Vacancy for Company Administrator (part-time)
Our Company Administrator has had to leave for personal reasons, and again we are able to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, flexible and dedicated administrator to play a central part in the development and growth of this dynamic music education charity. The position is flexible, but ideally we would be looking at 12- 16 hours each week spread over 4 days. The role will be mainly working from home, with regular visits to our Hackney office, and attending some workshops and events in North and East London. You would be joining a small dedicated team supporting AMP's programme delivering inspiring workshops and concerts to 23 primary and special schools in East and North London. The Company Administrator will co-ordinate the day to day running of Apollo Music Projects, supporting all our activities across administration, marketing and fundraising. For further information please read the Job description or contact us for further details.
End of Year Concerts at Hackney Empire
On Tuesday 3rd July we welcomed over 1250 children, teachers and parents to the Hackney Empire for our final concerts of the year performed by the Apollo Chamber Orchestra. It was a fitting end to a wonderful year delivering our programme to 23 different schools across Hackney, Haringey, Camden, Islington and Tower Hamlets.Our musicians performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" conducted by David Chernaik, CEO of Apollo Music Projects, with spoken introductions and musical examples.We spoke to some of the children afterwards, who were thrilled by the performance: “You can just relax and listen”, “It sounded amazing - there was so much detail”Thank you to everyone who joined us including the Friends of Apollo Music Projects and our Trustees. We were also delighted to have been joined by Cllr Clare Potter, Speaker of Hackney (pictured below with pupils from St John and St James Primary School in Hackney).“It was wonderful to see so many children completely absorbed in Beethoven’s music in this amazing venue” said David Chernaik, conductor and CEO of Apollo Music Projects, “The level of concentration from the children was remarkable.”
Apollo Music Projects returns to Hackney Empire
New Company Administrator joins our team
We are delighted to welcome our new Company Administrator Nathalie Meghriche to the Apollo team. Nathalie worked in administration and project management roles within the arts & culture sector for 10 years and in the charity sector as a volunteer manager for 4 years. She joined Apollo Music Projects as Company Administrator in May 2018. Nathalie was appointed following an extensive search and interview process, and we are sure that she will be a tremendous asset to Apollo Music Projects.
GDPR and our updated Privacy Policy
We have updated our Privacy Policy to ensure we are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The personal data which we process is kept up-to-date, is accessed securely and will never be shared with anyone outside the charity. You can review our updated Privacy Policy here.
Education on Fire podcast
AMP CEO and Programme Director David Chernaik took part in a great podcast with Mark Taylor, who runs a brilliant educational website Education on Fire.A chance to hear David talking in depth about the Apollo programme.Listen here
Nice article in the FT
FT articleVery nice article about Apollo Music Projects alongside a wonderful music project in Afghanistan. Thanks to Griselda Murray-Brown.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge success!
A huge THANK YOU to all our supporters who donated during The Big Give Christmas Challenge. We exceeded our target of £20,000, raising a fantastic £22,455.75. This will make a real difference, helping us to bring live music to more children.
The beautiful sound of multiple cellos!
Lovely cello playing - cellos can be so expressive.
Great article about the power of music to improve school results
An inspiring article in the Guardian about a primary school in Bradford using music to help turn around a failing school, with spectacular results.The focus on creativity has improved results across the school, not just among the musically gifted, say the head teacher, adding that it is “demonstrably more effective than drilling Sats papers”.“My hope is that headteachers and people holding purse strings, possibly even the people who make important decisions in the government, will read about our school and realise that creative subjects are not mere add-ons but essential for the progress of all pupils.”https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/03/school-results-music-bradford
Hackney Empire Concerts Success!
On Wednesday 12th July we welcomed over 1,250 children, teachers and parents to the Hackney Empire for our final concerts of the year!
Two new funding awards!
We've had some great news last week and are excited to announce that Apollo Music Projects has been awarded funding...
Match Funding results!
Thank you so much to everyone who donated in the Small Charities Week Matched Funding opportunity through Local Giving! We raised a total of £732.71 during this campaign and we are extremely happy for such generous support.
Thank you to everyone who donated!
We are excited that Local Giving is holding a special Fundraising Day for small charities and Apollo Music Projects is taking part!
On Thursday 22nd June, donations up to £25 made through our Local Giving page will be doubled. We are letting our friends and supporters know about this great opportunity and we hope you might pass this message on to anyone you know who might be interested hearing about Apollo and who might want to support us – at any level! Whether it’s £5 or £25, on 22nd June all donations up to £25 will be matched until the £25,000 matched funding is gone, so set your alarms for 10am!
Why not turn your donation into a Friends of Apollo Music Projects membership? On 22ndJune only, we will offer membership at a reduced rate of £25 (normally £30) to anyone who donates through Local Giving.
Welcome to our new Trustees!
We are delighted to announce our three new trustees: Clare Buxton, Meriel Cartwright and Abigail Malortie. Many thanks to all those who applied. We had an incredibly high level of applicants, and really enjoyed meeting all of them. We are really looking forward to working with Meriel, Clare and Abigail and seeing them at our workshops and concerts.
Baritone Roderick Williams joins us in bringing music into schools
We are excited to announce that Roderick Williams, world renowned baritone, is our newest Associated Artist! In June, he will join us in one of our schools and share his voice and musical inspiration with Apollo Music Projects!