The next CYMAZ Annual General Meeting will be held from 6:30pm on Thursday 13th October 2010 at W13 Krowji, The Old Grammar School, West Park, Redruth, TR15 3AJ. The AGM will be followed by an exciting line up of young musicians from across the county next door to the CYMAZ office in the Melting Pot. This is part of a series of CYMAZ Nights across the county and is open to members of the public to come and see the talent and achievements of young people CYMAZ works with.

The AGM is open to all members of the community who have an interest in the activities of CYMAZ and further details can be obtained by contacting us on 01209 211155 or e-mailing emily@cymaz.co.uk

The search is on to find a song to represent Cornwall at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland in April 2012. A competition, the Kan rag Kernow, is being held in Cornwlal this autumn to find the winning Cornish song to go to Ireland.

Entries to the Kan rag Kernow competition should be newly composed and are welcomed in any genre of music. All songs must be written and performed in the Cornish language. Free help is available for writing lyrics in Cornish.

For further information and to access an entry form visit www.magakernow.org.uk/kanragkernow

The deadline for entries is 30th September.

This year there will be a Rap Workshop run by the rapper, writer and multi-instrumentalist Dizraeli.   We’d particularly like to encourage young people to take part but the workshop has limited tickets so anyone who is interested needs to get their tickets now. Tickets for the rap workshop are £5 and as well as the workshop, participants can attend or take part in a poetry slam and Dizraeli performance later that evening.

Reminder: Application Deadline – Tuesday 15 March 2011.

Follow the link for more information:

Unplugged at The Eden Project

Tutors for the 2011 summer school include NYJC’s Founder and Artistic Director Issie Barratt, Nic France, Nikki Iles, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Jeremy Price, Nick Smart, Martin Speake and Mike Walker. 

Auditions for the 2011 Summer School will be held in Devon and Cornwall on 2nd and 3rd of April, and are open to young musicians who are aged 14 to 18 and living in England.  

To download more information on applications and auditions, click here.

Please note that the National Youth Jazz Summer School 2011 applications deadline has now been extended to 18th March.

Create and perform the largest musical work ever to be staged at the Eden Project, written and directed by acclaimed composer Tim Sutton.  Performed across the whole width of the Eden crater by singers, brass and percussion, Unplugged will build a third Biome with sound. 

The music will draw on Cornwall’s folk traditions and the history of the region’s mining industry.  It will speak powerfully of our connection to the environment.  It will be a zero-carbon performance of about half an hour, taking place in daylight hours and using no electro amplification.

If you are committed, enthusiastic and 16 or over, click the following link to an application form with further details (please note that if you under 18, Eden will need to talk to you about supervision requirements for the event).

Download Application Form

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 15th March.

The performance starts at 7:30 and there are still some tickets available if you haven’t got yours already.

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you can’t tune in on the radio, you can listen to the programme online at the following link:

CYMAZ on the Martin Bailie Show – Listen Live and Listen Again

You can learn more about Splanna! and book your tickets from the Hall for Cornwall by clicking here

Tickets are still available for Splanna! next Tuesday (including free tickets for under 26’s as part of the Arts Council initiative ‘A Night Less Ordinary’) from the Hall for Cornwall so book now if you haven’t already got a ticket.