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Musician Call-Out!

Are you a vocalist, instrumentalist or musical creative?

Would you like to gain skills making music in community settings? Freelance opportunities and FREE CPD lead by musicians, academics, and early years practitioners who deliver fun, engaging and educational musical experiences with children and families.

To register your expression of interest – send your CV and up to 250 words about yourself to kasia@suffolkartlink.org.uk by MONDAY 8TH JULY 2024 12 NOON and complete our equality monitoring form.

Get in touch to receive information on our upcoming offers, network meetings and FREE CPD opportunities, contact Kasia: kasia@suffolkartlink.org.uk  01986 873 955 ext 7 or visit Take Part

Little Beats Background Information

We are in our second year of Early Years music project Little Beats! Our place-based project in Lowestoft has contributed to offering exciting, playful and rewarding musical experiences for 0-5’s and their families whilst growing a network of musicians, creatives, schools, providers, local organisations and early years facilitators. Little Beats is a Youth Music and Music for All funded project, over the next 2 years we will continue to offer FREE CPD training, peer to peer support for residents and those committed to working in Lowestoft.

Our project partners are Magic Acorns, Britten Pears, Suffolk Libraries and Lowestoft Rising, who will all being working alongside Suffolk Artlink for the duration of the project. For more information about the project visit :

https://www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/projects/little-beats/

Free Early Years Music Training for Early Years facilitators!

Throughout the programme we will work with locally established early years facilitators (eg family hubs, nurseries, schools and independent EY groups) interested in working with music, movement and sound with 0-5’s and their families . We aim to improve wellbeing, child development and musical engagement for preschool children by developing the skills of selected musicians and early years facilitators. We will offer FREE CPD training over the next 2 years + freelance and mentoring opportunities.

Join our Lowestoft Early Years Music Network!

We will continue to host early years networking sessions, masterclasses and mentoring opportunities. These sessions will be delivered by professionals, artists and academics. Shared knowledge, skills and experience will develop our facilitators personal practice and creativity. This sharing will provide a resource to deliver quality musical activities in Lowestoft for pre-school children and their families and help us to identify gaps in EY music provision in Lowestoft.

Link to Little Beats Padlet – Resource Sharing

https://padlet.com/posenkasia1/LittleBeats_SuffolkArtlink_EarlyYearsMusicNetwork