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Abigail's Blog: New Horizons
Last week there was stark data that in cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 population, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Tyneside and Middlesbrough are top of the leader board. As a nation we collectively toyed with the idea that Covid-19 was a great leveller and then came to our senses, as the irrefutable evidence about the profile of…
Abigail's Blog: Breaking Down Barriers
After a show last Friday, I happened to be chatting to an audience member about our respective weeks. At Sage Gateshead each week is quite different – different musicians, different audiences, different groups of people attending conferences or courses. Often this difference feels slightly surreal. Last week’s best anomaly was a Bake Off for apprentices from…
Abigail's Blog: The Brexit Blog
Earlier this week Royal Northern Sinfonia headed out of the UK to France – a journey within the European Union as EU citizens. This Saturday they will leave the European Union as they cross the border to return to the UK as non EU citizens. In between they will play 5 concerts with their Music…
Abigail's blog: The Roaring Twenties
A wise man said to me last week that he thought that 2020 had not yet revealed itself. I agree. But fair enough – it’s early doors. Last week at Sage Gateshead we had a series of events called The Roaring Twenties. It was a look back at what was happening musically a century ago…
Blog: From the perspective of an Early Years tutor
Carol Bowden, Programme Leader, Early Years. For the past 12 years I have been working as an Early Years Music Leader at Sage Gateshead where we run Mini Musician classes for 0-4 years and Baby Musician classes for 0-12 months. These weekly family music-making classes are immersive sessions, designed to support children’s love of music…
