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Community Music and Groups
On this page: Donate · Wellbeing · Groups · Drop-In · Singing · Drumming · Songwriting · Funding · Information
Read more below about the music we make, and the projects we have already funded and subsidised . . .
All donations are gratefully received - and every pound will enable more community music to take place in Dundee.
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These projects will provide music sessions for people within the community. The sessions will help people improve their wellbeing, providing an enjoyable experience while also:
Community Groups
We run two open community music groups weekly from Aug 2024: see the posters for more details.
Drum & sing sessions at Just Bee Productions
Informal group for adults, open to all, free entry.
Mondays @ 1pm
Eventbrite link to book a free place.
Unique Rhythm at Uppertunity
Interactive music for adults with additional support needs.
Fridays @ 10/11am
Email Uppertunity to book a place.
Drop-in Music Sessions
Community music drop-in sessions, providing a welcoming atmosphere for people to come and sing, play music or listen.
Our drop-ins ran weekly Apr-June 2024 - more details soon of future sessions.
These are facilitated by community musician Ed Muirhead, who has years of experience leading music groups and sessions, plus an MSc in music therapy. They will be tailored to suit the people who come, and may include singing, drumming, songwriting, guitar, etc.
Singing
Songs + Music
We lead singing and music-making sessions in homes, common rooms and community centres. We bring a guitar or accordion to accompany the music. Each session is tailored to the people taking part.
Drumming
Rhythms + Songs
We lead drumming group sessions in the community: everyone sits in a circle playing their own drum. We also sing familiar songs to help keep the beat. Participants greatly enjoy these sessions, with group numbers growing since they began.
Songwriting
Creativity + Expression
We run therapeutic songwriting sessions in school to help young people express themselves creatively in their own way, also learning about songwriting and music making each week.
Over the course of a term, the sessions explore elements of songs, creating music and putting them together.
The pictures show some of the topics covered, plus feedback from our first term, funded by our songwriters nights.
Funding
We have raised awareness and funds (over £1300 to date) for community music through gigs and events.
Songwriters Nights #1/#2 funded ten 30-minute music sessions for children with additional support needs at a local primary school during Oct-Dec 2021.
These were inclusive music-making activities, often improvised and responding to the sounds each child made. Read more here.
Songwriters Night #3 funded six 30-minute music sessions for adults with a learning disability in the community during Feb 2022.
These sessions involved singing songs chosen by those involved, including plenty of popular tunes by ABBA, Elvis and much more!
Songwriters Nights #3/4 funded eight 45-minute therapeutic songwriting sessions for Dundee secondary school students during Aug-Oct 2022.
Over the course of a term, the sessions explored elements of songs, creating music and putting them together. Read more.
Songwriters Nights #5/6/7 funded six 1-hour music sessions for a Dundee secondary school student during Apr-May 2023.
These sessions enabled a young person to develop their music skills, as well as having a safe creative outlet.
Festival 2022 subsidised twelve 1-hour drumming sessions for adults during Feb-May 2023.
These sessions brought together a large group of adults in the community to play drums, sing, and enjoy themselves!
Festival 2022 also subsidised fifteen singing sessions for adults with a learning disability, Mar-Jun 2023.
These sessions featured favourite songs chosen by participants, who enjoyed singing solos or with a group.
Festival 2023 subsidised thirteen 1-hour drumming sessions for older adults during Aug-Oct 2023.
These sessions were hosted by a charity, with a group of adults playing drums and singing a variety of songs.
Festival 2023 also helped enable weekly drop-in sessions open to all during Feb-Jun 2024.
These drop-ins took place in community settings in Lochee + Whitfield, offering direct access to music making.
An anonymous benefactor also helped enable weekly drop-in sessions open to all during Feb-Jun 2024.
These drop-ins took place in community settings in Lochee + Whitfield, offering direct access to music making.
Songwriters Nights #9/10 helped enable weekly drop-in sessions open to all during Aug-Dec 2024.
These drop-ins took place in Just Bee Productions, offering fun weekly drumming and singing.
Information
Below there are information sheets and more about our previous groups.
If you have a request or a suggestion, please email.
Read more about my previous experience in community music and music therapy.
In 2018/19 we ran Better Taygether - an intergenerational singing group at The Circle in Dundee, in partnership with Better:Gen.
This group brought together people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to sing, helping to improve their well-being and connect with others.
The original face the music group began in 2015 at a library in Dundee, and met for several months - learning chords and songs along the way.
People of all ages joined to make music with guitars, ukuleles, cajon, djembe, clarinet, flute & cabasa.
The name came from fun all-age community ensemble.
"Singing is like a celebration of oxygen."