhuman powers. We can, however, promise you fun and the ability to take up something that might very well change your life.

Sit back, relax and explore…

• Instruments Taught
• Groups, Ensembles & Orchestras
• A Typical Saturday Morning
• Travel with us and have fun

A Happy new year to you all, a year full of renewed efforts to do daily scales, long low tones for wind and brass players, bow practice for string players, scales in 3rds for pianists, independence for percussionists and breathing for singers.  Whether you bang, blow, scrape or pluck, enjoy it. 

I have mixed feelings about you tube; however, I have found it really useful for one thing.  I look on there for performances of the songs that I am thinking of doing for my next exam.  You would be surprised at what I have found!!  Anyway whilst logging on the other day I came across this and was intrigued by the title.  It is worth looking at.  A challenge to any musician and the chance to win a place in a performance at Carnegie Hall

The idea of the YouTube symphony orchestra is to to get lots of people performing and use YouTube to find the performers.

As it says on the YouTube site

Play your part in music history.

Interested in joining the first-ever collaborative online orchestra? Professionals and amateur musicians of all ages, locations and instruments are welcome to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra by submitting a video performance of a new piece written for the occasion by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). We have tools to help you learn the music, rehearse with the conductor, and upload your part for the collaborative video.

And how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice and upload. Send us your talent video performance from a list of recommended pieces. Finalists will be chosen by a judging panel and YouTube users to travel to New York in April 2009, to participate in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra summit, and play at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.

The deadline for all video submissions is January 28, 2009.

Website: http://www.youtube.com/symphony

So why not give it a go? You might even want to get together to do it.  See what you think and the Music School may be able to help you with it.