Adam Gellibrand
It’s great to be writing another report for Wellspring. This year has been very exciting and great fun. With funding from the Wellesley Charitable Foundation I was able to deliver a good number of workshops and also support, and work alongside Chestnut Tree House with two music events!
SEN Sessions at mainstream The year started with some successful sessions for SEN students at Kingslea Primary School in Horsham. The Year 5 students were able to create, edit and record their own compositions and vocal performances. The sessions gave the children confidence to perform in front of each other and enabled them to gain skills on the music making equipment. “Thank you for all your help with Kingslea and can you thank everyone you brought along. The children all enjoyed the sessions.” Alexis Conway, Head Teacher, Kingslea School. Dropping Beats at PACSO PACSO was great this year. I ran four sessions this summer for their holiday clubs, with the help of Dom Beatbox and DJ Scratchy. Two of the sessions were Brazilian percussion which were loud, great fun and fully accessible. All the children joined in on the drums and had a ball! The two DJ workshops were great too and gave Dom Beatbox an opportunity to perform and deliver a short tutorial on beatboxing. This was well received by the group, who all got involved, and an important opportunity too for Dom and his own confidence with group workshops. DJ Scratchy AKA Ryan Spencer was helping too. He set up the decks, helped with the karaoke booth and was able to assist some of the participants using the decks. All the sessions were brilliant! Chestnut Tree House Music Festival On July 23rd myself, DJ Scratchy, DJ Megamix and Dom Beatbox were invited over to Chestnut Tree House for their first music festival at the house! It was a privilege to be involved and both DJs played some great tunes to get the crowd going. When Dom Beatbox took to the stage he blew everyone’s minds with incredible sounds and beatbox skills. Utterly amazing! It was a beautiful sunny day with loads of great acts and once again an important opportunity for our DJs and Dom to showcase their skills. Both DJs and Dom have benefitted from Wellspring sessions over the years and having events like the music festival, are so important and beneficial for our legacy work. Pride in Brighton It was a very wet and windy Saturday on 5th August, but that didn’t stop Horsham Boom Tribe, Chestnut Tree House and thousands of other organisations and people take to the streets in Brighton for Pride 2023! We took our drums to the promenade alongside our friends at Chestnut Tree House to promote their great work. It was my first Pride and I was astounded at how well supported it was, with everyone lining the streets; even when it was practically a monsoon! It was a great opportunity to help Chestnut Tree House raise awareness for their work and it was also brilliant for Boom Tribe to drum at the event. Horsham Boom Tribe are an integrated Samba Band with drummers with and without disabilities, and we loved parading with Chestnut Tree House. It was a fantastic day! “I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and your samba band, I had so many lovely compliments from people saying how great you all were. You all made the parade feel fun and created a wonderful atmosphere for everyone even on a day where the weather wasn’t the best!” Amy Victory, Community Fundraiser, Chestnut Tree House |
Holiday sessions at QM Studios
QM Studios in Horsham is a great venue and very popular with musicians rehearsing, bands playing and community music
sessions too. I was able to deliver three holiday sessions at the studios with the Wellspring funding. We had over 20 attendees in total over the three sessions who enjoyed accessing the decks, computers and instruments. It was a lovely
atmosphere with everyone getting involved with Beatboxing as Dom and Scratchy were once again on hand.
Delivering music sessions for Wellspring is always fulfilling, humbling and great fun. It’s been another great year of accessible music making with some excellent opportunities for colleagues and assistant leaders. There is one more event for this year that will benefit from the funding pot and that is the ‘Friends of Manor Green Christmas Spectacular’ in December. I'll be taking over members of Horsham Boom Tribe to Manor Green Primary School in Crawley and we’ll be joined by some students from Manor Green College to play and parade at the event. It should be a great way to finish off a truly eventful year of work!
Adam Gellibrand
Email: [email protected]
QM Studios in Horsham is a great venue and very popular with musicians rehearsing, bands playing and community music
sessions too. I was able to deliver three holiday sessions at the studios with the Wellspring funding. We had over 20 attendees in total over the three sessions who enjoyed accessing the decks, computers and instruments. It was a lovely
atmosphere with everyone getting involved with Beatboxing as Dom and Scratchy were once again on hand.
Delivering music sessions for Wellspring is always fulfilling, humbling and great fun. It’s been another great year of accessible music making with some excellent opportunities for colleagues and assistant leaders. There is one more event for this year that will benefit from the funding pot and that is the ‘Friends of Manor Green Christmas Spectacular’ in December. I'll be taking over members of Horsham Boom Tribe to Manor Green Primary School in Crawley and we’ll be joined by some students from Manor Green College to play and parade at the event. It should be a great way to finish off a truly eventful year of work!
Adam Gellibrand
Email: [email protected]