WHALE News

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Hailes Quarry Park - the Youth Shelter Project (news from January 2010)

We are delighted to have been invited by the Edinburgh Greenspace Trust to work with them on their development of Hailes Quarry Park. As part of the Street Arts project, we will be drawing together a group of local young people to create a unique and vibrant piece of outside art on the walls of the brand new youth shelter. The hope is that more young people will feel welcomed into the Park and begin to enjoy the outside spaces on offer there. Watch this space for pictures of the completed shelter...

WHALE Building Development (news from December 2009)

WHALE has been awarded a piece of funding from the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Capital Grants fund to support the development of the performance and gallery spaces in the building. This means that, by July this year, we will have a fully equipped performance space ready to welcome local performance groups or touring companies and artists. We'll also be able to exhibit visual art in the newly refurbished public spaces inside and outside the building.  This new space will be ready for use by the summer and we are excited to begin programming work for local people to enjoy.

Music Mondays at WHALE (news from June 2009)

We are delighted to be launching an 18 month period of music projects for young people, funded by the Scottish Arts Council Youth Music Initiative and managed and delivered by partners, the City of Edinburgh Council Cultural Co-ordinators, Wellington School and the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin.

From May, young people aged 8 to 14 will be able to learn to play traditional Scottish music with the EYG, with classes starting in fiddle, guitar, whistle and song. The experienced tutors regularly teach children in Edinburgh and the method of aural learning and group work has been successful in launching 100s of young people into playing traditional music for over the ten years. 24 young people will be given this opportunity, with no audition process and complete beginners encouraged to join. Musical instruments will be provided and lent to learners for the period of the project so they can practice at home. We would hope that this project would launch a confident and talented group of Scots traditional musicians in the area and might even encourage some adults to get involved too.





As part of a programme of music at Wellington School, young people aged 14+ are being offered the chance to take part in 18 months of training in DJing and digital music. Three young people from the Wester Hailes area will be grouped with pupils from the school and sessions will be held weekly here at WHALE until late 2010. This is a unique opportunity for participants to become highly skilled in this music form, which often is offered as a taster or one off session. We hope participants will make more and more use of our decks and music software as they become skilled musicians.  

See courses for more information on how to get involved in either of these projects.


 

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Last updated 26 January 2010