CENTRES FOR ADVANCED TRAINING (CATs)
What are they?
The Centres for Advanced Training (CATs) are organisations or consortia of organisations/partners that include existing Saturday provision at junior departments of music conservatoires and new weekend schools, after school hours and holiday courses for young musicians and dancers. They provide children with local access to the best available teaching and facilities alongside strong links with the music and dance profession. They ensure that children who are talented and committed dancers and musicians have appropriate, tailor-made, specialist provision even if they do not choose to attend specialist boarding schools.
Where are they?
The following CATs offer or will offer Music and Dance Scheme National Grants.
Aldeburgh Young Musicians (pilot year 2007/08)– Colin Virr (Director of Aldeburgh Young Musicians), Aldeburgh Music, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, Suffolk IP17 1SP Tel: 01728 687115 Fax: 01728 687120
email: cvirr@aldeburgh.co.uk
website: www.aldeburgh.co.uk/aym
Centre for Young Musicians – Stephen Dagg (Director), CYM, Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT Tel: 020 7928 3844 Fax: 020 7928 3454
email: info@cym.org.uk
website: www.cym.org.uk
Dance City Academy – Pete Huggins, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4BR Tel: 0191 261 0505 Fax: 0191 230 0486
email: info@dancecity.co.uk
website: www.dancecity.co.uk
Dance East Academy – Lucy Hegarty (DanceEast Academy Co-ordinator), Northgate Arts Centre, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, IP4 3DF Tel 01473 639230 or 295250
email: academy@danceeast.co.uk
website: www.danceeast.co.uk/academy
DanceXchange – Momentum CAT for South Asian and Contemporary dance (pilot year 2008/09) – Louise James (Momentum Programme Manager), DanceXchange, Birmingham Hippodrome, Thorp Street, Birmingham B5 4TB Tel 0121 689 1096
email: louise.james@dancexchange.org.uk
website: www.dancexchange.org.uk/momentum
Laban – Jessica Hemming (CAT Programme Co-ordinator), Creekside, London SE8 3DZ Tel: 020 8691 8600 Fax: 020 8691 8400
email: j.hemming@laban.org
website: www.laban.org
London Contemporary Dance School at The Place – Lucy Field (Programme Manager, Centre for Advanced Training), 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY Tel: 020 7121 1035 Fax: 020 7121 1142
email: lucy.field@theplace.org.uk
website: www.theplace.org.uk
The Sage Gateshead – Joan-Albert Serra (Head of Vocal and Instrumental Learning) or Rachel Lambert (Weekend School Coordinator), St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR Tel: 0191 443 4675
email: rachel.lambert@thesagegateshead.org
website: www.thesagegateshead.org
Sheffield Music Academy – John Grundy (Director), Bartolomé House, Winter Street, Sheffield S3 7ND Tel: 0114 222 4901
email: john@sheffieldmusicacademy.co.uk
website: www.sheffieldmusicacademy.co.uk
South West Music School – Lisa Tregale (Director), c/o The Barn, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE
email: l.tregale@swms.org.uk
website: www.swms.org.uk
Swindon Youth Dance Academy – Marie McCluskey, Town Hall Studios, Regent Circus, Swindon SN1 1QF Tel: 01793 463212 Fax: 01793 463223
email: info@swindondance.org.uk
website: www.swindondance.org.uk
Yorkshire Young Dancers
– Ballet strand at Northern Ballet Theatre – Hannah Kirkpatrick (Classical Training Officer), West Park Centre, Spen Lane, Leeds LS16 5BE Tel: 0113 274 5355
email: yyd@northernballettheatre.co.uk or hannah.kirkpatrick@northernballettheatre.co.uk
website: www.northernballettheatre.co.uk
- Contemporary strand at Northern Contemporary Dance School – Tracy Witney (Head of Education and Community) 98 Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4BH Tel: 0113 219 3006
email: yyd@nscd.ac.uk or tracy.witney@nscd.ac.uk
website: www.nscd.ac.uk
Yorkshire Young Musicians – Penny Stirling (Director), PO Box 127, Thirsk,
North Yorkshire YO7 2WX Tel: 01845 597627 Fax: 01845 597981
email: info@yorkshireyoungmusicians.org.uk
website: www.yorkshireyoungmusicians.org.uk
Junior Departments of Music Conservatoires -
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Birmingham Conservatoire Junior School,
Tel: 0121 331 5905
email: conservatoire.juniors@uce.ac.uk
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Junior RNCM, Royal Northern College of Music,
Tel:0161 907 5264
email: juniors@rncm.ac.uk
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Junior Academy, Royal Academy of Music,
Tel: 020 7873 7380
email: juniors@ram.ac.uk
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Junior Department, Royal College of Music,
Tel: 020 7591 4334
email: jd@rcm.ac.uk
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Junior Trinity, Trinity College of Music,
Tel: 020 8305 4328
email: junior@tcm.ac.uk
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Junior Guildhall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
Tel 020 7382 7160
email: junior@gsmd.ac.uk
There are also separate Junior Departments at:
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Tel: 0141 332 4101
Secretary to the Junior Academy (Angela Scott) email: a.scott@rsamd.ac.uk
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Tel: 029 2039 1365
Junior Music email: jmas@rwcmd.ac.uk
These do not offer national grants at the present time.
If you have more questions about the new national grants please contact the centre concerned in the first instance, or you can contact us at:
DCSF Music and Dance Team
Mowden Hall
Darlington
Co Durham
DL3 9BG
Tel: 01325 391150
E-mail : jim.wharton@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
