Music, Dance & Drama

Music & Singing

London

Lewisham

Come and join our Training Choir and develop your singing and musicianship skills whilst working towards performances. We learn a wide range of traditional, popular and classical music including singing in harmony, accompanied and a cappella.

Training Choir (9-13 yrs)

With their motor skills now developed, children continue to experiment with new instruments while musical concepts are consciously integrated. Music is now introduced in such a way as to support Phase One of the Letter and Sounds national teaching programme. Teaching is also designed to enhance and promote other areas of learning set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage national curriculum. Children will be able to copy and recognise rhythms, improvise their own musical patterns and create their first compositions. Our future musicians are now independent and confident enough to be Little Maestros!

Little Maestros (3 yrs)

The Little Art-Venture Club is a great introduction to the world of art. These child-led, exploratory sessions will enable you and your child to discover different materials, textures and art forms in an engaging and stimulating environment. Children acquire new skills on a week-by-week basis and gain more confidence in the vocabulary they use to describe what they see and feel. Activities are kept relevant and interesting by linking classes to seasonal activities and celebrations. You can purchase an ‘Art-Venture sketchbook’ in which all the work your child produces over the course is collected together: this serves as a wonderful record of their progress and a real source of celebration. These are available from your Tutor for £5. Please note, this is not a drop off session and parents and carers are expected to stay and join in.

The Little Art Venture Club (6 mths-2 yrs)

At this stage, we begin to build solid foundations for our future musicians. Children start to engage with spontaneous music making, are encouraged to discover new instruments and explore all their different voices. With the help of puppets, musical concepts are gradually introduced. Listening, imagination and fine motor skills are all enhanced, offering developmental benefits beyond music.

Toddler Tunes (18-36 mths)

The Little Art-Venture Club is a great introduction to the world of art. These child-led, exploratory sessions will enable you and your child to discover different materials, textures and art forms in an engaging and stimulating environment. Children acquire new skills on a week-by-week basis and gain more confidence in the vocabulary they use to describe what they see and feel.

The Little Art Venture Club (2-4 yrs)

Little Maestros (4 yrs)

Art-Venture club provides a fun packed, stimulating yet informal setting for your child to really enjoy the process and results of creating art. Designed to give your child the chance to explore a wide range of materials and media, the class covers model making, printmaking, puppetry, painting and drawing. All activities are carefully planned to increase visual awareness and above all to stimulate enthusiasm and enjoyment.

The Art Venture Club (6-10 yrs)

Our Painting Skills class is designed for students who wish to explore and develop painting techniques and take their skills to the next level. Students explore colour application and mixing using a variety of media which may include acrylics, watercolour, tempera, ink, oils etc. We also experiment with painting on different materials such as paper, wood, cardboard, glass and canvas. As with our long-running Drawing Skills class, students study the work of other artists to help deepen their understanding and expand their visual literacy of the painted world.

Painting Skills (9-14 yrs)

During this course, we work as an ensemble using theatre games to build rapport and skills with special emphasis on movement, mime, confidence-building and, of course, creativity. We have great fun exploring well-known stories together, working towards a relaxed ‘sharing’ for parents at the end of each term.

Blackheath Youth Theatre Juniors (7-10 yrs)

This is an ideal class for any Junior Musician, whether they are already beginning to learn an instrument or are thinking of taking one up but do not feel ready just yet. Based on music theory and the KS1 national curriculum, the course continues to explore the concepts that have been set out in other Early Years classes. Children will copy and recognise more complex rhythms, improvise their own musical patterns and explore core skills in rhythm, pitch and musical expression through songs, games and stories.

Junior Musicianship (5 & 6 yrs)

Our lively Junior Choir has a great time developing singing and musicianship skills and making new friends. We sing in unison and in harmony (with no sheet music-reading required), accompanied and a cappella. New members are always welcome!

Junior Choir (6-8 yrs)

This course is for those who want to discover more about theatre and acting and develop their drama skills. Students are actively encouraged to use their own ideas and given the opportunity to explore their creativity and performance skills whilst working as an ensemble. Employing a wide variety of acting techniques, devised work and scripted plays, the course often culminates in a sharing at the end of the term.

Blackheath Youth Theatre Academy (13-15 yrs)

Playing a mix of traditional orchestral repertoire and more modern music (recent pieces have included Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and Dvorak’s New World Symphony Theme) the Saturday Sinfonia is a confidence-building group for those developing their playing from Grade 1 onwards. There’s no audition for this group and there is a discount for students who have instrumental lessons at the Conservatoire. In addition to playing, the group do yoga warmups, and learn about tuning, chords and key signatures. Students will improve their aural skills, learn how to play together, understand the role of the conductor and even compose their own pieces for the Symphonia. If you are already learning an instrument with us in Individual Tuition then you can receive 25% off your course fee for this class!

Saturday Sinfonia (7-15 yrs, Grade 1+)

Building on the work we do in BYT Juniors classes, students are introduced to the core elements of theatre through storytelling, role play, physical and vocal development and simple script work. Each term we will explore a different style of theatre, so students grow and develop a wide range of skills in both performance and direction.

Blackheath Youth Theatre Foundations (10-12 yrs)

In this class, the children learn basic techniques on this little instrument in an engaging and fun way. Together as a group we explore all the sounds a ukulele can make, as well as strumming open string pieces and plucking with simple chords. We even work together to write our own little pieces of music. Best of all: ukuleles always sound good! This class is the perfect introduction to playing a stringed instrument and starts our developing musicians on their musical journey.

Highly Strung! Ukulele Group (4 - 5 yrs)

The Conservatoire

We are Blackheath's local arts centre. We provide a broad mix of top quality music, art, drama classes to visitors aged 0 to 100!

The quality of the arts that we offer remains at the centre of our mission – all of our teachers are professional musicians, artists and performers, trained at the best schools, and also inspiring teachers.

Training Choir (9-13 yrs)

The Conservatoire

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