T ees M usic .... A lliance .... (TMA) is proud to present to you…....
The Culture Retreat....
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The focus of this new and exciting development is on inspiring people into work and to volunteer by encouraging talent and promoting creativity.....
We are offering great opportunities to attend workshops and skills building development activities, including volunteer experience within TMA and the chance to become a ‘Cultural Ambassador’ during our Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival and other key events.....
The Culture Retreat offers a 10 week Volunteer Development Programme involving workshops, confidence building, motivation, problem solving, time management and mentoring training as well as the chance to develop computer skills and an insight into the technical aspects of the music industry.....
The programme includes an opportunity to achieve an accredited ‘Arts Award’ (bronze level) as well as gaining practical volunteering experience within TMA’s Green Dragon Studios and our venue, The Georgian Theatre.....
Alongside all of this we are running a programme of ‘Skills Weeks’, offering access to specialists within the music industry, these will include:....
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Hitting the Mark - from setting yourself up as a musician to getting yourself noticed. Ending with the completion of a mini-portfolio of your creative work . ....
Visualise This - learning how traditional art forms can be digitally manipulated and used creatively in designing posters, web content and video. Ending with a session in The Georgian Theatre when a compilation of the work created will be projected to a soundtrack.....
Sounding It Out - an introduction to sound recording and reproduction through the demonstration of techniques. Ending in each participant leaving with a CD that the whole group has created. ....
Cool Runnings - learning what it takes to put together an event from scratch. This will include learning a variety of skills required ending in participants running an actual event at the end of the season.....
Capture This - learning how film-making can be used creatively to produce a marketing tool for musicians, artists and bands. Ending with the creation of a DVD movie that the group has worked on. ....
Reading between the Lines - a beginner’s guide to screenwriting, this provides the skills to develop a short script from a film idea. Also covering the film industry and essential writing, creating, funding and signposting advice. ....
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In addition to this we will be running monthly workshops which are designed to give an insight to job roles within the creative industries. These include:....
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Image creation with Photoshop....
Marketing....Screen Writing....
Using film for promotion....
Setting up in business....
Volunteering as a vocation....
Sound Recording....
My Space page creation....Business Planning....
Production Lighting....
Project Development....
Self Promotion....
Production Management....
Promotion....Funding for Musicians....
Creative Scanning....
Building a Band....
Sound Editing....
Event Management....
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