VIP supports East London inclusion project
10th December 2021
Earlier this year, three London-based music hubs came together to launch Pathways, a project aiming to boost inclusive working across the three boroughs.
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VIP champions Integrate project in West Yorkshire
9th December 2021
It’s been great to be working with four music hubs in West Yorkshire as part of their Integrate project. The project aims to boost inclusive working in each hub and promote collaborative working in mainstream education, PRUs, and community and SEND settings.
Lewisham students and teachers take VIP’s Young Producers’ Project to the next level
18th October 2021
Students in Lewisham schools are enjoying a Young Producers’ Project with Charanga’s VIP Studio Sessions. Our very own Max Wheeler visited Conisborough College and Bonus Pastor School in September and will return this month to introduce hundreds of young people to music production and composition.
‘Here and Now’ (Grown: A Grime Opera) brings together Leicestershire musicians
14th October 2021
During the pandemic, a group of young singers, rappers and musicians came together to perform a track from Grown: A Grime Opera – a fantastic accomplishment given the circumstances.
New playlist celebrates the music of VIP students
18th June 2021
Charanga’s VIP Studio Sessions has enabled UK secondary and international school students to make music for over seven years. This past winter was the busiest on record, and to celebrate the great music that was recorded by our users, we’ve created a new playlist.
Make Music Day 2021 – Perform at the world’s largest music festival
26th April 2021
Make Music Day (MMD), the annual celebration of music now running in 125 countries and over 1,000 cities, takes place on 21st June. As always, there are various ways that teachers, schools, young people, parents and carers can get involved.
100s of children come together for Sing St Albans
25th March 2021
Around 750 children and their families from primary schools across St Albans and Harpenden took part in the recent Sing St Albans project – the results of which can be seen in this fantastic video.
Complimentary music resources for teachers to use and share
11th January 2021
In these difficult times, having the best online materials is more important than ever. To help you, we want to give you some lovely FREE music resources to share with the children.
And the winner of VIP’s Lo-Fi competition is…
18th December 2020
Over the past few weeks, the VIP Studio Sessions team has been running a musical advent calendar on social media, sharing every shortlisted track from our popular Lo-Fi Hip Hop competition. Today we’re excited to announce our winners.
Supporting Young Artists and Future Label Owners
3rd December 2020
Log in to VIP Studio Sessions and you’ll see that we’ve published new video resources in the platform’s Release and Promote section. They feature Aly Gillani, the UK/EU label rep for Bandcamp and A&R/Founder of First Word Records, who we were lucky enough to speak to this autumn.