NEWS ARCHIVE
December 2023
Ambassador In Peerson Day
Our 2023 Ambassadors came together in Glasgow for their final Ambassador Day of the year.
We were joined by three incredible guest speakers Karen Cargill, Kellen Gray and John Wallace, as well as our Founder and Artistic Director Nicola Benedetti and Head of Creative Learning, Lucy Drever.
As the Ambassador year was drawing to a close, we discussed topics including portfolio careers, advocacy, forging your own path, the importance of your support network and much much more.
A huge thank you to our guests for sharing your stories and experiences so openly with our Ambassadors and for your sage advice and wisdom.
November 2023
Ambassador Applications for 2024 are now open!
If you are an engaged, dedicated musician and educator, aged c.19-35, with a strong interest in music education, performance and community music, we’d love to hear from you!
October 2023
The Benedetti Foundation Information Books - Notes for Young String Players and Notes for String Teachers - are now available in three languages; English, French and Italian. Absolutely brilliant to be able to share our wealth of resources with more of our global community.
www.benedettifoundation.org/books
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NOUVEAU | Les carnets d’information de la Benedetti Foundation - suggestions et conseils à l’attention des jeunes instrumentistes et professeurs d’instruments à cordes frottées - sont désormais disponibles en 3 langues: anglais, français et italien. Un outil génial pour pouvoir partager l’abondance de nos ressources avec notre communauté à travers le monde.
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NOVITÀ | I Libri Informativi della Benedetti Foundation - “Notes for Young String Players” and “Notes for String Teachers” - sono ora disponibili in tre diverse lingue: inglese, francese e italiano. È assolutamente fantastico poter condividere la nostra ricchezza di risorse con un numero sempre maggiore di persone in tutto il mondo!
September 2023
Baroque Week
In anticipation of our Baroque Virtual Sessions, Nicky introduces us to specific themes that will be explored in more detail during the week.
September 2023
During the Autumn Term, we are thrilled to be working with the music services in:
Fife and Moray
Bridgend
Dorset and Peterborough
The Residencies are generously supported by National Lottery project grants from Creative Scotland and Arts Council England as well as a number of local Trusts and Foundations, and our work in Wales is supported by Colwinston Charitable Trust and the Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity. This programme is entirely free to music services, designed to provide additional provision and support and we are hugely grateful to everyone who contributes to this programme to enable this.
Join us on our journey across the country on our social media.
August 2023
BBC Radio 4 Today Show
Nicola was interviewed by the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme and spoke about the importance of music education.
July 2023
Baroque Virtual Sessions
The Baroque Virtual Sessions are back and everyone is invited to join us!
This year, we welcome an incredible group of internationally acclaimed baroque specialists including Alina Ibragimova, Maggie Faultless, Thomas Dunford, Liz Kenny, Steven Devine and David Watkin who will lead a weekend of invigorating discussions and in depth exploration of the world of baroque music online on the weekend of 7-8 October. There will be daily ‘Baroque Bites’ between 2-13 Oct from more leading experts shared across our social media platforms and we also have a very exciting opportunity for an early career baroque violinist…
July 2023
The Strad
“Music to me is such a life-affirming gift. It was a real pleasure to be able to share that with so many like-minded people in person.”
A huge thank you to long-haul pilot Jane Delap for sharing her story and The Strad for featuring our recent Adult String Players In-Person Sessions.
Registration is now open for our next sessions in Scotland for Adult String Players. Join us on 25 November at Stewart’s Melville College, Edinburgh. For more info: www.benedettifoundation.org/adults.
July 2023
Haringey Residency Sessions
At the start of July, our final Residency Sessions of the academic year took place in partnership with Haringey Music Service.
Over the week, workshop leaders Elsa Bradley and Lucy Drever delivered music workshops across 7 schools to 1,150 pupils age 5-11, we led two teacher training sessions - one for primary classroom teachers with Lucy and another for instrumental teachers with Rachel Cooper and Alex Laing, before the Residency came to a fantastic end with a mass strings day for beginner players who learn through the music service.
Thank you to all those at Haringey Music Service who made this week possible, the funders and of course to our inspiring Tutors and Ambassadors.
July 2023
Adult Learners In-Person Day
“The whole thing was wonderful. Uplifting, inspiring and moving.”
In July we held our first in person Adult Learner day with Tutors, Alex Laing, Clifton Harrison - Violist, Alice Kent and Assistant Tutor, Rosie Spinks. Thank you to King's College School Wimbledon for hosting and to everyone who joined us.
Photo: Paul Cochrane
June 2023
Renfrewshire Music Service Residency Sessions
After a wonderful week with Renfrewshire Music Service, our Residency Sessions travelled onwards up to Oban to work with the young people and teacheris of Argyll and Bute Council Music Service.
The week began with 11 very warm and sunny music workshops with 7 primary schools in Oban, Dunbeg, Taynuilt, Strath of Appin and Barcaldine led by Lucy Drever and Calum Huggan.We then spend a fab day working with the dedicated instrumental teachers who work with these young people day in, day out across the most unbelievable geographical area.
Before we knew it, mass strings day brought the week to an end. Nearly 100 young beginner players travelled from far and wide, including from the islands of Mull, Iona and Lismore…the first time our Residency Sessions have included early morning boat rides to get there!
Thank you to our Tutors and Ambassadors, to everyone at the Music Service, all the schools who welcomed us so warmly, every teacher and member of staff who accompanied the string pupils on the journey to Oban, the team at Oban High School for hosting our day, Creative Scotland for supporting this project so there were no costs to anyone and of course thank you and congratulations to all the wonderful young people who took part.
Next stop: Haringey Music Service
LJF Photography Oban
June 2023
Merchandise now available
EXCITING NEWS! Our brand new Benedetti Foundation Merch is now on sale on our website.
Shipping to UK via website only
For small orders (pens and pencils only) or international shipping, please contact us info@benedettifoundation.org to check about postage and we will do what we can!
June 2023
Registration for the Bristol Benedetti Session open
We are so excited to bring the Benedetti Sessions to Bristol in November as we visit the South West of England for the very first time and registration is now open!
Hosted at the newly reopening Bristol Beacon, there will be workshops for primary schools (3 Nov), school-age string players and string teachers (4-5 Nov).
Join Nicola Benedetti Leonard Elschenbroich and a team of exceptional musicians and educators from across the UK for an action packed few days of music making.
For full info and to register, visit www.benedettifoundation.org/benedetti-sessions
We hope to see you there!
June 2023
Calling all Adult Learners
Calling all Adult Learners (all instruments). We invite you to join our new Facebook Group for Adult Learners. Whether you’ve taken up an instrument in later life, come back to it after a long break, or played your whole life, everyone is welcome!
Click below to join the group and connect with other adult players in our community.
May 2023
Adult String Player Day
Last Sunday, history was made at the Foundation as we held our first ever in person Benedetti Sessions day for adult string players…and what a day it was. To finally meet so many wonderful adults who we have only seen online, and welcome many more new faces was incredible.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us in Glasgow, to our Tutor and Ambassador team, Alex Laing, Andrea Gajic, Su-a Lee Cello, Simone Seales, Rebecca Blaney and Annabel Stevens and to all at Glasgow CREATE and Glasgow Life for supporting us with use of the Studios in City Halls.
Stay tuned for a little clip coming soon of the final play-through of the day.
Our next Adult String Players Benedetti Sessions Day takes place in London on 8 July. Find out more here: www.benedettifoundation.org/adults
May 2023
East Lothian & Midlothian Music Services Residency
The final day of the East Lothian & Midlothian Music Services Residency Sessions took place last week as 180 beginner string players came together from both areas for a day packed full of music making.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in making this day so wonderful.
April 2023
Northamptonshire Residency Sessions
We spent 3 wonderful days on Part 2 of our Residency with Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust - NMPAT delivering music workshops to over 1400 primary school children in 9 schools across Northampton, Kettering & Daventry.
Thank you to all the schools we visited for your enthusiastic participation and warm welcomes, to the incredible workshop leading team Calum Huggan and Beth Higham-Edwards and to all at NMPAT for your collaboration and partnership.
Photo: John Robertson
April 2023
Dundee Benedetti Sessions
The Benedetti Sessions returned to Dundee as 360+ young string players from Introductory to Advanced, as well as a group of string teachers took over Caird Hall for our biggest sessions yet!
We explored music by Elgar, Florence Price, Geminiani, new compositions for Introductory & Beginners by Joelle Broad & a body percussion piece by Calum Huggan. Meanwhile workshops took place for teachers on topics including fundamentals of string playing, group teaching, developing a curriculum, improvisation, wellbeing & more!
At the end of both days, we came together for sharing sessions, culminating in the Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced Orchestras mass performance of Geminiani’s La Folia arr. The Ayoub Sisters - it’s 1st live performance in Scotland.
A huge thank you to everyone who made this weekend possible: our team of Tutors & Ambassadors, the Pastoral Staff & Parent Volunteers, the team at Caird Hall, all the organisations, families & teachers who supported the young people to attend & the funders, incl. Creative Scotland & the Northwood Charitable Trust.
April 2023
Dundee Primary School Sessions
A day of high energy, high inspiration primary school workshops led by Head of Creative Learning, presenter Lucy Drever and percussionist Calum Huggan. Over 1,000 primary children aged 5-11, from 8 schools across Dundee joined us at Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee.
A huge thank you to the teachers and support staff from all the schools for your hard work in arranging to bring the young people to join us and to everyone who took part - thank you for your infectious enthusiasm, your wonderful answers and your brilliant rhythm and singing.
March 2023
Hounslow Residency Sessions
Starting off with a mass strings day, 75 beginner violinists and their teachers came together from schools all across the borough as we explored two pieces of music written for beginner players written by Joelle Broad (soon to be available to teachers everywhere).
We then continued with 3 days of primary school workshops led by the team of Lucy Drever, Elsa Bradley and on the final day we were joined by Assistant Tutor (and one of the Foundation’s very first Ambassadors) cellist, Rosie Spinks. Across the 3 days we met 1640 primary pupils from Year 1-6 and their wonderful teachers. Thank you for welcoming us into your schools.
A huge thank you also to our inspiring workshop leaders, Tutors and Ambassadors, everyone at Hounslow Music Service especially Oonagh Barry, Head of Service, for your collaboration & to the funders of this Residency including Arts Council England.
Mark Allen (1-5) | Benedetti Foundation (6-7) | Hounslow Music Service (8-16)
March 2023
Ambassador Day
At the beginning of March we brought together the 2023 Ambassador cohort for our first Ambassador Day of the year.
The theme of the day was trailblazing and we were delighted to be joined by 3 trailblazing guest speakers: Becky Allen, President of EMI Records, Kathryn Enticott, Director of Enticott Music Management & saxophonist, broadcaster and presenter Jess Gillam.
Across the day, we discussed 4 key themes: what does trailblazing mean to you, what meaningful communication looks like, the intrinsic link between the roles of performer, musician & educator & what other skills, asides from musical skills are needed to help grow your career.
A huge thank you to all the guest speakers for a truly uplifting & inspirational afternoon, to our host, Lucy Drever, to all the Ambassadors for coming to London from all across the UK (and further afield!), Jonny Bohane, IT extraordinaire and our hosts Latymer Upper School who gifted us their recital hall, and to the funders who support this programme.
March 2023
Residency Sessions in Northern Ireland
“The children and staff came back buzzing from the workshop today! The children absolutely loved it and both teachers commented on how the children hung off their every word.” - Head Teacher
At the start of this month, we had the complete joy and privilege to work with the Education Authority Music Service Southern Region delivering our first Residency Sessions in Northern Ireland.
A wonderful three days. Thank you to everyone who hosted us, the EA Music Service Southern Region Team especially Jan & Nuala & to Arts Council of Northern Ireland for your support.
Check back later to see what happened next!
Phil Magowan
March 2023
BBC Radio 4
It was a pleasure to welcome BBC Radio 4 to our Bolton Benedetti Sessions last month as part of this new series focused on music education.
Listen back to hear Nicola Benedetti and some of our Tutors discuss this important topic.
February 2023
Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust
A huge thank you to Arlene, one of our Ambassador Mentors, for providing the chance for some of our Ambassadors to join the Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust (SScOT) Play Away Day last weekend.
These experiences are invaluable for musicians and educators entering the profession and are an essential part of developing their skills working with young people. We are so grateful for these additional opportunities - thank you!
Anne, Lauren and Ksenia from the Ambassador 2023
February 2023
High Life Highland
Last week our Residency Sessions travelled on to the Highlands of Scotland where we had a wonderful week with High Life Highland in Inverness (Highland Young )
Our first few days were spent with 1,200 primary school children from 9 schools across the area as Lucy Drever & Calum Huggan led a 1-hour workshop in every school.
The week in Inverness then culminated with what was the largest mass strings day we have held on the Residency Sessions (…so far!) Strings Day saw over 350 beginner string players travel from all over the Highlands take part…not even a storm could stop them!
An incredible day was had as we worked closely with the dedicated music instructors at High Life Highland. These teachers are so committed to their students and to ensuring access to as many opportunities as possible. They have one of the largest geographical areas to cover of any music service in the UK, but they don’t let that stop them! A very special team.
Thank you to everyone at High Life Highland, especially Music Service Manager Norman Bolton & to all at Creative Scotland for funding the Residency Sessions.
A day to be remembered for a long time.
Ewen Wetherspoon
February 2023
East Riding Music Hub Residency Sessions
From our Bolton Sessions, we travelled on to the next stop on the Residency Sessions tour: East Riding of Yorkshire, where we spent a wonderful 5 days with the pupils and teachers from East Riding Music Hub.
Thank you to all at East Riding Music Service for a very special week with you and for preparing your pupils so beautifully, to all our Tutors and Ambassadors as always for bringing such energy, joy and dedication to the sessions & to Arts Council England, the Liz & Terry Bramhall Foundation & those who donated through the Big Give for funding this Residency, ensuring everyone was able to participate at no cost.
December 2022
Bolton Benedetti Sessions: Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the Bolton Benedetti Sessions, taking place on 3-4 February 2023 at Victoria Hall, Bolton. Click below to find out more.
December 2022
Glasgow Benedetti Sessions
The Benedetti Sessions returned to Glasgow for the first time since our launch in January 2020. On 17-18 December, we were delighted to welcome over 170 young string players, aged 6-18 and a group of instrumental teachers for a weekend packed full of creativity, rhythm, improvisation, singing and learning by ear all while exploring works by The Ayoub Sisters, Vaughan Williams, Brian Burmages, Joelle Broad and Calum Huggan.
Monday 19 December saw over 1000 primary school children from Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire come together at the Old Fruitmarket for action-packed music workshops led by Lucy Drever and Calum Huggan, before ending the sessions with a class teacher training session with Lucy.
A huge thank you to our hosts, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow Life and everyone involved in the Sessions.
December 2022
Residency Sessions with Devon and Torbay Music Education Hub
Our Residency Sessions Tour for Autumn 2022 made its final stop of the year in Devon and Torbay. We had a wonderful week visiting nine primary schools all across the area from Blackawton to Newton Abbott to Whimple, working with over 1,000 primary school children. During our time in Devon, we also held a session for primary class teachers and string teachers and the week culminated in a mass strings day for Intermediate players who learn both with the music service and locally.
The Residency Sessions return in January visiting Northamptonshire and Hounslow.
December 2022
The Big Give Christmas Challenge
Between 29 November and 5 December, The Benedetti Foundation is took part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, raising £40,000 towards funding our Primary School Workshops as part of the 2023 Residency Sessions Tour. A huge thank you to everyone who helped us to reach our target by making a match-funded donation. We are incredibly grateful to you all. If you’d still like to make a donation to support our work, please visit our support pages.
November 2022
Residency Sessions
Throughout late October and November, our Residency Sessions visited North, South and East Ayrshire, East and Mid Lothian, Buxton, Inverclyde and Aberdeen this month, working in close partnership with the music services and other organisations including Big Noise Torry (Sistema Scotland). With our incredible teams of musicians, we have delivered:
47 primary school workshops to over 7,200 5-11 year olds and their teachers
4 strings days to over 450 young people age 7-18
classroom teacher and instrumental teacher sessions in every location, reaching over 160 teachers
October 2022
Cardiff Benedetti Sessions: Primary School Workshops at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Over 1000 primary school children from 22 schools across Wales joined us at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama for Part 2 of the Cardiff Benedetti Sessions. Workshop leaders Lucy Drever and Patrick King, Ambassador Ellie and RWCMD percussion student Alex led 4 action packed workshops taking pupils on a musical exploration.
October 2022
Glasgow Benedetti Sessions
The Benedetti Sessions will return to Glasgow from 17-19 December. Hosted by our friends at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, these Sessions will feature a brand-new piece of music for mass string orchestra written by The Ayoub Sisters.
October 2022
Nicola Benedetti on BBC 4 ‘This Cultural Life’
Recently, our Founder and Artistic Director, Nicky was interviewed by John Wilson for This Cultural Life. In this clip, she discusses the work of our Foundation and the impact access to music education can have on young people.
October 2022
Baroque Virtual Sessions
We were delighted to welcome over 500 of you to the Baroque Virtual Sessions 2022. A huge thank you to Rachel Podger, Clifton Harrison, David Watkin, Carina Cosgrave, Leo Duarte, Ursula Paludan Monberg, Adrian Bending, Steven Devine and Liz Kenny who each led a 1-hour session exploring the baroque era through the eyes of their instrument.
Resources from the Baroque Sessions, including Series 2 of Discover Baroque are available to watch here.
September 2022
Residency Sessions Get Underway
The Residency Sessions for 2022-23 are underway - first stop: Cumbria. Over the week, working in partnership with Cumbria Music Hub, we visited 6 primary schools in Barrow-in-Furness and Kendal, meeting over 700 children from Reception to Year 6, delivered training for classroom teachers and instrumental teachers and held a mass strings day hosted by Trinity School in Carlisle. We are looking forward to returning to Whitehaven in December for the final day of this Residency.
September 2022
New Music Video Release
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni arr. Holt, performed by Nicola Benedetti and the Tutors and Ambassadors at the Cardiff Benedetti Sessions.
September 2022
Ambassador Day
Our 2022 Ambassador cohort came together this month for their 2nd in-person day. We were honoured to be joined by guest speakers Karen Cargill, Gillian Moore, Kadie Kanneh-Mason and John Wallace, alongside Nicky Benedetti, who led thought-provoking, inspiring discussions on topics including trailblazing in classical music and music education, advocating for music education, the role of social media in today’s society, physical and mental wellbeing, injury prevention, auditions and performance and the role of the next generation of educators. A huge thank you to all our guests for sharing their experiences so openly and honestly.
September 2022
Cardiff Benedetti Sessions
At the start of this month, we welcomed over 120 young string players and several instrumental teachers from all across Wales and SW England to our Cardiff Benedetti Sessions. These Sessions have been a long time coming, having been postponed first for Covid-19 and then for Storm Eunice!
It was a real joy to bring these musicians together for a weekend packed full of creativity, rhythm, improvisation, singing and learning by ear, all while exploring works by Paganini, Holst, Walker and Mascagni.
Congratulations to all those who took part - we are so proud of all you collectively achieved and thank you to all our Tutors and Ambassadors for your never-ending support and dedication.
WATCH OUR MASS STRING ENSEMBLE PERFORM PAGANINI 24, ARR. THE AYOUB SISTERS
August 2022
Adult Learners: Online Chamber Music Session
Adult String Players are invited to join us for a chamber music session online next month. We invite you to join this supportive community of string players to explore the Finale of Holst’s St Paul’s Suite with tutors Alex Laing, Andrea Gajic, Clifton Harrison, Rozzie Curlett and Claire Whitson. We look forward to seeing you there!
July 2022
First Residency Sessions Takes Place in Gateshead
The first ever Benedetti Foundation Residency Sessions took place this week in partnership with Gateshead and South Tyneside Music Services. Over the week, workshop leaders Lucy Drever and Calum Huggan visited 8 primary schools working with over 1000 KS2 children. We led training for primary classroom and string teachers, and the week came to close as our strings team delivered a wonderful mass strings day. During the day, we welcomed nearly 90 beginner string players who learn through the music services, as well as children from In Harmony Gateshead. A huge thank you to the Trusts who supported this week, and to everyone in our partner organisations who helped make it all possible.
June 2022
Perth Benedetti Sessions
The Benedetti Sessions returned to Scotland for the first time since March 2020 hosted by Perth Concert Hall. First, over 170 young musicians aged 7-18 came together from across the country for 2 days packed full of music making and then we welcomed 1800 primary school children from 18 schools to a day of Primary School Workshops.
The Sessions in Perth were an absolute inspiration for us all and deeply moving. Huge thanks to all the young musicians, primary schools, conductors, tutors, workshop leaders, ambassadors, pastoral tea, and sponsors that made it all happen!
June 2022
Mini Sessions Return
The Mini Sessions are back this month with a series of online professional development workshops for instrumental teachers including talks led by Amy Beth Horman, Rachel Cooper and Joelle Broad.
Find out more about the Mini Sessions here.
May 2022
Norfolk Music Hub: Music Service Sessions
This month our strings team travelled to Norfolk to deliver a strings day for the young musicians of Norfolk Music Hub. 10 schools came together at the Inspiration Trust in Norwich as we explored two pieces of music written by Foundation Tutor, Joelle Broad. We explored new techniques, improvisation, rhythm, shared our creative activities and stories of the music and had lots of fun! Thank you to all the Trusts who supported this day and enabled all children to attend free of charge.
May 2022
Global Violin Sessions Part 2
The Global Violin Sessions Part 2 has come to a close. It has been an extraordinary three weeks packed full of musical information and inspiration as we have taken a journey of discovery, globalism and cultural exchange.
So what did happen when we took a tune and sent it around the world? Watch the final film below to find out.
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us live online or viewed the sessions back from home over these three weeks and to our guest artists: Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain, Jenna Reid, The Ayoub Sisters, Joseph Tawadros, Laure Chan, Timothy Chooi, Siqian Li and Cheng Yu.
April 2022
String Day, Surrey
This month our strings team visited Cranmore School in Surrey to lead a day for beginner and intermediate string players. We were joined by children from 7 schools across the area. It was wonderful to be back on the road and able to bring together young people from different schools. Well done to everyone who took part and a huge thank you to our Tutors and Ambassadors.
March 2022
Ambassador Day
“It’s all about what you do with that path once you’ve chosen it” - the words spoken to our 2022 Ambassador cohort by Dame Evelyn Glennie as we gathered for our first Ambassador Day of the year. We were thrilled to be joined by Suzie Collier, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Wynton Marsalis, Clemmie Burton-Hill and Kwame Kwei-Armah who shared their insights, experiences and incredible advice with our new community of Ambassadors.
March 2022
Instrumental Ambassador Project with Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Our First Instrumental Ambassador Project of the year is underway working in partnership with the innovative Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective musicians: Tom Poster, Elena Urioste, Laura van der Heijden, Armand Djikoloum and Ben Goldscheider. This project focuses on collaborative music making and explores the works of Amy Beach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and George Gershwin.
February 2022
Music Service Sessions with Glasgow Create Instrumental Music Service
At the end of February, the Music Service Sessions returned to Glasgow working in partnership with Glasgow Create Instrumental Music Service. We welcomed young people from across Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire Music Services and Big Noise Govanhill for a day for beginner string players in City Halls. For many this was their first in person ensemble day since March 2020 - a very special moment.
“Days like the one we have just experienced are the magical gateways which spark and inspire those future musicians.” - Pam Black, Glasgow Create Instrumental Music Service
February 2022
Building Foundations - Exploring the Physicality and Psychology of Playing
Building Foundations - Exploring the Physicality and Psychology of Playing. Our first Virtual Sessions of the year took place this month with guest artists Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Alina Ibragimova, Elena Urioste, Melissa White, Leonard Elschenbroich, Laura van der Heijden, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Richard O’Neill and our Founder and Artistic Director Nicola Benedetti.
The Sessions included live string sessions, wellbeing sessions, a live panel discussion and daily challenges open to all. These Daily Challenges have now been added to those from the 2021 Virtual Sessions and can be accessed via our website. Follow the link below!
February 2022
2022 Ambassadors
We welcome the 2022 Ambassadors to the Benedetti Foundation. This year, 130 students aged 18-29 will take part in our year-long training programme, including 16 of the 2021 Ambassadors who rejoin us as Lead Ambassadors and 11 of the 2020 cohort who take on the role of Senior Lead Ambassadors. Congratulations to you all! We look forward to working with you this year.
January 2022
Virtual Sessions: Building Foundations - Register Now
The Virtual Sessions are back! Between 12-18 February, we will be returning with our first Short Virtual Sessions for 2022 revisiting the topic Building Foundations: Exploring the Psychology and Physicality of Playing.
January 2022
Happy New Year! What’s On This Month
We are looking forward to welcoming you back to our online sessions this month.
Adult String Players are invited to join us for a weekend of chamber music online on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January from 2-5pm GMT on both days.
String Teachers looking for a boost for your teaching or a chat with fellow teachers at the start of the new term. Coming up this month, join us for two sets of Teaching Sessions focusing on Group String Teaching with David Munn and Teaching Beginner Violin with Rachel Cooper.